Beijing October 18 early morning news, according to Taiwan's "Economic Daily" reported that Apple iPad mini tablet computer will use 7.85 inches display panel that is as the same as the resolution of the iPad 2 from the upstream component suppliers. It is expected to ship in the first half of next year. AUO is currently the only panel makers that provides this panel in Taiwan, touch components are fulfilled directly from Apple's largest supplier –TPK, the touch IC substrates are made by Kinsus. In addition to AUO, the South Korea's LG has also sent samples of panel to Apple. The LCD flat issues of technology (ASVS) by developed AUO have been resolved. CMO is also actively bidding for the iPad mini panel supplier. However, because of patent reasons, industry analysts believe that Samsung has exited. Amazon launched the low-cost tablet computer Kindle Fire, which led to large-scale "price war" in the tablet computer market. For this reason, Apple will launch iPad mini to respond to the challenges of the Amazon. More importantly, the iPad mini is aimed at emerging markets, particularly the mainland market, consumers go crazy for Apple products, but for the tariffs is very high, which makes Apple products expensive. The iPad mini is expected to help Apple expand market share in mainland China. Just as the ipad 2, though it has some shortcomings, such as rip dvd to ipad for mac this simple operation can be not finished, Apple fans have never lost enthusiasm for the ipad. People in the industry, said that the panel size of iPad mini is 7.85 inches, its resolution is the same as the 9.7 inches iPad 2. As the iPad mini size is smaller, but the resolution per unit area actually increased 52%, the quality will become more HD. And with a lower price, iPad mini is expected to be hot in emerging markets. The touch-IC of the iPad mini is supplied by Broadcom, however, IC substrate is provided by Kinsus. Broadcom accounted for about the 12% revenue share of Kinsus in the third quarter. For the IC lead time required half of year, so Kinsus has been added iPad mini order in the fourth quarter. In addition, the radio frequency (RF) modules of iPhone 4S were supplied by the Skywork. Skywork has won over 80% of orders for Apple's RF modules, and more than 80% of these orders are outsourced to Kinsus. Due to recently iPhone 4S is on sale, Skywork chases orders to Kinsus urgently, which made Kinsus spending to hit a new high in fourth quarter revenue. Besides, the market research firm Ticonderoga Securities analyst Brian White said earlier that Apple will launch iPad mini in the first few months of next year. What are your expectations for the coming ipad mini? For me, I hope the new ipad mini can support many common video formats, so we do not need a dvd to ipad ripper any more.