[biot]

  "While one could increase the resolution to make up some of
   the difference, it is meaningless unless your tablet also
   includes sandpaper, so that the user can sand down their
   fingers to around one-quarter of their present size."
                           -- Steve Jobs (on 7 inch tablets)

[Tloewald]

The ipad mini is an 8" tablet. Its touch targets are the same as an iphone's. And Steve Jobs was never averse to changing his mind.

[seiji]

I think you're trying to provide a counter example of His correctness, but an iPad Mini is 7.9 inches => 8 inches, which isn't 7 inches at all.