iPad 4, Mini LTE ship date arrives with iOS 6.0.1 - Product Reviews

We managed to get hands-on the day Apple’s iPad mini launched, although this hadn’t been with the 3G/4G model thanks to Wi-Fi versions being first out the door with cellular options following shortly after. Next week will see the launch of the iPad 4 and iPad Mini LTE models, and this version is about to hit its ship date after multiply emails were sent out this week to those of you that pre-ordered the cellular plus Wi-Fi version.

The recent emails explained that the early pre-orders would start shipping within five business days, which considering this had been a few days ago means that the iPad Mini and iPad 4 LTE ship date will be around Monday/Tuesday next week. It is fair to say that some people will be disappointed if they ordered the new LTE 4G iPads a lot later, which is thanks to ship dates slipping within hours of pre-orders going live last month.

Apple iPad Mini 4G LTE shipping with iOS 6.0.1 – we’ve been running the iOS 6.0.1 update on our iPad mini for a number of days now, and while we didn’t notice any problems previously, the good news is there are no issues after installing the latest software on our review model. If you’ve preordered the iPad Mini with 4G/LTE and Wi-Fi, then you should find the latest iOS 6.0.1 update already installed on your device. You can see our iPad mini review here, which shows the size of the iPad 4 and iPhone 5 next to the 7.9-inch Apple tablet.

Have you had an iPad mini Wi-Fi + cellular shipping notice from Apple? Initially it had been expected that the iPad 4 and iPad mini LTE versions would ship 2 weeks after the Wi-Fi only launch, but this started to get confusing after shoppers saw expected shipping dates get even later after they ordered. We always hear scaremongering about Apple meeting the demand for new products, and the same has happened with the 4th generation iPad and mini version.

Bottom-line: If you placed an order soon enough for the iPad mini, or iPad 4, with LTE then you should receive a tracking number from Apple within the next couple of days. It is also true that some people that were a little late to the launch party might see a much longer wait, which is due to normal demand seen with most new Apple products. You might want to see our article from yesterday that looks at the iPad 4 vs. Nexus 10, and also takes Apple’s ecosystem into account as well. Will you be using AT&T, Sprint, or Verizon with your cellular iPad 4 / mini?

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Best Color eBook Reader and iPad Success Stories : Product Reviews Net

When choosing the best color eBook reader you have to prepare yourself that the Amazon Kindle is not in the running; this is because there isn’t one, and there are currently no plans to offer one as yet. So this leaves you a few others, such as the Barnes & Noble Nook Color and the Apple iPad.

The Nook Color is a good device, but that’s all it is. However, the iPad is in a different league; one because you can read eBooks on the device, and the other that it can do so much more.

Andy Ihnatko from Sun-Times has been looking into why people have been holding off buying one of these devices, and believes that this is now the best time to go ahead and get an eReader. He believes that although the iPad is a great device, it is its size and price that has put people off. Those hoping for a 7-inch version would have been disappointed when Steve Jobs announced that Apple would never offer one that size. However, Ihnatko concludes that the iPad is still the best eReader; would you agree with that assumption?

The iPad has changed the lives of so many people, which we learned while reading a few iPad success stories. Christopher Breen from Macworld said that he bought Apple’s tablet device for his 50-year old mother so that she could not only check her email, but surf the web as well. He was shocked to learn that she has a few games on there, as well as a few books.

Another great story, is how Christopher and his mother also persuaded his grandfather to take a look at the iPad. The reason they did this was because he was having trouble reading the small print on books – well he is 100 years old.

The moment he started reading a book on the tablet he came back with the remark “This is the end of libraries for me. How marvelous!” I think that about sums up how popular the iPad has become, it is not an ageist device.

Do you have any great stories about your iPad?

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