Fun Size iPad~

        

        Last Friday Apple Inc. launched its new iPad mini which attracted many crowds worldwide, from Tokyo to New York. Similar to previous Apple product launches, opening day had people lining up for hours or even days. A few hundred people lined up at Apple’s Fifth Avenue store in New York just days after the city was destroyed by one of the biggest storms to ever hit the United States, Hurricane Sandy. Due to the super storm however Apple had to delay the store’s opening time to 10 a.m. for this launch which was previously 8 a.m. Surprisingly many Asian consumers were excited to get their hands on the 7.9-inch slate. There were massive queues of 200 or more outside Apple stores in Tokyo and Seoul when the device went on sale.

  In attempts to retain premium position, Apple priced their new device at $329 for a WiFi only model. This price is a lot costlier than predicted. Some other competitors include: Amazon’s $199 Kindle Fire and Google’s Nexus 7, both products are priced relatively similar to the iPad. Today, apple reported that it sold three million iPads in the first three days of its launch of the iPad mini and fourth-generation model iPad.

I’m super impressed at Apple’s ingenuity for squeezing the iPad’s basic features into a smaller component that can be easily used on the go. However I do feel that Apple might be losing their creative visionary and they might not be able to continue ahead of the pack. 

                                              

                             Apple- Introducing iPad mini

A beautiful screen, fast and fluid performance, FaceTime and iSight cameras, over 275,000 amazing apps,and 10-hour battery life make iPad mini every inch an iPad.

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http://www.cnbc.com/id/49652443