“Jefferies & Co.’s Peter Misek this morning writes in a note to clients that his ‘checks,’ as well as sales data from Taiwan, indicate that Apple’s ‘iPad Mini,’ as the world has taken to calling it, has ‘gone into production.’ Misek raised his price target on Apple to $900 from $800, while reiterating his Buy rating,” Tiernan Ray reports for Barron’s.

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Eric Savitz reports for Forbes, “Misek also contends that Apple‘s oft-rumored iTV product is now in production, and could show up in stores before year-end.”

“‘Misek also notes that JDSU recently said it has a new non-gaming customer for its gesture control modules, which are also used in Microsoft‘s Kinect system for Xbox 360. JDSU indicated this is a new ‘living room’ based customer. “We believe Apple will leverage AT&T‘s and Verizon’s content deals for the iTV,’ he writes,” Savitz reports. “Misek estimates that Apple will have about 15 million iPhone 5 units built by mid-September, and that the iTV will launch in the December or March quarters. Misek projects that total iPhone builds for the second half of calendar 2012 will be in excess of 80 million units.”

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[Thanks to MacDailyNews Reader "Fred Mertz" for the heads up.]