And here’s the iPad Mini – IN PICTURES

We’ve seen the iPhone 5 – now it looks like we may have our first screens of the iPad Mini.

As published by French site NoWhereElse, the device looks exactly as previous rumour had suggested.

If true this iPad Mini will position itself as a direct competitor to Amazon’s Kindle Fire and Google’s Nexus 7, both of which are vastly cheaper than an iPad 3 and boast a smaller-screened, more compact design.

The next question is whether or not the iPad Mini will be presented alongside the iPhone 5 tomorrow evening when Apple takes to the stage in the US to demo its new handset?

Here are the pictures: