“The folks at SlashGear have dug up a couple of stories—one from Chinese website DoNews and another from MENAFN—that suggest a Retina-infused iPad mini will be out in the fourth quarter of 2013. That device will reportedly feature an upgraded 7.9″ panel with the same 2048×1536 resolution as the full-sized iPad, bringing up the PPI count to 324. Now that’s more like it.” — Tech Report” (www.techreport.com)

“As we noted several weeks ago, Apple scheduled a meeting with members of its Made for iPod/iPhone/iPad (MFi) program for November 7-8 in Shenzhen, China to brief them on the latest developments with the new Lightning connector standard. With Apple having moved rather slowly to bring accessory manufacturers up to speed, Lightning-equipped accessories have been slow to appear and it was not until this week that the first official Lightning products were even announced.” — “MacRumors” (www.macrumors.com)

“For those folks that first ordered a Wi-Fi + Cellular iPad mini, we’ve got some great news for you. Apple’s website is now showing delivery dates of Nov. 21 for many buyers.” — “AppAdvice” www.appadvice.com)

“Apple is reportedly directly communicating and putting in orders with upstream material makers to produce various products that have specialized specifications while skipping assemblers and parts makers as part of the overall production process, according to industry sources.” — “DigiTimes” (www.digitimes.com)