With the iPad Mini launch almost here, it's worth looking back to February, when the first rumor was first reported and see how stories about it have developed over the last eight months.

It's official. Apple will be showing us "a little more" on October 23. What started as a rumor first reported back in February by the Wall Street Journal has now -- almost -- come to fruition. Over the last eight months the internet has been bulging with stories from "sources close to Apple" claiming to know everything about Apple's upcoming iPad Mini from its physical dimensions to its onboard chipset and whether or not it will support 4G. Search via google for ‘ipad mini' and there are over 600 million results to choose from.

To better help understand how the story has grown over the months, GimmiTech has compiled a timeline of when each rumor broke.