Analyst are predicting that Apple will begin work on its 7-inch iPad very soon. They are wrong.
The fact is, Apple already has a 7-inch iPad. They have had one of the smaller devices since they started making the 9.7-inch iPad that we have now.
To be clearer, the two devices were developed at the same time. They have pretty much the same specs, except, of course, the 9.7-inch model has a lower density screen than its smaller counterpart.
If a 7-inch iPad is in the works, it without a doubt has been around for a long time. The iPad on my desk was in the works for years within Apple. Analysts just don’t get it, but Dalrymple seems to. That said, I’m not sold on 7-inch tablets. Time will tell if Jobs and company are.