WSJ wrote today that Apple has reportedly ordered pieces from component suppliers to manufacture over 10 million units of the "iPad mini" in the fourth quarter. Nothing is official yet, but according to the rumor mill this will be a 7.85" tablet.
The Wall Street Journal has been doing a fair bit of Apple rumor-mongering lately. Last week, it reported that production of an unannounced, 7.85" iPad was already underway, with LG and AU Optronics churning out LCD panels for the device. Now, the Journal's Digits blog has word that Apple suppliers are building up stock ahead of the launch—and quite substantially so:
Some component suppliers to Apple in Asia say they have received orders to make more than 10 million units of the smaller tablets in the fourth quarter. That is roughly double the order that were placed for Amazon’s Kindle Fire tablets in the same quarter, these suppliers say.
