All iPads Can the iPad get any smaller?

Hard to say. Traditionally, at least since the second coming, Apple has tried to keep the product line pretty simple. If the market demands a 5" device than Apple may go that route. At the moment though I'd say the demand isn't there

 

They already have one... It's called the iPhone 5.

 

ipod touch

 

iPad Nano! It's an iPod Touch with a 4.6 inch screen!

 

I already find the iPad apps on the mini to be a bit uncomfortable to use -- the touch targets are a bit too small, the visual elements a bit too crowded and/or too small to see comfortably. For any smaller iOS device, we should expand iPhone apps, rather than shrink iPad apps.

 

Agreed. Ipod touch gen 5 at 4 inches screen can do everything that Ipad mini can do (whether one want it is a different matter). It even come with retina display..

 

My iPhone 5 only has a 4" screen.

 

A 5-inch device seems pointless.

It's been said already; there's the 4-inch iPhone 5.

iPad mini makes perfect sense as it's a happy medium. Not quite as small as the iPhone 5 and not too big like the iPad. Great in between size. Anything else is overkill, like Samsung. Was the 5-inch Galaxy Note really necessary? Not really.

 

Anything's possible. Whether it's likely or not is another matter entirely. The Mini manages to fit into a niche between the iPhone/iPod Touch and full size iPad. There's really not much space in between IMO.

If an iPod Touch and an iPad SuperMini have the same screen size and resolution then what makes an app an iPad app versus iPhone?

It's not wrong. One can certainly hold the opinion that the iPad is the perfect size. Clearly everyone didn't run out and swap iPads for Minis. Clearly it's a subjective matter.

 

A bird told me that history will repeat itself and Apple will discontinue the iPad mini for an iPad nano. Just kidding