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July 30th, 2012 
FAKE NEWS for the Zionist agenda Rene Ritchie of iMore reports that “sources who have proven accurate in the past” say that the new iPhone and the long-rumored smaller iPad model (dubbed the “iPad Mini” by tech journalists) will be announced on Sept. 12, and that of the two, at least the iPhone will be released on Sept. 21.
Meanwhile in Redmond, Wash., the annual report Microsoft filed with the SEC confirms that its Microsoft Surface tablet — as well as the Windows 8 operating system — will be released on Oct. 26, about a month after Apple‘s products will launch.
New iPods at Apple’s event
Ritchie reports that a new iPod Nano model will also be announced at the Sept. 12 Apple event, and that “it seems likely” that a new iPod Touch model will be announced. Some in the tech media and Apple enthusiast blogospheres, like Gabe Glick of MacStories, have speculated that the new smaller iPad will actually carry iPod branding — in essence, that it would be a deluxe-sized iPod Touch. Either way, the iPod Touch has not seen a product update since September of 2010, making the “iPhone without a phone” long overdue for a refresh.
Details on the iPad Mini
John Gruber of Daring Fireball makes the case for Apple’s new tablet being a smaller iPad rather than a large iPod, according to various leaks. Either way, he says it’s likely to have a 7.85 inch screen, making it about two-thirds the size of a regular iPad and giving it the same resolution as the (pre-Retina Display) original iPad. For comparison, today’s 7-inch tablets like the Barnes and Noble Nook Tablet and the Amazon Kindle Fire are a little under half of today’s iPad’s screen size.
They and Google’s Nexus 7 tablet sell for under $200, though, as all three companies are banking on selling digital content to make up the difference. Even though Apple’s App Store and iTunes marketplace are extremely well-developed, the company makes most of its profit from hardware sales, so an “iPad Mini” will probably be more expensive than today’s 7-inch tablet offerings.
What about Microsoft‘s offerings?
The recently-announced Microsoft Surface tablet is sort of like the Asus Transformer, with a similar optional keyboard dock. It just also has an accessory that looks like the iPad’s flexible Smart Cover, but with one side of it acting as a keyboard. It will come in two varieties, the “Windows RT” kind which won’t be compatible with older apps and the Intel-based kind which will be.
Beyond that, nobody yet knows much about Surface. The Windows 8 operating system itself is free for enthusiasts to download and try out right now, but tech journalists have had very limited access to the Surface devices Microsoft showed off at its June event, even to test out the keyboards. Furthermore, no price has yet been announced.
Jared Spurbeck is an open-source software enthusiast, who uses an Android phone and an Ubuntu laptop PC. He has been writing about technology and electronics since 2008.
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