Android, Small Tablets, and Apple

Here's an interesting article from CNET that discusses the rumor of a small tablet kind of/sort of iPad from Apple. But with android tablets working so well for so many people is it really necessary for Apple to compete in this market?

I've posted about how much I love my Nextbook tablet more than once. For me, the Nextbook tablet was the alternative to an iPad...because I have three dedicated e-readers, an iPhone, and three working computers. I'm not even counting Tony's notebook, his comput...