iPad mini

Back in August, Empirical Magic put out an iOS support matrix to support to detail what devices are supported on the various version of iOS. Today they let us know the matrix has been updated to support the iPhone 5, iPad mini and 5th generation iPod touch. It's a handy matrix to check out and...

While the iPad mini launch attracted fewer buyers across the globe, some areas in Canada and in the US have completely sold out the latest Apple gadget within a few hours. To put that into numbers: Apple sold 3 million iPads in three days, which makes a million iPads per day, the company announced. (more…)

Primate Labs has posted about iPad mini benchmarks showing up in Geekbench from five different models of the smaller iPad. Considering the iPad mini uses the same A5 processor found in the iPad 2, the results aren't surprising at all, with a score coming in at 745. Check it out below: The iPad 2 fares...

The Dev-Team front man @MuscleNerd has tweeted a screenshot of his iPad Mini showing that he has successfully gained root access to the device, pretty much confirming the device is jailbreakable. As usual, he didn't add any more information to his tweet. Here's what the jailbreak master tweeted: https://twitter.com/MuscleNerd/status/264795310285520896 While he didn't elaborate as to what he...

Popular teardown analysis website iSuppli has just completed its report regarding the Apple iPad Mini teardown and according to them, the base model for Apple's smaller tablet i.e a Wi-Fi-only 16 gigabyte iPad Mini that retails for $329, costs at least $188 to build (via AllThingsD). The reports claims that 32GB or 64GB additional memory adds only incremental cost i.e $31...

Apple updated their iPad user guide yesterday to include the latest details for the iPad mini and 4th generation iPad. The 14MB PDF document can be downloaded here or accessed directly from your iPad by visiting http://help.apple.com/ipad in Safari (or via the iPad User Guide bookmark). When accessed from an iPad, the user guide resembles the...

Apple has posted their iPad mini TV ad, "Piano" to their YouTube channel: Introducing iPad mini. It's every inch an iPad. The commercial was first aired at the iPad mini keynote held on October 24th and also the same ad Conan O'Brien based a recent spoof on. Today was the worldwide launch of the iPad mini...

Today is the launch of the iPad mini and the 4th generation iPad. Earlier we reported lines were smaller than usual and after asking around, it appears some Apple retail locations have sold out of iPad minis: http://twitter.com/jm_boily/status/264480696154861570 http://twitter.com/jasonsnider/status/264470614742540289 http://twitter.com/RobinGambin/status/264460642189185024 http://twitter.com/cjohnson403/status/264451639488942080 http://twitter.com/trishussey/status/264451256637091842 http://twitter.com/kylemilec/status/264450539742445568 Did Apple just not have enough stock on hand leading to a...

Repair Labs has tested the iPad mini versus other iPad displays under a 150x zoom microscope. The iPad mini's display is compared to the iPad 2 and Retina display equipped iPad 3/4 and the results are shown on an HDTV to get a better picture of what the differences are. Here is the iPad mini...

When iPhone 5 was launched, Jimmy Kimmel played a hilarious prank, showing the public an iPhone 4S but telling them it was an iPhone 5. This time, Kimmel takes up the iPad Mini, as the new device officially hit the stores today (via TNW). See what Jimmy has to say in the following video:

Today marks the official launch of the iPad mini and 4th generation iPad in Canada and other launch countries around the world. Early reports have noted line ups haven't been as huge compared to previous iPad launches. Below are a couple images of the Eaton Centre Apple Store in Toronto: …at 5:42AM EDT (via @matthew416): …at...

Just like with any other iOS product launch, some of the first iPad minis were put through torture tests in order to test their durability. (more…)