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As you may know, an Apple iPad mini is now just about certain and the iPad mini details are still bubbling up well ahead of the launch (reuters has confirmed the rumored Oct 23 launch). As they continue to come out, analysts are scrambling to estimate what impact the imminent arrival of a tablet fighting in a “low-margin” segment would do to Apple as a stock and as a company. By “low-margins”, you should really understand “no margins” because Amazon and Google have basically removed any profits from the 7″ segment by selling “at cost”, as recently confirmed by Amazon, talking about its new Kindle HD. (more…)