It seems as if Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal just can’t give up on the greatly rumored "iPad mini". It’s not the first time that the baby iPad has become the hottest tech-media topic. With the recent Microsoft and Google tablet announcements, the two publications are once again speculating that a Q4 release of the 7.85-inch iPad is imminent. With the perfect synergy the current iPad and iPhone offer in the screen-size department, many Apple fans are wondering how exactly Apple will pull off such a device, especially consindering that a majority of the apps in the App Store wouldn't fit. Developers would either have to redesign their apps or users would just have to live through the new resolution changes.

Cody Lee of iDownloadblog.com, reported earlier this morning that TUAW’s Richard Gaywood created a replica of what the iPad Mini would look like and feel like to the user. Going to this website on any generation iPad would allow you to see and feel what the new 7.85-inch iPad screen would feel like rather then the current 9.7-inch screen.

To no surprise the entire UI will be smaller and tougher to use then the 9.7-inch screen, yet still larger than the 3.5-inch iPhone. In contradiction to forum discussions, the current apps will still be perfectly usable; users will simply need to get the hang of it.

It is still only speculation that Apple will indeed release a size competitor to the smaller tablet market. Apple still dominantly rules the entire tablet market, and unless they believe there is a legitimate market for a smaller iPad, they won’t release one.

Bloomberg and the Wall Street Journal, along with many other sources, have consistently been calling for a small iPad for a long time now. With the Google and Microsoft tablet announcements, now would be the time for Apple to release such a device. Perhaps Apple has something up their sleeve that none of us are expecting.

Only time will tell, because Apple certainly will not.

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