In court on Friday an internal Apple e-mail was submitted as evidence in which Apple executives discussed interest in a smaller version of the iPad, an interesting development considering late Apple co-founder Steve Jobs' after Apple released its first iPad.

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The submission was part of a cross-examination of Scott Forstall, Apple's head of iOS software at Apple.

, written by Eddy Cue, head of Apple's Internet software and services, to Forstall, marketing chief Phil Schiller and current Apple CEO Tim Cook, mentions a conversation with then CEO Steve Jobs and cites a GigaOm story titled "

Cue's email reads: