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New iPads Coming on Oct 22

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PCQ Bureau
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The new versions of the iPad shall compete with Amazon.com Inc's latest Kindle Fire tablets and the Galaxy Tabs from Samsung. They are expected to feature lighter, thinner designs and more powerful processors. Apple may run into a shortage of the "retina" displays for the iPad mini, a smaller version of the tablet that helped popularize the product in 2010. That could in turn limit supply of the gadget during the crucial season.

The iPhone-maker has come under pressure over the past year to preserve market share and bolster sales against rivals that are rapidly raising specifications and lowering prices. Amazon's new 7-inch Kindle Fire is priced from $229 for 16GB wifi-only models, while Google Inc's second-generation Nexus 7 offers a similar screen size and storage capacity at the same price. In comparison, the cheapest model in Apple's current 7.9-inch iPad Mini lineup with 16GB of storage starts at $329.

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