Apple iPad Mini to be Unveiled on Oct. 17

[DamarisK]

According to some rumors, Apple could unveil the iPad mini during a keynote to be held on October 17. Marketing of the 7.85 inch tablet could then begin in November.

After the keynote presentation of the iPhone 5 on September 12, there is another Apple event which is expected and Apple might unveil the iPad mini, 7.85-inch version, which has been circling in the news for months.

The site Fortune has told that invitations for the event from the company Cupertino should be sent by October 10, which is scheduled for the 17th of October. The iPad mini could then be available from November 2: a timing that might be perfect for the holidays approaching.

[Johnny]

Well, the key issue will be the selling price. Steve Jobs, the late co-founder of Apple, believed that a smaller tablet would be very functional, however, the high sales of smaller, cheaper tablets like the Kindle Fire, Amazon, and the Nexus 7 of Google, might have made ​​the company change its mind. The Apple iPad is shifting gradually to personal computers in U.S. schools, according to an analysis of the firm Needham. Apple sold 67 million iPads in two years, according to figures released in April, the company took 24 years to sell the same number of Macintosh computers, however.