I-Pad

[Raymond]

Looking to purchase one for a Christmas present and want feedback on which one to get; Mini or Original?

[latravcha]

I have the original and love it

[Sea-Trac Offshore]

Original. I like the larger screen

[scott craft]

For around the house the original size, but to take when you go places the mini is pretty nice.

[bjhooper82]

I just bought the original and love it. The mini really isn't much cheaper and its about half the size.

[cduhon]

Originally Posted by Raymond

Looking to purchase one for a Christmas present and want feedback on which one to get; Mini or Original?

go for the original- Mini is very expensive for the size. If you want a small size get the Kindle Fire or Kindle HD. I have Ipad and Kindle. Kindle is awesome and is 3 times cheaper. Kindle and Mini both have 7" screens. Kindle does almost everything the Ipad will do.

[rustyb]

I have the bigger one and it works fine. I would buy the smaller if size was an issue. But like others have said the larger screen is nice.

[Raymond]

Ok, now who has the best price? Amazon,BB,ect?

[Ducktrickster]

Get the one that has the unbreakable screen. I have changed mine twice in two years and its busted up again

[Raymond]

Originally Posted by Ducktrickster

Get the one that has the unbreakable screen. I have changed mine twice in two years and its busted up again

They got places you can go to get hep for that Charlie

[Big Flounder]

I have the big one and I love it. I think they are pretty much the same price everywhere but every now and then you can find a deal on one with a gift card. Another costly option is one with a data plan or just strictly wifi.

[rustyb]

Originally Posted by Big Flounder

I have the big one and I love it. I think they are pretty much the same price everywhere but every now and then you can find a deal on one with a gift card. Another costly option is one with a data plan or just strictly wifi.

I got a deal with ATT because I got a data plan. It was only 10.00 month for the add on data plan to my phone plan. Im sure thats with all the phone carriers.

[Big Flounder]

Originally Posted by rustyb

I got a deal with ATT because I got a data plan. It was only 10.00 month for the add on data plan to my phone plan. Im sure thats with all the phone carriers.

When I got mine it was $130 more for one with 3G capability. And I didn't even know you could add it to your plan for that cheap. I pay $30 a month!

[Ducktrickster]

Originally Posted by Raymond

They got places you can go to get hep for that Charlie

Had to quit fantasy football and party poker.

[mriguy]

Originally Posted by Ducktrickster

Had to quit fantasy football and party poker.

That's funny! I broke a 19" monitor because of Full Tilt Poker

[BIG RED 1983]

I have the big one and like it but I will get my wife the mini for Christmas

[jdm4x43732]

We have a couple kindles, ipod touchs and ipad I & II. Kids fight over the Ipads. Never had a mini but the big size ones are pretty tough. be careful with them if you have kids. I didn't know until yesterday that the kindles had wifi and opened one up, saw it on youtube, checked the history and was not impressed what my 12 yr old was looking up. He is now officially yard man for a while. If you have kids try to put some kind of parental controls.

[fishinpox]

Full size

[Goooh]

I don't think the mini has been around long enough for real feedback or recommendations IMO. I had the big one and hated typing on it when it was in landscape. I sold it and will get a mini now, screen size isn't that big of an issue for me when you get over 7". And if its for the wife, the mini will fit her purse much better for transport, and kids will be less likely to fumble it. Original iPads were always oversized to me, the mini looks perfect for what a tablet is meant to be - I never looked at my laptop and said "man, I wish I could jut carry the screen around".

Of course anyone with an iPad full size is gonna recommend the full size because that's all they have and know... Not many people dropping $500 on something will admit that anything is to dislike about the investment, that would mean being wrong and none of us like that!! I'm sure the replies to this post will show just how much

The full size to me was cumbersome and never comfortable to use. You can barely one-hand it, if at all, and use any of the functions.

There's my 2 cents.

[Raymond]

BB has the mini for $329 with 16 gb/wifi and the gen 2 is $399 with same.
The LifeProof case for it is half of the cost of the unit but just as soon as I cheap out it will get dunked. How much junk is 16 gb? Should I go with more gigabite or Trigabite?