Pocketnow is a Mashable publishing partner that offers a resource for smartphone reviews, news and video. The following article is reprinted with the publisher's permission.There are many rumors regarding the upcoming Apple iPad refresh and just as many related to a future possible smaller tablet. We’ve recently heard reports of a seven-inch mini-iPad and now the Wall Street Journal is citing unnamed sources regarding an eight-inch-ish iPad.
People familiar with the matter and close to Apple’s suppliers have hinted the existence of a smaller iPad, with a screen size of around eight-inches. The rumored screen resolution will be somewhere around the 1024×768 currently on the iPad 2, which will bump the pixel resolution from 132 at the moment to 160 on the smaller tablet. Of course the iPad 3 is said to bring “Retina” display to the tablet enthusiasts.
The existence of such a device doesn’t necessarily mean it will ever see the light of day. While Apple could decide to never release a smaller tablet, it would be normal to address all the screen sizes in the Android-tablet competition line-up, where manufacturers like Samsung released tablets with screen sizes ranging from seven inches to 10.1 (and even a 11.6 rumored to be in the works).
Source: The Wall Street Journal
Via: iMore
