More Mini

So, while I was posting this last night, people with better sources than me (which is to say, people with sources of any kind) were also thinking about the iPad mini.

The idea of Apple focusing on making the smaller iPad dramatically thinner and lighter certainly makes sense, and I agree with John Gruber on this point:

How thin? As an iPhone devotee (thickness: 9.3 mm) I marvel at the relative thinness of the iPod Touch (7.2 mm) whenever I see one. So, how thin for the iPad Mini? How about iPod Touch thin: 7.2 mm.

My only additional comment (not a prediction, and with no inside info) is this: You know what else is as thin as the iPod Touch? That’s right, the iPod Touch. Remind me again, does that have a retina display?