CultOfMac have reported on the possibility of a highly anticipated iPad mini.
It certainly makes sense to me that this device should exist and I agree with the points made by Ewan over at Mobile Industry Review:
“The difference between using an iPhone and using an iPad is quite dramatic. I do actually want a mid-sized iPad. Indeed I can see a 7″ iPad becoming more popular and more usable around the office and around the home.
When you consider all the different applications for iPad — from functioning as hotel check-in machines to swipe-brochures-in-store to managing passenger manifests on airplanes — there’s a whole load of possibilities crying out for a smaller device with the same general functions. Something that ISN’T an iPhone.
The iPad is a bit rubbish on the train.
It’s good. But it’s bad too.
You know what I mean if you regularly travel on a crowded commuter train. First, you need to use it sitting down. Standing up just doesn’t work. Second, everyone knows your business. It’s too visible. It’s too easy for folk to see your emails or the latest episode of Homeland playing on the device. It’s just too big. The screen is just too bright and easy to see!”
In my view a lower price point makes absolute sense and can only continue to build the strength of Apples global tablet market domination.
