According
to a report from Fortune,
which cited a “major Apple investor,” Apple is apparently preparing to
launch the much-rumoured iPad mini with invitations expected to go out
Oct. 10:
According to our source, who asked not be named, there
appears to be some truth to the widespread rumors that Apple is
preparing to launch a smaller and cheaper version of the iPad — often
called the iPad mini or iPad air and usually described as having a
7.85-inch screen… What our source adds is the specificity of a date: The
press, he says, can expect invitations to go out on Oct. 10.
Author of the post, Fortune’s Philip Elmer-DeWitt, is well connected
with AAPL analysts and big traders, and the report noted the invitation
rumor is coming from multiple reliable sources. If there is any truth to
the rumor, it could line up nicely with an Oct. 17 unveiling and
possibly an early November launch.