| SecondWar said: I think it just shows Steve Jobs was spot on with them. Looks completely pointless, as well as having a poor shape. Reminds me of the Samsung Galaxy Note series, which are really too big to be a proper smartphone (they don't fit in your pocket) but are too small to function as a tablet. Personally would always opt for the proper tablets. The whole concept to me is flawed. A tablet is essentially a cross between a smartphone and a laptop. The mini iPad is therefore a cross between a smartphone/tablet and a smartphone. |
I generally agree with you. I think many people use a tablet as a laptop subsitute, and for those people, you need 10" for a good touch keyboard and space for productivity apps.
But there are some people who take their laptops with them everywhere and can't do without them. For those people, carrying another 10" tablet for productivity makes no sense, but an easy to use, lightweight 7" device for reading, browsing and communication might. Not sure iPad Mini is the best device for that, being larger and more expensive than alternatives, but it might be preferable to a Fire or Nexus 7 for somebody already invested in the Apple ecosystem.
The real target of the iPad Mini is the education market. It's more suited to a child's hands, and a little easier on sensitive education budgets, but it has full access to all the software and management tools of the regular iPad. Hence why new versions of iBooks and authoring tools were announced at this event.
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