For all my talk about Apple products, you might be surprise
to learn that I have never owned an iPhone. My wife and Aidan have one. I
prefer something a little simpler. Frankly, I hate cell phones. To me they are
like a tracking tag that you can never escape from.
Hence my normal lassie-fair attitude towards Apple’s
traditional September iPhone event. Last year they bundled in exciting news
about the iPad Mini, so the event was on my radar. Frankly, I was not so much
disappointed as non-excited about this years live roll out from Cupertino,
neither were shareholders. Stock in Apple and companies that supply them took a
southerly direction after the company's smartphone reveal, the
iPhone 5S and a cheaper iPhone 5C.
I was hoping for the announcement of a
new processor for the iPad mini and retina display, the fabled iWatch, much
lower costing phones or a new HDTV! Nope, nothing in Cupertino’s sack of toys
for this big child.
Rumors about a retina-packing iPad mini
sequel are abundant. My original iPad can not longer accept IOS updates so I am
in the market for something new. The iPad mini is in my scopes. I like the
feel, touch and speed of the unit compared to the other mini tablets flooding
the market.
I seriously considered the Microsoft
Surface, but I am holding out for the retina version of the iPad mini. The pain
of waiting, of not purchasing before the sequel arrives is much harder than I
thought. My sister in-law just got a new mini and I am so jealous. However, she
may be even more jealous if I am able to purchase retina-packing iPad mini
sequel before Christmas.
I am like a child, I want it now.
Fingers crossed.
In the meantime perhaps I will win the bidding war for the pull-string-to-talk
Steve Jobs doll!
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