the wall street journal reports apple working suppliers on smaller ipad carrying display in range of 8 inches on diagonal, down 9.7-inch display in current ipad still larger 7-inch display found in kindle fire.the report caution, however, apple continually testing new designs suppliers , decide not bring smaller ipad market.
according report, apple has played various tablet sizes in past, has far stuck single form factor 9.7-inch display, size steve jobs argued minimum meet apple's standards usability.
"ipad mini" has been rumored quite time, reportedly having tested variety of different screen sizes. number of rumors have pinpointed 7.85-inch ipad released late year.
back in december, published mockups , "actual size" pdfs demonstrating how device appear , fit in hand @ size. our printable pdfs included home screen (6 mb) , keyboard (18 mb) views, , included actual size image viewing on current ipad.mockup of 7.85" ipad on left, 9.7" (current) ipad on right
squeezing current ipad's resolution down smaller screen reduce size of interface elements on device, , apple indeed said planning move current ipad's 1024x768 resolution smaller ipad in move allow current ipad apps "just work" on new device. testing our "ipad mini" mockup suggests interface elements remain usable @ smaller size.
article link: apple working suppliers on 8-inch ipad
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