iPad mini?

[Dangelus]

Woo hoo!!!

iPad Mini for the summer!!!


http://www.techradar.com/news/mobile-computing/tablets/new-ipad-mini-rumors-orders-placed-release-date-this-summer-1076821


;)

[Rico]

Go get 'em Dan!  :)

[Bryancd]

What you guys fail to realize...is that I already have an iPad Mini!!! Hahahahaha!!!! Mine, all mine, my Precious! :)

[QuadShot]

I'd like everyone who's "teaming up" against Bryan that he states his case very well, and, I'm sure you all can agree, he looks TOTALLY HOT without a shirt! :)

[Rico]

What you guys fail to realize...is that I already have an iPad Mini!!! Hahahahaha!!!! Mine, all mine, my Precious! :)

I'm only believing it if you post a pic with yourself holding it (shirtless - of course)!  :)

[QuadShot]

...And not a Photoshopped photo Bryan! :)

[Bryancd]

:) Just to to put a bow on it, if Apple did announce a new iPad mini type device, the shares would likely respond positively thus it would be a good thing as far as I am concerned. That's the beauty of this debate, I win regardless. :) But long term I would have concerns about Apple trying to compete in a low margin, high volume market in a meaningful way, MacMini and Apple TV aren't really mass market. I think strategically long term that would not be a good move, especially since right now, that market really isn't there to compete against. Right now the tablet market is Apple's to lose. Diluting that market by competing against themselves with two different form factors of iPad doesn't seem like a direction they would take.

[Dangelus]

What you guys fail to realize...is that I already have an iPad Mini!!! Hahahahaha!!!! Mine, all mine, my Precious! :)

I'm only believing it if you post a pic with yourself holding it (shirtless - of course)!  :)

Shirtless?! If Bryan is wrong after such a confident pitch he should reward us (perhaps that's not quite the right word for it! ;) ) with a tasteful shot holding an iPad Mini with the device being the only thing protecting the modesty of his "mini"   :roflmao

But you're right Bryan, either way, you win. :)

[Jobydrone]

Yupper, doesn't matter what they release or do, at least at this point, they're only going to grow stronger and more powerful than we can possibly imagine ;)  People do love them some Apples.  If I could travel through time all I'd have to remember is to buy Apple stock in the 80's and enjoy the rest of my life rich as Croesus

edit to add:  If/when they do release an iPad mini I wouldn't be interested at all.  I'll probably pick up a third gen iPad when the next model comes out and the price on those goes down.  My next Apple purchase though is the iPhone 5, and I might actually wait in line for it this year...my iPhone 3GS feels so old and crusty.

[Rico]

I was listening to the Appslappy podcast by Scott Johnson this morning and one of his co-hosts Eileen Rivera had an interesting thing to say.  When they were discussing these mini rumors Eileen said she would have bought a iPad mini over the new iPad she got due to liking the smaller form factor.  For some people the current iPad is actually bigger than they want to hold and carry around.  Eileen knows tech and works with Leo over on the TWIT shows.  She just said she prefers the smaller size of a 7-8 inch tablet like the Kindle Fire for most of the things she uses it for.  She mentioned reading books especially since she said the iPad is too big for doing that for long stretches for her.  Anyway, I thought it she made some good points.

[Jobydrone]

Right, while I enjoy reading books on the iPad and do it often, it's probably what I do least on it.  But for the majority of my activities, like movies and ESPECIALLY reading comics, I wouldn't want a smaller screen at all.  10" is perfect.  Gaming and ebooks I'd be fine with 7", but would still always prefer the full size iPad.

[QuadShot]

Maybe the iPad is much bigger than the typical paperback book, but it's lighter and thinner than a hard back. Perhaps I'm one of the few left in the world that prefer hard backs over paperbacks when available....but then, I AM an odd duck.

[Bryancd]

N=1. I have do doubt some folks might be interested in the smaller screen, that's not in question. Apple isn't looking at the iPad as an e-reader, however. It's watching video, surfing the internet, and a growing gaming content that is the direction of the portable market. As I mentioned, Amazon owns the e-reader market with the Kindle and Apple is willing to ceede that for now. Enough people, my wife included, do use the iPad as a book reader but they aren't going to directly cater to that market.

[Rico]

Again, I say all of these companies would love for people to have 2 or 3 tablets each.  I'm reading a book at lunch on my regular Kindle right now and love using my iPad for video, comics, games, etc.

"The right tool for the right job."  :)

[Jobydrone]

That's where we part ways Rico.  You and I are the anomolies, and I don't believe the vast majority of consumers want to buy and especially carry around more than one or two devices, one of which being their cell phone.  In My backpack I've got my iPhone, iPad, and my brand spanking new PSVita because I think gaming on iPhone & iPad, with a very few exceptions, sucks mightily.  There's a core group of people that feel the way we do about their love of electronic devices but I think it's a pretty small group, and most want a one fits all solution.