OK, I'll try and cover all questions in one hit: None of the iPad's, inc the latest 4th generation and Mini have vibration functionality.
The mini has containers as with the larger iPad versions. I personally can quite comfortably and easily hold the iPad Mini in portrait rotation, with the device between my thumb on one side and four remaining fingers the other side. Leaving one hand completely free to touch / type. It should be noted that this is how Phil Schillinger, Apple's product chap, demonstrated it during the press conference introducing iPad Mini. iBooks is another good case for the iPad, good point well made. The iPad Mini also has, and I'm not quite sure how important this is, but, also has stereo speakers for use when in portrait orientation, of course, would have made more sense in landscape, but, never mind. I think my wife best summed up the iPad Mini with the following comment. We currently own two iPad's, both 3rd generation, bought in March. I was thinking of getting a third new one this time, as our children use them a lot too. When I showed her the Mini her response was, oh, yes, that looks nice, I assume I'll be getting one as well? This from a none tech embracing sort, said it all to me. Regards, Neil Barnfather Talks List Administrator Twitter @neilbarnfather TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com URL: - www.talknav.com e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 On 2 Nov 2012, at 14:06, Lynda Ingraham <lynda.ingra...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Neil, I had not heard there is an Ipad 4 available or soon to be > available. Could you please give more info or send a link along to read > about the Ipad 4? We are getting ready to update and would be interested to > hear about a 4. > > Thank you, > > Lynda > > -----Original Message----- > From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of Neil Barnfather - TalkNav > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2012 8:36 AM > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: iPad Mini has arrived - first impressions > > Sieghard, > > Absolutely, for me I was somewhat shocked at just how perfect this size is. > To me the iPod Touch makes no sense at all, I already have an iPhone. > > So I've bought and used happily the iPad1, 2 and most recently the ipad3. > > I have just taken delivery of the iPad Mini and will also be receiving the > iPad4 to compare, however, already am pretty much sold on the form factor of > the Mini. Its just the right set of compromising for me. not to small to > make it pointless, not to large to make it heavy and unpleasant to carry > around, but, enough screen to make browsing that bit easier than on the > iPhone, and, not a battery drain on the iPhone at the same time. Then > there's the point of all three of the papers I read daily are all only > available as full editions when viewed using the iPad App. > > So this is a spot on size for me, portable, light weight, surprisingly so, > thin, and just right. > > > Regards, > > Neil Barnfather > > Talks List Administrator > Twitter @neilbarnfather > > TalkNav is a Nuance, Code Factory and Sendero dealer, as well as an Apple > iOS, Macintosh and Android accessibility specialist. For all your accessible > phone, PDA and GPS related enquiries visit www.talknav.com > > URL: - www.talknav.com > e-mail: - serv...@talknav.com > Phone: - +44 844 999 4199 > > On 2 Nov 2012, at 11:36, Sieghard Weitzel <siegh...@live.ca> wrote: > >> Hi Ramy, >> >> One would buy an iPad Mini for the same reason why one would buy a >> regular iPad or an iPod Touch and that is as a companion device for >> your iPhone. In the end it completely comes down to whether you can >> afford to buy a second device and find it useful to have a second >> device. One positive point is that I wouldn't have to charge my iPhone >> as often because when I am at home I could use an iPod Touch, iPad or >> iPad Mini to listen to music or a book or use apps. Some also find the >> large screen of an iPad useful and with the iPad Mini being >> siginificantly larger than an iPod Touch but noticeably smaller than the > 10 inch iPad, it's a good compromise. >> >> >> Regards, >> Sieghard >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" > Google Group. >> To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. >> To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. >> >> > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google > Group. > To search the VIPhone public archive, visit > http://www.mail-archive.com/viphone@googlegroups.com/. > To post to this group, send email to viphone@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > viphone+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/viphone?hl=en. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the "VIPhone" Google Group. 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