The iPad Mini Is a Mix Of ther Apple Products

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The Apple iPad mini feels like the youngest kid in the family that inherits the hand me downs from the older siblings. It has the camera resolution of the iPhone 4, the processor, a Dual core A5 chip, from the iPhone 4S and the screen resolution from its older brothers the iPad 1 and 2.

It’s only 7.2 mm thick and weighs a little over a half a pound, which is just a little heavier than an apple, the actual fruit that is. Weighing only .68 lbs, I’d personally like to have a cover that protects it a little better and maybe adds a little weight to it—it’s so light that it feels delicate.

Many people were disappointed by the screen resolution of only 1024 x 768, including me, but the fact that the pixels are smaller, makes this screen more than appropriate for reading, watching videos and playing games.
No retina display for the iPad mini

I know that the world was expecting the retina display with the mini but, we need to get over it, we’re going to need to wait six months for the next generation to be satisfied—for a while anyway.

The front camera is HD and the back camera has a resolution of five megapixels for photos and 108 0p for HD video.

Of course, you can run the gazillion apps that were already optimized for iPad and this is part of the selling proposition. That number is actually closer to 275,000 apps—which is mind-boggling.

Apple is touting their great browsing experience with the mini that’s a product of the actual success of the iPad itself, it’s no coincidence that they have sold over 100 million traditional iPads. The experience is consistent and they are leveraging that humongous footprint into an advantage for the mini.

I’ve used it now for a few days and the real question is…would I use it for work? I have and even though it takes some getting used to, I’m honestly not complaining. The battery life is not disappointing at 10 hours, which will easily get you through a workday and overall, it’s the same product we are already used to… just smaller.