It's been a scant six months since the announcement of the iPad Mini and the fairly superfluous iPad 4, but it looks like the new generations might be on the horizon. A load of retailers in the US have slashed their prices on the devices, as good a sign as any that new ones are on the way. Read More >>

Apple might be famous for its ability to patent rounded corners and the letter 'i', but it looks like whole words are off-limits to it. The body that rules on patents in the US, the Patents and Trademarks Office, has finally got round to ruling on Apple's application to trademark 'iPad Mini', and they've put their foot down in a decidedly firm and anti-Apple way. Read More >>

Modern technology is a wonderful thing. Our 2013-flavoured world is filled with incredible gadgetry that would make our grandparents' brains explode as they tried to comprehend them. Read More >>

Unsurprising reports about what the next iPad will look like have been coming out, parts showing off an iPad Mini-esque casing for the bigger iPad have been leaked and well, I'm no maths whizz, but one plus one usually equals two. If you want to get an idea of what the next iPad might, maybe, possibly, no guarantees here (!) will look like, we've got you covered. Read More >>

9to5Mac has an image that shows a prototype design for the next iPad and guess what, it looks a lot like the iPad Mini. These pictures are only unconfirmed images, but if proven to be real, it looks like the big iPad might follow in the iPad Mini's footstep of lovely chamfered edges. Read More >>

If you're worried about friends, family, or co-workers breaking or even scuffing up your new iPad Mini, this heavy-duty acrylic security base is reminiscent of what Apple uses to protect its hardware in its stores. Made from clear acrylic that's over an inch thick at one end, the case can even be secured to a surface with an adhesive backing or tamper-proof screws. So there's little risk of theft too. Read More >>

Lots of fun, good, and exciting things happened in our world this year. But there were still so many things that could've been truly great, but flopped. Broken promises. Awful gadgets. Here's what broke Giz's heart in 2012. Read More >>

Chalk this one firmly up as a pinch-of-salt rumour, but according to wonderfully 'informed sources' Apple's going to replace the iPad, again, in March, and the big daddy will look a lot more like its new Mini offspring. Read More >>

So you've got yourself an iPad Mini, and now you're living in constant fear that your pencil-thin device could smash at any second. Don't despair: here are ten of the best cases to help protect your tablet from nasty dents and cracks. Read More >>

Vimeo user alversae has posted a video which shows a UPS delivery guy wander up to the front of his house and steal his daughter's Christmas present — an iPad mini — right off the porch where it had just been left by FedEx. Read More >>

If you can actually download it that is, because you need a Wi-Fi connection to download it OTA. Seems like a self-reinforcing cycle to me. Anyway, iOS 6.0.2 is here to crush your Wi-Fi bugs. Let's hope it actually does what Apple states this time. [Apple] Read More >>

Christmas is nigh, and the season of gift-giving is nearly upon us. If you've been a good little Jack or Jackette, a tablet to cosset in your sweaty little hands might be top of your list. But choices, choices. Which of the 7-inch wonders on sale today should you want stashed  under the tree? We've got the answer. Read More >>

The iPhone 5's gotten a lot of stick of late for the fact that it's really easy to chip off and scratch its black coating, leaving the exposed metal poking through and making a brand new iPhone look like it's 5 years old in a matter of days. Now, it seems like the iPad Mini's got the exact same problem. Read More >>

There's something in the air this week. Maybe it's that the holidays are coming, or that it's getting colder, or that there's not much actual news to be had three weeks before the Consumer Electronics Show. But for some reason, the dumb Apple rumours are piling up like so many discarded MobileMe accounts. Read More >>

The iPad Mini doesn't have many advantages over the likes of the Nexus 7, the Kindle Fire HD, or even the Nook HD, not least because it's quite a lot more expensive. But, one thing Apple's 7-incher does better than anyone else is battery life. Apparently it's got whole 3.2 hours more juice in the tank than any of the others. Read More >>