Maybe the iPad mini won't have the iPad 2 or iPad 3 resolution but something in between. I know there is a lot of argument that it has to be one or the other for app developers' sake, but my friend who is a programmer scoffed at that and said it is not at all difficult to do and I'm not sure apple would feel the need to cater to app developers necessarily and cripple its iPad mini with a low ppi or bad battery life. Mind you I don't know much about this and I'll get flamed to hell, but maybe there will be an iPad mini with a ~216 to 250 ish ppi screen like the competition.