Hi Kim, You may want to check the archive for "iPad Mini" as there have been a few discussions since the iPad Mini was released in late October.
Anyhow, basically the iPad Mini can't really do a lot the iPhone can't do except that there are some iPad specific apps which you may or may not find useful. Unfortunately I can't think of any example right now, maybe somebody else will give one. Apart from that the larger screen is what most people find attractive and it seems from posts I have read on here that many people find a full-sized iPad almost too large as special orientation is more difficult, the iPad Mini seems to be just right to give more space but not so much to make it hard to find stuff. The iPad Mini also has stereo speakers and they would be a bit louder and probably of better quality than those on an iPhone simply due to their size. I think an iPad Mini is definitely on my list as well, but for the time being I'm sitting on the fence to see if there will be a new one in March. According to Rob from the Today in iOS podcast he doesn't think there will be any new major product announcements until June and even though the iPad Retina as the full-size iPad it is now called was updated twice last year in March and October, he predicts that it maybe the first iDevice to be updated once again. Having a retina display is certainly of no importance for a blind person unless you have sighted people in the family who would also use it, but I was sort of waiting to see if the next iPad Mini will have a retina display. Once again, Rob from Today in iOS doesn't think the iPad Mini will get a retina display until 2014, but while he is totally in the loop as far as one can be with Apple, I somehow would be surprised if it took this long considering that everything now including the new MacBook Pro has a retina screen. In any case, It's already February so I'll wait until the end of March and by then I probably will say I may as well wait until June and I know that if I wait until June and still nothing has been announced I will most definitely wait until September or October at that point. Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: viphone@googlegroups.com [mailto:viphone@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kim Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2013 10:44 AM To: viphone@googlegroups.com Subject: very basic iPad question Hi, I've been using an iPhone for a couple of years and love it. I'm thinking about adding an iPad mini to my life. What does an iPad mini do that an iPhone does not? Thank you, Kim -- 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.
