Why It Makes Sense for the iPad Mini to Be an iPad 2 on the Inside

iPad Mini?

iPad Mini?

So there is probably an iPad Mini of some sort coming next month. But while what it will look like is still anyone’s guess, we may have just gotten a pretty big clue about its insides—and they’re more familiar than you might think. Last night, Instapaper developer Marco Arment wrote about two new iPad 2 models showing up in his usage logs—iPad2,5 and iPad2,6. Those names seemed to indicate new models using the iPad 2′s A5 chip, which Arment probably correctly argues makes more sense as an iPad Mini. That sounds about right. Read the full story at Gizmodo.

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Shelly Palmer

Shelly Palmer is Fox 5 New York's On-air Tech Expert (WNYW-TV) and the host of Fox Television's monthly show Shelly Palmer Digital Living. He also hosts United Stations Radio Network's, Shelly Palmer Digital Living Daily, a daily syndicated radio report that features insightful commentary and a unique insiders take on the biggest stories in technology, media, and entertainment. He is Managing Director of Advanced Media Ventures Group, LLC an industry-leading advisory and business development firm and a member of the Executive Committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (the organization that bestows the coveted Emmy® Awards).