Friday, October 12, 2012

iPad Mini: What we don't know


(Credit: Twitter user Sonny Dickson (pic.twitter.com/Tuoeh4Zh) )

The so-called "iPad Mini" is the Sasquatch of the gadget world. Rumored for years, the smaller iPad looms ever closer to reality, with rumors of an imminent announcement and release ramping up nearly every day.


The gadget blogosphere, bolstered by a recent flurry of leaked photos and specs, seems to be taking the existence of the iPad Mini as an inevitability. But even assuming that the Mini is real -- and that it's coming soon -- there are some key unknowns. Here are the biggest and most important ones.


How much will it cost? There's a price war going on among cheap tablets. Between the Google Nexus 7, the Amazon Kindle Fire HD, and Barnes & Noble's forthcoming Nook HD tablets, $199 can get you an astonishing amount of power in a 7-inch tablet. Closer to Thanksgiving, we'll get the 8.9-inch Kindle Fire HD ($299 and up) and ... [Read more]


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