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My favorite part was when they listed the bigger screen as an advantage.

berberous 14y ago
I sold the Nexus because it was too small to read a PDF. The iPad mini may also be too small, but if I can comfortably read PDFs on it, then that's a huge advantage to me.
- jug6ernaut 14y ago
  Remember it has a lower resolution than the Nexus 7. May still be more readable if the physical size was the issue, but chances are it's still too small. A larger, higher res solution would probably be what you need, i would wait for google upcoming announcement.
- nuclear_eclipse 14y ago
  Anecdotally, I stopped using my old 10" Android tablet in favor of my new Nexus 7 precisely because the screen resolution is just as high, but smaller and higher density, such that reading things is just as easy, but holding the device is now far easier than before. I've already used it many times for reading and even signing PDF's related to selling my old residence, and I haven't had any complaints about the process so far.
  - berberous 14y ago
    Reading and signing a short document might be okay, but I'm talking about reading a 40 page article or a full book. While it still might be doable, it's not comfortable like it is on a full-sized iPad. At least for me...maybe you have better eyes than I do. I know the Nexus has a higher-res screen than the iPad mini, but I suspect it will still be more comfortable to read PDFs on the mini due to the physically bigger screen size. On the other hand, text on the non-retina iPads look terrible to me now. I wonder if that's still the case on the mini, or if the reduced physical size will make the text rendering look passable.
- thechut 14y ago
  iPad Mini has a lower resolution so you will actually see less of the PDF although the text might be slightly bigger.
glhaynes 14y ago
Part of that's due to a physically larger screen and part of it's because apps aren't constantly letterboxed by on-screen OS buttons.
erikpukinskis 14y ago
I understand the argument for Nexus 7's screen, but I think I'd still rather do web browsing on the iPad Mini. Web browsing is pretty awful on my Nexus 7. In landscape mode there may be 800px of vertical resolution but it doesn't feel like it, because there's so little physical space. At a reasonable zoom level there's just not much vertical space. And many web sites (Facebook is an example) go into mobile mode, so the browsing experience is total garbage. As far as I can tell there's no way to force the browser to use desktop mode by default... I can go through a many-tap sequence to do it page by page, but who has the time for that? I'm sure there are tweaks and hacks I can do to improve that stuff, but out of the box it's not a device I'd want to browse the web on. The iPad, on the other hand, was a joy (I owned the very first iPad for about two weeks and then sold it because I'm poor).
- randomchars 14y ago
  If you're rooted you can use the method oulinned here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811101 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811101 Needless to say there should be an option to do this without having to root.
baddox 14y ago
I'm not sure why people expect Apple (or any company) to simply ignore potential advantages their products have over their competitors'.
- randomchars 14y ago
  I don't see why it's an advantage. They made it smaller than gloat that it's bigger. That was a WTF moment for me.
  - numbsafari 14y ago
    It has a bigger screen but is thinner and lighter. You're only looking at one dimension. Also, he held it up with one hand. I'd be very interested to get one in my own hand to see how it feels. If they managed to get a bigger screen, with a sufficiently sized bezel, and still have it fit comfortably in most people's hands... then isn't that a much better design?
  - baddox 14y ago
    They were comparing it to the Nexus 7, which is the sort of tablet it's designed to compete against. I'm not saying that the larger screen would be a net advantage over a Nexus 7 for me, but I just don't see why anyone would expect Apple to ignore the screen size and not mention it at all.

I sold the Nexus because it was too small to read a PDF. The iPad mini may also be too small, but if I can comfortably read PDFs on it, then that's a huge advantage to me.

jug6ernaut 14y ago
Remember it has a lower resolution than the Nexus 7. May still be more readable if the physical size was the issue, but chances are it's still too small. A larger, higher res solution would probably be what you need, i would wait for google upcoming announcement.
nuclear_eclipse 14y ago
Anecdotally, I stopped using my old 10" Android tablet in favor of my new Nexus 7 precisely because the screen resolution is just as high, but smaller and higher density, such that reading things is just as easy, but holding the device is now far easier than before. I've already used it many times for reading and even signing PDF's related to selling my old residence, and I haven't had any complaints about the process so far.
- berberous 14y ago
  Reading and signing a short document might be okay, but I'm talking about reading a 40 page article or a full book. While it still might be doable, it's not comfortable like it is on a full-sized iPad. At least for me...maybe you have better eyes than I do. I know the Nexus has a higher-res screen than the iPad mini, but I suspect it will still be more comfortable to read PDFs on the mini due to the physically bigger screen size. On the other hand, text on the non-retina iPads look terrible to me now. I wonder if that's still the case on the mini, or if the reduced physical size will make the text rendering look passable.
thechut 14y ago
iPad Mini has a lower resolution so you will actually see less of the PDF although the text might be slightly bigger.

glhaynes 14y ago

Part of that's due to a physically larger screen and part of it's because apps aren't constantly letterboxed by on-screen OS buttons.

erikpukinskis 14y ago

I understand the argument for Nexus 7's screen, but I think I'd still rather do web browsing on the iPad Mini. Web browsing is pretty awful on my Nexus 7. In landscape mode there may be 800px of vertical resolution but it doesn't feel like it, because there's so little physical space. At a reasonable zoom level there's just not much vertical space. And many web sites (Facebook is an example) go into mobile mode, so the browsing experience is total garbage. As far as I can tell there's no way to force the browser to use desktop mode by default... I can go through a many-tap sequence to do it page by page, but who has the time for that? I'm sure there are tweaks and hacks I can do to improve that stuff, but out of the box it's not a device I'd want to browse the web on. The iPad, on the other hand, was a joy (I owned the very first iPad for about two weeks and then sold it because I'm poor).

randomchars 14y ago
If you're rooted you can use the method oulinned here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811101 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1811101 Needless to say there should be an option to do this without having to root.

baddox 14y ago

I'm not sure why people expect Apple (or any company) to simply ignore potential advantages their products have over their competitors'.

randomchars 14y ago
I don't see why it's an advantage. They made it smaller than gloat that it's bigger. That was a WTF moment for me.
- numbsafari 14y ago
  It has a bigger screen but is thinner and lighter. You're only looking at one dimension. Also, he held it up with one hand. I'd be very interested to get one in my own hand to see how it feels. If they managed to get a bigger screen, with a sufficiently sized bezel, and still have it fit comfortably in most people's hands... then isn't that a much better design?
- baddox 14y ago
  They were comparing it to the Nexus 7, which is the sort of tablet it's designed to compete against. I'm not saying that the larger screen would be a net advantage over a Nexus 7 for me, but I just don't see why anyone would expect Apple to ignore the screen size and not mention it at all.