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Apple tests smaller tablet with eight-inch screen
Wednesday February 15, 2012 01:36:16 PM,
IANS
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San Francisco: Apple is working with component
suppliers in Asia to test a new version of its popular tablet
computer with a smaller screen, US media reported Tuesday.
Officials at some of Apple's suppliers, who declined to be named,
said the company has shown them screen designs for a new tablet
with a screen size of about eight inches, according to a report by
the Wall Street Journal.
In comparison, the iPad tablets Apple has launched so far feature
9.7-inch screens, said Xinhua.
A smaller tablet would help Apple broaden its product offerings,
and therefore compete better with rivals such as Samsung
Electronics and Amazon to maintain its dominant market share.
Latest numbers from market research firm IDC showed that Apple
captured 61.5 percent of global tablet market share in the third
quarter of 2011, down from 68.3 percent in the previous quarter.
The news of Apple testing a smaller tablet comes as the company is
reportedly preparing to unveil a new iPad in early March which is
expected to have a similar screen size of around 9.7 inches with
the current generation of iPad 2.
But the Wall Street Journal report also noted that Apple, which
works with suppliers to test new designs all the time, could opt
not to proceed with the smaller tablet.
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