{"id":50423,"date":"2012-05-18T08:57:12","date_gmt":"2012-05-18T06:57:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/?p=50423"},"modified":"2012-05-18T08:58:23","modified_gmt":"2012-05-18T06:58:23","slug":"ipad-mini-nears-production-sources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/technology\/50423-ipad-mini-nears-production-sources.html","title":{"rendered":"iPad mini nears production: sources"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><\/strong>Suppliers of display panels for <a title=\"Apple\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/342717-Apple-inc\">Apple\u2019s<\/a> rumoured iPad mini tablet are preparing to undergo a certification examination ahead of mass production.<\/p>\n<p>This is according to Taiwan news organisation, <em>The Liberty Times<\/em>, which reports that <a title=\"LG Display Co Ltd\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/383689-LG-Display\">LG Display<\/a> and <a title=\"AU Optronics Corp\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/377686-AU-Optronics\">AU Optronics<\/a> are preparing sample display panels for certification.<\/p>\n<p>If the companies achieve certification, they are expected to split production of 6 million iPad mini screens ahead of the device&#8217;s launch later this year.<\/p>\n<p>TPK Holding and <a title=\"Chimei Innolux\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/377688-Chimei-Innolux\">Chimei Innolux<\/a> are rumoured to be the suppliers of backlighting for the iPad mini.<\/p>\n<p>Apple is expected to launch the rumoured iPad mini tablet in the fourth quarter this year, taking on rivals, <a title=\"Amazon\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/356046-Amazon\">Amazon<\/a> and <a title=\"Barnes &amp; Noble\" href=\"http:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/vb\/showthread.php\/378436-Barnes-amp-Noble\">Barnes &amp; Noble<\/a>, in the $200 (R1,675.27) to $250 (R2,094.08) price segment.<\/p>\n<p>Read the full story at: <a title=\"Boy Genius Report news site\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bgr.com\/2012\/05\/17\/apple-ipad-mini-rumors-lg-displays\/\" target=\"_blank\">Boy Genius Report<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The rumoured iPad mini tablet is reportedly nearing production<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":56,"featured_media":48290,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_sma_x_autopost_status":"idle","_sma_x_autopost_error":"","_sma_x_post_id":"","_sma_x_attempts":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[723,605,6276,7823,6278,6274,11703],"class_list":["post-50423","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-technology","tag-amazon","tag-apple","tag-au-optronics","tag-barnes-noble","tag-chimei-innolux","tag-lg-display","tag-tpk-holding"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50423"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/56"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=50423"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50423\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":50425,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/50423\/revisions\/50425"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/48290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=50423"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=50423"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mybroadband.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=50423"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}