What do Ann Coulter and iPad Mini have in common for your home network

What do Ann Coulter and iPad Mini have in common for your home network? Ann Coulter has been in the media over the past few days for her comments which have created a firestorm reaction. For those who may not know what the fuss is about check out the video below.

The iPad Mini has done pretty much the same thing after the keynote earlier this week. You'll find the iPad mini keynote video below.

According to Samantha Murphy -

A new study by Toluna QuickSurveys — which was conducted among 2,000 consumers — revealed iPad owners are upset about how soon the company launched its next-generation tablet and, consequently, made the iPad 3 obsolete. The news came as a surprise to many fans when it was revealed on Tuesday at its iPad mini press event.

Half (50%) of iPad 3 owners say they were disgruntled about the launch of the iPad 4, followed by iPad 2 owners (45%) and first-generation iPad owners (40%).

The survey also found that consumers are ready and willing to purchase the 7.85-inch iPad mini, Apple’s smallest tablet so far. About 15% say they will definitely buy the smaller tablet, while 32% say they would “probably buy it.” Meanwhile, about 21% say they would purchase the iPad mini as a gift for the holidays.

When asked which device they would prefer among the iPad Mini, Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 Tablet, the Kindle came out on top with 46%, followed by the iPad Mini (40%) and Nexus (14%).

The findings also indicate that iPad owners are more likely to purchase the iPad Mini with 71% saying they would “definitely” or “probably” purchase the tablet. Respondents are most impressed by the size of the small, lightweight device (26%), followed by “speed and performance” (23%) and enhanced battery life (22%).

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So what do Ann Coulter and iPad Mini have in common for your home network? In one word controversy.

The iPad Mini may have peeved people with its timing but the fact that it doesn't really provide too many advantages over the Kindle Fire and Nexus 7 may be the biggest factor at play. Here are some examples (Source: The Inquirer)-

The Apple Ipad Mini features a 7.9in LED backlit multi-touch display with IPS technology, and the 1024x768 resolution screen offers 163ppi pixel density. However, it has stopped short of bringing its gorgeous Retina display with 3.1 million pixels at 316ppi to the smaller version.

The Kindle Fire HD and Google Nexus 7 top this with identical 7in HD screens with 1280x800 resolution and an impressive 216 ppi. Google also uses IPS for its Nexus 7, while Amazon said it has added a polarising filter and anti-glare technology to its Kindle for even better viewing angles.

The Ipad Mini has a dual-core A5X processor, the same as on the Ipad 2 and we can confirm that it's powerful enough for nippy browsing and a smooth gaming or media playback experience on the full sized device, so it should translate to the Ipad Mini too. Apple didn't reveal the memory size of the Ipad Mini.
The Nexus 7 has a quad-core Tegra 3 processor and 1GB of RAM, and we've been impressed with the performance of the Nexus 7 for any task thrown at it. The Kindle Fire HD offers a 1.2Ghz dual-core processor, with unspecified memory.

For a more detailed breakdown and comparison between the iPad Mini, Nexus 7, Kindle Fire and Galaxy Tab 7.7 and what it means for your home network, check out this table.

Simply put we don't see too many iPad Mini's in home networks and that your home networks are unlikely to change significantly because of it. If you are likely to buy the iPad Mini let us know in the comments. And let us know what do Ann Coulter and iPad Mini have in common for your home network or not.

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