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Three months more.
The FireHD9 LTE was delayed in FCC testing because Amazon is using an inhouse modem instead of a generic one. You don't spend money designing, building, and testing a part that is readily available to use in just one low volume product like that. You *do* design it if it you are *also* going to use it in a high volume product. It *really* makes sense to put that new part in a low volume product until you can ramp up yield and manufacturing capability to levels that can support a high volume product. A Kindle phone meets the volume profile better than an LTE FireHD7 so it's the most likely candidate. |
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No. It would only be surprising if they sold out a huge number of these Mini versions. We don't know if they did or not. All that article says is they sold out the initial allotment made to the online store.
I don't think the ipad Mini will be fooling many people. At least this first iteration. It unfortunately is all too mini in terms of its specs. It needed to be a mini with maxi specs (or at least equal ones). It is not. Last edited by PatNY; 10-29-2012 at 12:25 PM. |
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As for the mini, I'd say at least check it out. It does have more screen real estate, being 4:3 aspect ratio and 7.85 inches, but it is lighter than any other 7 inch tablet out there (that I know of) and it has a pretty small form factor, I think, due to the reduced bezel. Weight bothers me much more than size--if the full-sized iPad were 10 oz I would be allll over it. |
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10-29-2012, 01:06 PM | #335 | |
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As for the Mini being lighter, well you're only talking 1oz lighter in terms of the N7 and .04oz lighter than the Nook HD. It really isn't all that much. OTOH, the Mini does have a larger footprint. It's about 1/2" wider than the N7. Both weight and size matter in terms of portability. IMO, size slightly more. --Pat |
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well it will be less crisp. and I am aware it has a lower resolution.. the low ppi is a big concern of mine and I'll have to judge for myself whether I can live with it. I don't think it's necessarily correct to say that it will show "less content." Certainly for reading books it can show just as much content as I want--I don't need teeny tiny font. I do understand it means the font will be less sharp and i don't like that.
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Look at it this way: the native screen resolution is a form of "bandwidth" for moving information from the gadget to the brain. Less resolution = less "bandwidth" = less information. Doesn't mean the difference is *always* relevant but if you size your gadget for peak usage rather than average usage it will be a bigger discriminator. |
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I think the only time when the iPad Mini would truly show more useful content is with fixed layout content like magazines or comics, where the 4:3 aspect ratio better matches the content layout.
Conversely, with video, the useful content viewable on the iPad Mini would be less than its resolution would suggest, as the 19:10 ratios of the Android tablets are a better match to the content. |
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You just never know with Apple products. I was certain the original iPad would be a failure. After all it was from a specifications standpoint. The Mini may well sell better than the iPad4. It may also boost sales of the Nexus from people who were waiting around expecting something better. It will be interesting to see how it all plays out. |
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