Don't believe the hype, but rumors are some new releases coming by the end of this year and early 2011 for the iPad, iPhone and iPod. A smaller screen iPad, the iPhone 5(already?) which might just be a re-packaged iPhone 4 without the antenna issue and 3 new iPods.
Also, a smaller, 7-inch screened version of the iPad is reportedly ready and due for release either later this year or in early 2011.
Apparently Apple has been prototyping devices with 7″ screens since even before the first iPhone. Why they’ve then decided to release the 9.7″ version of the iPad first is not known.
As is always the case with Apple-related rumors, please take this with a substantial pinch of salt. Clearly, as time goes by, more and more rumors regarding future Apple mobile products will emerge, and most may turn out not to be true.
In this specific case, I would say that the smaller iPad seems plausible enough, while pushing the iPhone release date that far back, for the first time since Apple got into the smartphone business, seems less likely. Not impossible though, as Apple have clearly felt more heat for the antenna problems of the iPhone 4 than they were expecting.
This doesn’t seem to have impacted sales in a big way yet, but perhaps it may do so in the future.
In any case, we’ll keep you informed.
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