Apple iPad Mini

Yes it's smaller.

I don't really have anything more to say about it, but as I usually post something derogative about the newest Apple hype, I wasn't going to let that stop me.

On second thoughts, yes I do have one thing to add...I'm not really sure I like the idea of a seven inch tablet, be it the Google Nexus, the Kindle Fire or whatever. I have to admit, I'm with the late Steve Jobs on this one when he suggested it was too big to be a phone and too small for a tablet.

Anyhoo, now that it's out it will probably ignite a massive market for 7 inchers, and it may even eventually make 10 inchers look big and bloated for most folk.

We'll see.

New Amazon tablet on the horizon - iPad Killer? Perhaps not..

So apparently Amazon is going to release a tablet shortly.  Rumour has it that it may be a bit of a haphazard job merely to get one on the market.  This, in my opinion, is a bit of a poor decision by Amazon. One just has to look at the buzz in the media about an 'iPad killer' to realise that what a company needs to do is release a tablet as good as, but preferably better, than the current iPad for a lower price.

If anyone is in the position to do that right now, it is Amazon. They have shown by their earlier pricing strategy for Kindle that they are prepared to release a product at a low price in order to get a foot in the market. If they sat back an waited a bit and did just that, the word iPad may just be a distant memory in years to come.