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First Impressions and Hands On with iPad Mini
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Etch-a-Sketch ~$15
Playbook, Etch-a-Sketch, Nexus 7. Two of them are below $150 and one doesn't have Android app support. Only one qualifies for both.
I'm perplexed that some keep saying how great bang-for-buck Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire are and cannot fathom someone would buy an expensive iPad Mini, yet do not give Playbook a chance even though it's $100 cheaper and still has serviceable specs. (Plus I thought Android users LOVE multitasking. Playbook has great multitasking)
Well, I'm a man and it will fit very nicely in my backpack, next to my tampons & birth control pills.
I'm sorry to respond this way to you, perhaps you're genuinely interested in getting someone you love a really nice device, but this device is not gender oriented, and I just find so offensive any comments relating in any way size of device (or usage, as if a man can't read a frigging ebook) to gender.
Playbook, Etch-a-Sketch, Nexus 7. Two of them are below $150 and one doesn't have Android app support. Only one qualifies for both.
I'm perplexed that some keep saying how great bang-for-buck Nexus 7 and Kindle Fire are and cannot fathom someone would buy an expensive iPad Mini, yet do not give Playbook a chance even though it's $100 cheaper and still has serviceable specs. (Plus I thought Android users LOVE multitasking. Playbook has great multitasking)
I work at a Samsung call center, and deal with our tabs on a daily basis. One guy has a Nexus 7, another, has the Playbook. That Playbook looks very nice, even runs android apps. The Nexus 7 looks pretty sweet as well.
I'll just have to look at the Mini in the store first..
Why is everyone forgetting the fact that keeping the iPad mini at 1024 x 768 means ALL your apps work?
If it had gone up a little to say... compete with the Kindle's screen it would have required app updates!
And, if it had a retina display with the same res as the new iPad, it would have been a LOT more expensive, not to mention taxing on the processor AND the battery life.
I think apple have done a good job here.
If it had gone up a little to say... compete with the Kindle's screen it would have required app updates!
And, if it had a retina display with the same res as the new iPad, it would have been a LOT more expensive, not to mention taxing on the processor AND the battery life.
I think apple have done a good job here.
Very nice. It's pretty much what the rumors said it would be, but still impressed by the build quality, thinness and weight. I'll be buying a few for Xmas gifts.
You'd look awfully silly wearing an iPad mini on your arm while running on the treadmill. Something I do on a daily basis with my iPhone (substitute iPod touch here for some).
Why are we still having this argument?
Good job ignoring the point entirely. I can edit it for u if u like; i was in a hurry. It IS the internet, after all.
Well, I can. In my house we have an iPod Touch, an iPhone, a 7" Galaxy, and an iPad2. Frankly, they are all different. I will agree, the Touch is the least useful at this point in history.
But the large tablets offer far more screen real estate. For books, esp if you are interacting with the books, like studying/highlighting, the large screen is clearly superior. And the 7" is large enough for young people, although I can certainly see where some might want the 10" range, anyway. My kids have often said the iPad is too heavy for prolonged use, and since the 3rd gen model went UP in weight, that didn't help.
The Touch is more for someone who wants a pocket device that does more than just play music, but doesn't want a phone. Again, I would say best for kids where the parents don't want to spring for a smartphone plan for a 10yo.
I can definitely see the phone/ipod being substantially different from the 7/10" tablets. I plan to get a 10" iPad to compliment my phone at some point soon.
Priceless or terrifying?
... anybody seen my Silly Putty?
It's 2012. Time to upgrade, cheaper, too:
http://www.autismshop.com/games-playthings/crazy-aarons-thinking-putty-mini-tin-assortment-6.html
a5 processor? no worries, it is driving a smaller screen.
512mb memory? bleh.
Guess I will wait for the Ipad Mini (2G).
Hopefully, Apple will try to keep up with the competition and do semi-annual updates (like the Ipad 4 update), so I won't have to wait long.
I was looking forward to this primarily as an ebook reader, secondary for internet browsing and maps while travelling. But the memory might be a deal-killer.
512mb memory? bleh.
Guess I will wait for the Ipad Mini (2G).
Hopefully, Apple will try to keep up with the competition and do semi-annual updates (like the Ipad 4 update), so I won't have to wait long.
I was looking forward to this primarily as an ebook reader, secondary for internet browsing and maps while travelling. But the memory might be a deal-killer.
I was kinda thinking about it after seeing the video but without retina it's kinda a no. Wonder when apple will get to the point of all retina for every product.
I like the fact that it would fit in a jacket pocket. I'm 6'1 so my jacket pockets are kinda big.
But when I look at the iPad 3 I think this is kinda small already.lol. I might get the 4th gen iPad just to have the new connector.
I like the fact that it would fit in a jacket pocket. I'm 6'1 so my jacket pockets are kinda big.
But when I look at the iPad 3 I think this is kinda small already.lol. I might get the 4th gen iPad just to have the new connector.
there are MUCH better e-readers than this, includin probably your iphone (if its retina... studies are beginning to show not strainin to read small text is ideal. plus weight, etc.)..
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Yeah. Everyone seems to forget the Apps and the support. Cheaper cheaper cheaper but add up how much buying new apps, movies, magazines and books is going to cost again. Unless, you have no money invested, go for the Nexus 7.
You notice on the Apple video where the guy on the subway pulled the mini from his jacket pocket?
That was one huge pocket. Sewed on special just for that commercial. I see a new cottage industry springing up. "Custom ipad-mini compatible coats".
Reminds me of the old Sony Vaio P UMPC video, where it "fit" in the back pocket on her blue jeans. right. Why doesn't sony get back in the hand held computer game? They has some good stuff. Of course, they killed themselves when they started pushing out new pocketpc designs every few months.
hmm...
I call BS on that.
Many apps like web browsers and book readers aren't size dependent at all, it's easy to scale to any resolution.
And for any that are a specific size, if they went up to 1200x800 anything that can't just be scaled up can be letterboxed. Which they have already done when running iphone apps on ipad. The notion that apps somehow wouldn't "work" is silly.