Top Devices to waste your money on: iPad Mini

The iPad, a revolutionary or at least exciting piece of technology that was released originally in 2010 and has since spawned new versions each year; the iPad 2 and most recently the iPad 3.

However, this year we have not been graced with the iPad 4, instead we have been given Apple’s latest version of the iPad, dubbed the “iPad Mini”. What is the iPad mini you may ask? It is Apple’s equivalent of sheep herding more or less. With no actual improvements in hardware or features, the difference between the iPads and the iPad Mini is that the exterior white frame part of the iPad has been shrunk, and so has the screen so it is overall smaller than the original iPad. There is also less white area around the screen, except for the top and bottom where it is the same. By Apple’s standard, this must be revolutionary technology for the latest gadget buyers (Most of these people are sheep).

The iPad sheep once again raises its ugly head.

With the target market being iPad users, what are the immediate impressions on a consumer? What are their first thoughts? Well mine are that it simply just looks smaller, that is all I think and that is all I can notice about it. As well as that, I did notice that it has a rather large price tag at £250, why buy this iPad Mini when I can get a device from Samsung or some other tablet manufacturer that does exactly the same thing, but for around £100 less? There is no real market for the iPad Mini or even a need except for the sheep that Apple has in their ranch. It’s an utterly pathetic piece of technology that should be burned from the face of the earth. What I expect as a potential buyer is innovation, and innovation sadly does not include making something slightly smaller, after at least a year’s gap between the last iPad and the new iPad Mini.

I expect at the very least hardware improvements, for such an expensive and admittedly useful device. Millions of people legitimately use the iPad for professional use, such as painting and it is very good at that. This iPad Mini is just shameful to the industry, technology and the iPad tablet product line itself.

A picture of size comparisons; from left to right: iPad, iPad Mini, iPhone, iTouch