Apple finally officially introduced the iPad Mini, Tuesday (23/10/2012), in San Jose, California, United States. This product has a screen size of 7.9 inches. Thickness only 7.2 mm Mini iPad wrapped with aluminum material. Mini iPad weighs 300 grams, 53 percent lighter than the New iPad.
Apple slashed the side edge of the screen on the iPad Mini that this tablet looks more slender. However, the edges of the upper and lower fixed screen designed thick.
"Not only smaller iPad, this is a product with a design that is really new," said the official Apple, Phil Schiller, when introducing the iPad Mini.
Mini iPad screen equipped with 1024 x 768 resolution, using a dual core A5 processor, 5 MP camera, and have been using the new dock measures 8 pin connector. Mini iPad is available in Wi-Fi models and Wi-Fi plus cellular networks.
For data storage media, available versions of 16GB, 32GB, and 64GB. iPad Mini can be ordered from Friday this week, and begin shipping on November 2 to 34 countries.
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Specification of iPad Mini
iPad mini size and weight
Height: 7.87 inches (200 mm)
Width: 5.3 inches (134.7 mm)
Depth: 0.28 inch (7.2 mm)
Weight: 0.68 pounds (308 g) / Weight: 0.69 pounds (312 g) for cellular models
iPad mini storage
16GB
32GB
64GB
iPad mini displays
7.9-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit Multi-Touch display with IPS technology
1024-by-768 resolution at 163 pixels per inch (ppi)
Fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
iPad mini chipset
Dual-core A5
Mini iPad Wireless and cellular radios
802.11a/b/g/n Wi-Fi (802.11n 2.4GHz and 5GHz)
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
Wi-Fi + 4G for AT & T LTE GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) UMTS / HSPA + / DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz) LTE (Bands 4 and 17)
Wi-Fi + 4G for Verizon CDMA EV-DO Rev. A and Rev. B (800, 1900, 2100 MHz) GSM / EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) UMTS / HSPA + / DC-HSDPA (850, 900, 1900, 2100 MHz) LTE (Bands 1, 3, 5, 13, 25)
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
iPad mini cameras
iSight Camera
5MP photos
Autofocus
Face detection
Backside illumination
Five-element lens
Hybrid IR filter
�/2.4 aperture
Tap to focus video or still images
Tap to control exposure for video or still images
Photo and video geotagging
1080p HD video recording
Video stabilization
Tap to focus while recording
FaceTime HD Camera
1.2MP photos
720p HD video
FaceTime video calling over Wi-Fi or cellular4
Face detection
Backside illumination
Tap to control exposure for video or still images
Photo and video geotagging
iPad mini battery and power
Built-in 16.3-watt-hour rechargeable lithium-polymer battery
Up to 10 hours of surfing the web on Wi-Fi, watching video, or listening to music
Up to 9 hours of surfing the web using cellular data network
Charging via power adapter or USB to computer system
iPad mini ports
Lightning connector
3.5-mm stereo headphone minijack
Built-in speaker
Microphone
Nano-SIM card tray (Cellular only)
iPad mini sensors
Three-axis gyro
Accelerometer
Ambient light sensor
iPad mini-location services
Wi-Fi
Digital compass
Assisted GPS and GLONASS (Cellular only)
Cellular
iPad Mini Audio Playback
Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000 Hz
Audio formats supported: AAC (8 to 320 Kbps), Protected AAC (from iTunes Store), HE-AAC, MP3 (8 to 320 Kbps), MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, 4, Audible Enhanced Audio, AAX, and AAX +), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
User-configurable maximum volume limit
iPad mini TV and Video
AirPlay Mirroring to Apple TV (2nd and 3rd generation) at 720p
AirPlay video streaming to Apple TV (3rd generation) at up to 1080p and Apple TV (2nd generation) at up to 720p
Video mirroring and video out support: Up to 720p through Lightning and Lightning Digital AV Adapter to VGA Adapter; video playback up to 1080p (sold separately)
Video formats supported: H.264 video up to 1080p, 30 frames per second, High Profile level 4.1 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in. M4v,. Mp4, and. Mov file formats; MPEG- 4 video up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps per channel, 48kHz, stereo audio in. m4v,. mp4, and. mov file formats; Motion JPEG (M-JPEG) up to 35 Mbps, 1280 by 720 pixels, 30 frames per second, audio in ulaw, PCM stereo audio in. avi file format
iPad mini-Mail Attachment Support
Viewable document types:. Jpg,. Tiff,. Gif (images);. Doc and. Docx (Microsoft Word),. Htm and. Html (web pages);. Key (Keynote);. Numbers (Numbers);. Pages (Pages),. pdf (Preview and Adobe Acrobat);. ppt and. pptx (Microsoft PowerPoint),. txt (text);. rtf (rich text format),. vcf (contact information);. xls and. xlsx ( Microsoft Excel)
iPad mini Languages
Language support for English (U.S.), English (UK), Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), French, German, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Catalan, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Finnish, Greek , Hebrew, Hungarian, Indonesian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Keyboard support for English (U.S.), English (Australian), English (Canadian), English (UK), Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke), Chinese - Traditional (Handwriting, Pinyin, Zhuyin, Cangjie, Stroke), French , French (Canadian), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji, Kana), Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian, Czech, Danish, Dutch, Emoji, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian, Russian, Serbian ( Cyrillic / Latin), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Tibetan, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Dictionary support (predictive text and autocorrect Enables) for English (U.S.), English (Australian), English (Canadian), English (UK), Chinese - Simplified (Handwriting, Pinyin, Stroke), Chinese - Traditional (Handwriting, Pinyin, Zhuyin , Cangjie, Stroke), French, French (Canadian), French (Switzerland), German (Germany), German (Switzerland), Italian, Japanese (Romaji, Kana), Korean, Spanish, Arabic, Bulgarian, Catalan, Cherokee, Croatian , Czech, Danish, Dutch, Estonian, Finnish, Flemish, Greek, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Icelandic, Indonesian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Malay, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese (Portugal), Portuguese (Brazil), Romanian , Russian, Serbian (Cyrillic / Latin), Slovak, Swedish, Thai, Turkish, Ukrainian, Vietnamese
Siri language support for English (U.S., UK, Canada, Australia), Spanish (U.S., Mexico, Spain), French (France, Canada, Switzerland), German (Germany, Switzerland), Italian (Italy, Switzerland), Japanese, Korean , Chinese (Mainland China, Taiwan), Cantonese (Hong Kong)
iPad mini Accessibility
VoiceOver screen reader
Guided Access
Support for playback of closed-captioned content
AssistiveTouch interface for adaptive accessories
Full-screen zoom magnification
Large text
Option to invert colors
Left / right volume adjustment
iPad mini Environmental Requirements
Operating ambient temperature: 32 � to 95 � F (0 � to 35 � C)
Nonoperating temperature: -4 � to 113 � F (-20 � to 45 � C)
Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing
Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m)
iPad Mini System Requirements
Apple ID (required for some features)
Internet access
Syncing with iTunes on a Mac or PC requires:
Mac: OS X v10.6.8 or later
PC: Windows 7; Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later
Download iTunes at www.itunes.com / download
iPad mini packaging
iPad mini
Lightning to USB Cable
USB Power Adapter
iPad mini Built-In Apps
Safari
Photos
App Store
Maps
Photo Booth
Reminders
Camera
Mail
FaceTime
iTunes
Music
Clock
Calendar
Messages
Newsstand
Videos
Game Center
Contacts
Notebook
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