Late last year, Apple introduced the iPad mini alongside an update to the full-size iPad lineup, with many observers believing that Apple would continue to update the two lines simultaneously going forward. Mockup of fifth-generation iPad next to iPad mini A new report from Digitimes claims, however, that the next-generation iPad may appear as much as several months before the next version of the iPad mini.Volume production of a new-generation 9.7-inch iPad will begin in July-August with shipments in the third quarter estimated at five million units. Meanwhile, a second-generation