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The iPad Mini
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LTE iPad mini and 4th-gen iPad on sale at Sprint stores today | The Verge
I don't know what game Apple has been playing with the carriers lately but first refusing to sell the iPhone5 unlocked and now giving first dibs on the iPad cellular to the carrier stores is very disappointing.
iPad Mini, 4th generation iPad hit Sprint retail stores in limited quantities, force you to leave your house (update: Verizon and AT&T too!) -- Engadget
WTF
Got a white 16gb for my wife the other day (early Christmas for her). Had to stalk the Apple online store in-store pickup option every night at 10 for a few days, but it finally worked (though we had to go to the Georgetown store for it, which sucks because DC has higher sales tax than VA, but a win's a win I guess).
It's stunning. She's switching from a Nook color and is absolutely in love with it. Now my iPad 2 looks so large and unwieldy and less sexy next to her mini. I'm tempted to get one for myself, but I'm not totally ready to give up that extra screen real estate just yet. But still, it's some really hot hardware.
My iPhone 5 finally arrived, 2 months after ordering, the same day we got her mini, so I've got plenty to keep me entertained anyway.
It's stunning. She's switching from a Nook color and is absolutely in love with it. Now my iPad 2 looks so large and unwieldy and less sexy next to her mini. I'm tempted to get one for myself, but I'm not totally ready to give up that extra screen real estate just yet. But still, it's some really hot hardware.
My iPhone 5 finally arrived, 2 months after ordering, the same day we got her mini, so I've got plenty to keep me entertained anyway.
I've got 5 days to ship my 3rd gen for $400 from Gazelle, but I don't think I can do it. I really appreciate the real estate + resolution especially when I'm not on the go. Love the Mini, just not sure it can totally replace my Retina. It'd be fine if my iPad use was supplemental, but I use an iPad for 90% of my computing.
-Pyromaniac-
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After using this a lot, just chiming in to say, still love this device. The best.
BuggyDClown
Member
Orderd it launch day. Said it would deliver today, surprisingly showed up yesterday morning which was awesome.
This is the best device I have ever owned. Held a 4th gen today, the iPad seemed GIGANTIC. Don't know how I ever liked it lol.
The Real Abed
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Try signing out completely in Settings and resigning in. Sometimes it helps.
CrunchinJelly
formerly cjelly
You're missing out on the greatest iOS device yet.
Just in case anyone's looking for some good wallpaper for their Mini, I run a site that has a bunch. I just recently started adding new ones again.
http://www.ipadbackdrops.com/
http://www.ipadbackdrops.com/
Dr_Boris_Goltz
Banned
Wow, thanks for this my good man.
Yea that fixed it. Thanks
BuggyDClown
Member
Not sure if you'd want this. I just made my new iPad wallpaper for the mini below. You can have it if you like. Click the image for the wallpaper.
CharminUltra
Member
Do you nave a link for this wallpaper? It's pretty niceNot sure if you'd want this. I just made my new iPad wallpaper for the mini below. You can have it if you like. Click the image for the wallpaper.
url=http://i.imgur.com/qslJN.jpg][/url]
Edit: I have a 3rd gen iPad tho
BuggyDClown
Member
Do you nave a link for this wallpaper? It's pretty nice
Edit: I have a 3rd gen iPad tho
Yeah If you click on the image it will take you to the wallpaper.
I always make new backgrounds whenever I get new devices.
Ah 3rd gen, sorry I don't have retina :/
I was really wowed by this thing at the Apple Store last night. I went in thinking I wanted a 3rd or 4th gen iPad, but the weight on those things was a pretty big turn-off.
I like how light the Mini is, and how there's less useless bezel. It feels like it would eventually be straining to hold an unsupported, elevated iPad, but the Mini feels like it weighs less than a paperback (which most of us hold elevated for hours at a time). I thought the smaller screen size on the Mini would bother me, but I didn't notice it much at all. This is the first time that I've found myself preferring a 7-8" tablet over a larger variant.
The only downside is that the hardware inside is essentially 2 generations old now, and I'm worried about how well it will run apps in the future.
On Black Friday, I can (maybe) get an iPad 3 for ~$300.....or an iPad Mini for $329. What would you guys choose?
