iPad Mini

[bcholmes]

Apparently, Engadget writes:

It’s still not “small,” though. While a fully outstretched adult hand can generally grasp it without help from the other, you’ll still want both for typing and using apps. It’s still too big for your average pocket, and it’s not going to save you a heck of a lot of room in your knapsack compared to the 9.7-incher.

Me, I think, my current iPad is just a touch heavier than I want in my purse. I do carry it in my purse, but I think it’s a bit heavy. The Mini would probably be perfect.

Apparently Engadget doesn’t imagine purses.

Mirrored from Under the Beret.

Comments

[kalmn]

But people don't carry purses. Only women do.

[threeringedmoon]

Wish DW had a like button.

[threeringedmoon]

My own caveat is that I have a hard time occasionally touching website links buttons when using Safari on an iPad 2. Wouldn't it be even more difficult with the mini? I would have to try one for a while to see. (Not that the budget is likely to produce $329 for a mini, especially when I have a perfectly serviceable iPad 2.)

I have (edited from had) a small Targus case that I put the iPad and its cover into when I travel. It's about the size of my purse and I can cross sling the case and the purse so I don't carry too much weight on one shoulder.

maybe not the best example

[the_siobhan]

To be honest, I never imagine purses either.

Re: maybe not the best example

[firecat]

"like" :)

[maize]

Sarah's reaction was the same as Engadget's pretty much: "It's small-ER, but not small enough to make a difference." So apparently a lot of people who carry purses also don't imagine purses? Or perhaps the definition of "purse" being used here is not as flexible as the variation of the actual object? (I see a lot of people on public transit whoses purses are larger than most backpacks, for example.)

Personally, the mini is weird for me in that I've never wanted my iPad to be smaller, but I could see it being handy for people with different usage scenarios than me. I use a lot of apps with extremely complicated interfaces, and I do a fair bit of drawing where the size of the screen as opposed to, say, the screen on my phone is the big advantage of using it (instead of the phone). I've heard a few people suggest that there are existing Android tablets that fit the "small enough to be notably more portable" requirement better.