7-Inch iPad Rumored

Stoobalou writes "Rumours of a cut-down Apple iPad are ramping up as Taiwanese news outlet Economic Daily News names names. The often-reliable Chinese language newspaper — which correctly predicted the first coming of the iPad when everyone else on the planet was carping on about a sub-$500 netbook from the Cupertino company — has been digging about in the skips behind a number of Chinese factories and reckons it knows who will be making which bit of the much-predicted iPad 2."

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[odies]

I think it's great. I will have my iPhone as a mobile device, the normal big and classy iPad for coffee shops and to impress girls, and the medium size iPhone/iPad variant for things while iPhone isn't enough, but when iPad is too big. I can already think hundreds of different situations where it will fit perfectly.

I can already see how some apple-haters will come here and say "what is the purpose of this medium-sized iPhone?", but if you don't see it you're just not thinking different enough. Just continue to follow the sheep and install your Windows. At least when I see an Apple user I know he is different, intellectual person I can have a good conversation with. He is not just there to talk with me because he has malware on his computer. I am studying art currently and having the iPad makes a complete difference on how other students and professors look at me. They know I'm an artist and an intellectual person.

I can't wait to get this device on my hands.

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[Mongoose Disciple]

At least when I see an Apple user I know he is different, intellectual person I can have a good conversation with.

Also, I understand that Windows people are despicable and wear black hats to symbolize their black hearts, whereas the good guys with Apple gear wear white hats to demonstrate their purity. (Or it's turtlenecks and the colors are reversed. I get confused.)

7 inches is perfect for the girl slashdotters

[bluefoxlucid]

This is truly news for female nerds. 8 inches is too big and that old 5.5 inch average just isn't satisfying. I will of course be gifting one to the next geeky girl I date, so she will be thoroughly satisfied by seven inches of perfection.

Re:7 inches is perfect for the girl slashdotters

[Anonymous Coward]

Too bad she will still be unimpressed by the hamster-sized organ between your legs.

April 1 already?

[jaroslav]

In other news, I just pre-ordered my iPad Nano.

"Often reliable"

[remove office]

The often-reliable Chinese language newspaper -- which correctly predicted the first coming of the iPad when everyone else on the planet was carping on about a sub-$500 netbook from the Cupertino company

Oh please. This is the same "often-reliable" newspaper that predicted that Apple was going to release an iPhone nano earlier this year.

Also, the idea that anybody expected Apple to release a "sub-$500 netboook" is sheer lunacy. Nobody seriously expected that-- the iPad was widely anticipated by just about everyone for months before it was released.

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[Pojut]

Apple users will pay for anything, so long as they can get another little white Apple sticker.

My then-fiance now-wife bought an Apple sticker about a year ago and put it on her Thinkpad.

Me: "Why did you do that?"
Brittnie: "Because now I get all the pretentiousness without being a broke asshole."
Me: ::facepalm::