I like how light the Mini is, and how there's less useless bezel. It feels like it would eventually be straining to hold an unsupported, elevated iPad, but the Mini feels like it weighs less than a paperback (which most of us hold elevated for hours at a time). I thought the smaller screen size on the Mini would bother me, but I didn't notice it much at all. This is the first time that I've found myself preferring a 7-8" tablet over a larger variant.
The only downside is that the hardware inside is essentially 2 generations old now, and I'm worried about how well it will run apps in the future.
On Black Friday, I can (maybe) get an iPad 3 for ~$300.....or an iPad Mini for $329. What would you guys choose?
iPad 3 is negligibly faster than the iPad 2 /mini
If you really want to future proof for speed, you need the iPad 4.
That being said, I don't foresee that being an issue.
The Real Abed
Perma-Junior
You should make it a square. Either 1024x1024 or 2048x2048 so it works in both Landscape and Portrait.
Souless_PJ
Banned
Yeah I don't really get all the superceded talk. The A5 has only just been topped a month ago by the iPhone 5 and now iPad. The 3 was never any faster than the 2. The extra ram helped tabs reloading less but the GPU cores were only there to drive the extra pixels at the same parity to the old. It never felt like an actual step up in performance until now.
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Get an iPad Mini and then sell it next year when the hardware gets upgraded. That's my plan!
victreeb3l
Member
these are excellent, thanks man!
BuggyDClown
Member
What? It is a square. Like I said click the image, it will take you to the full res of the wallpaper.
http://www.ipadbackdrops.com/post/4149195790/prism
Btw you're also welcome for that one. I made that for iPad two, then updated for retina last year. Haha awesome, love seeing my wallpapers show up online.
The Real Abed
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Oh, silly me. It looked like a rectangle..
Nice.
Curious how do you make them? You write a program to generate something that feels right and pick the best one or something else?
WordAssassin
Member
There is rarely a day that my iPad mini does not leave my house with me. I fucking love this thing.
Next year I'm gonna get a 32Gig again (assuming they upgrade to Retina) but next time, I'm gonna get the cellular one. Having a little data pad with internet on me wherever I go is like some kind of dream that I never believed would come true. Yes, that's what the iPhone is, but this size is just so perfect. If I could ditch my iPhone but transfer my current data plan and use a bluetooth headset with the Mini I would in a heartbeat.
Next year I'm gonna get a 32Gig again (assuming they upgrade to Retina) but next time, I'm gonna get the cellular one. Having a little data pad with internet on me wherever I go is like some kind of dream that I never believed would come true. Yes, that's what the iPhone is, but this size is just so perfect. If I could ditch my iPhone but transfer my current data plan and use a bluetooth headset with the Mini I would in a heartbeat.
BuggyDClown
Member
Nope just use photoshop from scratch. I play with colors amd patterns until I get something I like. I like certain shapes/patterns and lots of color. Once I have something I like I tweak it until it's what I want.
For instance I played with patterns and gradients until I got a good theme. Then I made it into a checkerboard, then made a second version at a 45 degree angle and lowerd the opacity to get the diamond look.
Mix colors again, reveal the edges to enhance the pattern and then rotated the image so it wasn't horizontal or vertical bars.
That's how I made this one.
You heard wrong! Apple requires all apps to have retina & non-retina versions to avoid fragmentation. Some games even run better on the ipad 2 than 3 (though I'm sure the 4 fixed that).
Cool, thanks!
Ok cool. This will be my first iProduct, so I wasn't sure. Thanks!
Crazymoogle
Member
Seems to vary by country but Apple Store's usually update their inventory at either 9 or 10 depending on timezone. This gives you a slim timeline (5mins) to get in and reserve a unit for pickup next day if they gain stock (very likely at bigger locations). You can't reserve anything that doesn't have stock so it's foolproof in that sense. (There's also no way to reserve in-store, so it's your only bet apart from just flat out ordering a unit for shipment online)
VariantX04
Loser slave of the system :(
Finally got mine. Feels pretty amazing and typing on it is a breeze. Once the faster retina iPad minis come out I see absolutely no reason to stick with the original iPad (until a proper refresh at least). This really should've been the original size.
jts
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Apple... the fuck is iTunes 11 at!?
