24/10/2012 1 Comment Mini AppleLike the proper Apple fan girl that I am, last night I was glued to the Apple event that was streamed live. The announcement I was hoping for was the launch of a new smaller iPad and of course I wasn't disappointed but the launch of a new full size iPad was a bit of a surprise, coming only 6 months after the 'new iPad'. Personally I'm happy with my iPad 2 so the fact that the new one has a faster processor didn't really have the wow factor for me but I imagine it must have been galling for other iPad users that had bought themselves a bright shiny new iPad earlier this year. The Mini announcement did come as expected and I was sadly very excited to see it. At 7.9 inches the Mini's screen is slightly larger than it's rivals but I am happy with that - wouldn't want it to be too small - after all I have an iPhone! Shame that there's not a Retina Display (screen resolution is 1024 x 768 pixels, same as the iPad 2) but I don't have any problems with the sharpness of my current iPad's screen so this won't put me off. It's a great size to use as an ereader but I would have liked to see a lower price than starting at £269 , although this is of course lower than the full size iPad. I would think the Mini will be popular with schools, thanks to the lower price , but it would have been fantastic if Apple had announced a better integration package for education akin to Amazon's Whispercast. So some 'meh' moments to the launch but will I be queueing up at my local Apple Store on the 2nd November to purchase a wifi Ipad Mini.......yep without a doubt!!
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Fiona Crawford
24/10/2012 08:41:12 am
I bought the iPad 3 in July. I always expected to see it superseded but not quite so quickly!
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