I work as a vender at Walmart, I travel to about 10 stores a day and I'm in the electronics area. Over the last 2 days I've over heard about 5-10 customers (within an hour time period at each store) ask the associates if Walmart will be carrying the iPad Mini... this number seems very high, so maybe this is a good sign people will be super excited and buying these in record numbers.
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Apple Store Down Ahead of iPad Mini Pre-Orders
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I won't consider the launch version, will wait for the tweaked version possibly just half-a-year later.
Yeah when's that coming out? Didn't Apple say sometime in October? Unless they plan on releasing it on 11:59:59 pm on October 31 and then claim they made it on time.
Somehow, I don't think it's going to be a problem to walk in to an apple store on launch day and pick one up.
My first time on the preorder treadmill (iPad 4 32GB) but I'm wondering if you can preorder for in-store collection as there's an Apple store about 5 minutes walk from my office - can anyone help?
Anyone know if the iPad 4 has an IGZO display? Nothing has been mentioned. I love the display on my iPhone 5, and I hope the updated iPad has it.
This is the only video on YouTube that I could find showing the iPad 4's performance, it looks nice. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RD1Yp-FRsR8&sns=em 
Cool, entering the iPad market with a white 16GB mini I think. Big day, already bought my Windows 8 .
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Wait...so the iPad mini doesn't have retina display...?
That makes absolutely NO sense...
You should know Apple by now, a retina version will probably come out on the next cycle, gotta save features to make you crave the next wave!
The iPad 2 looked pretty good with a display rez of 132 Pixels per inch (PPI)
The iPad 3 is visibly better at 264 PPI
The Mini is 1024 x 768 same rez as iPad 2 but the pixels are smaller, 163 PPI, it will look better than an iPad 2 but not as good as an iPad 3.
Then iPhone 4, 4S, and 5 are 326 PPI, super crisp for sure.
Regarding colors,
I just wish the Black Mini's had raw aluminum backs like all previous black iPads had. I like black Bezels to reduce glare around the display, white is just distracting. But the rear, though pretty when anodized black, just shows wear much faster. I would strongly recommend a case, too bad Apple once again shows up at the party without one, again. The flap is just not enough in my opinion.
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There won't be a retina mini for the same reason there won't be a MacBook Air with retina display. These two products have these things in mind: weight, battery life, thinness. Adding a retina display will always cause a sacrifice in all three of these points. They will choose to shrink the mini to an even thinner form factor if they can increase battery performance rather than keep the same thickness and add a retina display, for example. They will keep the retina models in the "pro" camp which offer the fastest processors. I think it's a great distinction.
Actually, I know some Windows sysadmins that are sincerely and excitedly looking forward to Microsoft-branded Windows 8 (not RT) tablets.
Different strokes for different folks.
Wait...so the iPad mini doesn't have retina display...?
That makes absolutely NO sense...
Sure it does. It will be updated next year with a retina display, more RAM and a faster processor. And everyone can go by another one the way it should have been initially.
Doing the same thing, only going with a mini. My first gen battery life has gone way down hill.
Can't say I felt it for iPhone 5 either... Maybe in the lead up, but when it boiled down to 150 extra pixels, or whatever, it didn't have the electricity of the retina introduction for example.
Hate to say it, but I think we've reached steady state.