Launch a consumer electronics product these days and within a couple of weeks you can probably expect a legal challenge. Which has happened to Apple with the iPad Mini — because Samsung claims it infringes its patents. Read More >>

Breaking into the same JFK airport cargo building featured in the movie GoodFellas, two thieves stole two pallets of iPad Minis — about £1 million worth — in a slick robbery that included using the airport's own forklifts and possibly an inside man. Read More >>

Well that didn't take long. JBL's just unleashed the 'world's first' Lightning speaker docks for your shiny new iPhone 5, iPod touch, iPad Mini or 4th gen iPad. You do want a speaker dock, right? Read More >>

First, I have been an Apple shareholder for about 10 years. I haven't sold my stock, yet — but for the first time I'm thinking about it. I'm worried that I'll decide to sell after it's too late. Read More >>

The iPad is too expensive. The Kindle Fire HD and Nexus 7 are too cheap. That seems to be the logic behind the iPad mini, the filling of a crucial void in our tablet lives. But after spending a week with it, I'm pretty sure the mini is less Goldilocks than it is Rapunzel: beautiful, flawed, and ultimately not worth the trouble. Read More >>

Fashion-conscious iPad mini owners now have a beautiful new sleeve to sheath their treasure in. We've fallen for Mujjo's hand crafted sleeves before, and these new petit offerings bring a little couture to your slender tablet. Read More >>

The iPad mini has finally arrived—Apple's much anticipated response to the incredibly successful 7-inch tablets pioneered by Amazon and Barnes & Noble, and more recently by Google with its Nexus 7. So far they are the only tablets that have made a dent in Apple's near monopoly on tablets. At first Apple declared them too small to be useful, but consumers clearly wanted something more portable than a full size 10-inch tablet, and also a lot less costly. Millions were sold—and that got Apple's attention. Over the past year there have been increasingly credible accounts of a small iPad prototype being developed by Apple, but there was no guarantee that it would turn into an actual product until Apple's official announcement. Read More >>

Apple's iPad mini ad is almost as adorable as the shrunken tablet itself, featuring it and its larger sibling playing a duet of Heart and Soul. But what about the rest of Apple's hardware? They're seemingly given the cold shoulder, which is what prompted the folks at Cinesaurus to create this all-encompassing parody that even includes the new iMac in a fitting final gag. [YouTube via Pocket-lint] Read More >>

Apple doesn't hesitate to trumpet its successes, but its first public acknowledgement of iPad mini sales is mostly notable for how much it doesn't say. Read More >>

When you buy a tablet, you probably buy it on specs, size and price, but what if you drop it? Which one is the hardest? And which one is likely to survive if you get swirlied with it in your bag? Let the cringe-worthy testing commence. You've got to love watching gadgets get smashed. Read More >>

According to a teardown by IHS, renowned estimator of how much companies actually pay for components, Apple’s iPad Mini carries a USD$188 (£118) cost of materials. You know how Google and Amazon are just barely breaking even on their tiny tablets? This is the opposite of that. Read More >>

The biggest beef that people will have with the iPad Mini (other than price, that is) is that it doesn’t come with a pixel dense Retina Display. It’s the only new iOS device—iPad 4, iPhone 5, iPod Touch—that doesn’t have one. But it turns out, its screen is still much better than the iPad 2 because its pixels are smaller. Read More >>

He’s completely right, except they should be cockpunched too when they are on the ground. Several times. Damn sycophantic fanboys. Anyway, watch his video. It’s actually quite funny. Read More >>

Want an iPad Mini but you’re not sure it really fits into your already many-screened gadget line-up? Soundwaves of Tampa have an idea. Why not use it to turn your car stereo into an iDevice? Read More >>

A day after Halloween, the gadget dissectors over at iFixit have gotten their hands on an iPad mini. Downloading apps? Watching videos? Please. That's for fuzzy bunny amateurs. These guys are doing what they always do: going Hostel on some gear. Follow along! Read More >>