The iPad mini's box even states that it needs iTunes 11 or higher :lol:
Funny how it didn't even needed an update... on the other hand, there isn't a miniature picture available for the product on iTunes 10.
I'm afraid that if they're delaying it so much, we will suffer from an early product and it will not be a smooth ride at the beginning.
Unless that instead of being delayed for major issues, they're just ironing out small kinks so it will be flawless. That would be cool. But unexpected.
The iPad mini's box even states that it needs iTunes 11 or higher :lol:
Funny how it didn't even needed an update... on the other hand, there isn't a miniature picture available for the product on iTunes 10.
I'm afraid that if they're delaying it so much, we will suffer from an early product and it will not be a smooth ride at the beginning.
Unless that instead of being delayed for major issues, they're just ironing out small kinks so it will be flawless. That would be cool. But unexpected.
Gamecocks625
Member
I think Daringfireball posted something on this subject. But yeah, while the mini form factor is on the verge of perfection, the original iPad really needed to be the size it was. The iPad was downed for being a "big iPod touch" or "big iPhone" when it first debuted. The larger screen size almost forced deves to reimagine applications for a larget tablet. I have a feeling if the 7inch form factor would have been the initiate size, there would be a pretty signficant temptation to just make blown up iPhone apps (similiar to the situation Android is in).
That said, I agree. I love the iPad mini size.
Just curious since I don't have a Mini yet... How does it handle iPhone apps?
I guess it can't have a 2x mode since that takes up most of the regular iPad screen, but does it it have a 1.5x mode or something?
The 1x mode must look better than the 1x mode on the iPad 2... I would guess this since the Mini has the same DPI as the 3GS. In a way, it would be like going back and playing all my iPhone retina apps on my old non-retina 3GS.
I guess it can't have a 2x mode since that takes up most of the regular iPad screen, but does it it have a 1.5x mode or something?
The 1x mode must look better than the 1x mode on the iPad 2... I would guess this since the Mini has the same DPI as the 3GS. In a way, it would be like going back and playing all my iPhone retina apps on my old non-retina 3GS.
I've been waiting for my local Apple Store to have an iPad Mini in stock - but it doesn't seem like they have received any new stock for a week or so. Since I'm in Canada, there's no such thing as the 10pm Store Reservation thing available.
It's pretty lame. They need to show store stock availability online.
I'm just going to keep calling until the Black Friday deals come out, and then just order online.
It's pretty lame. They need to show store stock availability online.
I'm just going to keep calling until the Black Friday deals come out, and then just order online.
jts
...hate me...
It has a 2x mode. 2x stands for double resolution, iPhone apps running natively at 480x320 get upscaled to 960x640. Still within the 1024x768 of its display (same as it happens on the iPad 1 and 2, just at a small physical level).
Unfortunately they never run at iPhone retina resolution natively. That is one of the perks of the iPad retina. 960x640 apps upscaled to 1920x1280 don't look too bad actually (of course speaking at an IQ level, because native iPad apps are always much much better).
PhoncipleBone
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jts
...hate me...
Essentially Apple BS I guess, but this is my reasoning: a retina iPhone app running natively on the non-retina iPads would mean that the 1x version is going to show in a huge-UI mode and they probably want the users to always have the option of normal-sized UI (1:1 with the iPhone on the case of the mini and just a tad bigger on the others), and they are not fans of downscaling (while a pixel taking the space of 4 doesn't get any information lost, the opposite is not true). Obviously swapping assets from 1x to 2x on the fly by demand would also not be an option.
So as they don't want to get things complicated, they just opted for how they do it now. It is possible of course. Jailbroken iPads can do it, but it implies opening an app first and then if the app is retina-enabled, it will ask if the next time you open it you want it to be running at retina res. That's not how Apple likes things done.
gonna get the retina too. Apple products have high resell value. i dont doubt i can sell this thing for $250 easily next year.
vicissitudes
Banned
I had the first gen iPhone and iPod nano. Both were amazing products.
Pretty much agree on every other Apple product though.