Hi Terri, Yes, the iPad Mini is Apple's newest iPad Mini, it was first available for purchase on September 9, 2015. However, while it came preinstalled with iOS 9 just like the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus which were also released last September, the iPad Mini only has an A8 processor and not the A9 of the iPhone 6S and 6S Plus. That is Apple's second generation 64 Bit processor and I don't think for your purposes this will make a noticeable difference. Compared to buying an iPod fifth Gen I think you made a good decision as the iPad Mini will probably serve you better as a secondary device to use at home. The nice thing is that Apple made the iPad Mini 4 lighter and thinner than the previous generations, it is only 6.1mm thick which I believe is the same thickness as an iPod Touch. The iPad Mini 4 also has an upgraded 8 Megapixel rear and 1.2 Megapixel front camera for selfis and video calls. As Ed pointed out, if you want it to behave more like your phone, you can turn off split view which splits the screen into two areas for some apps like Mail. I think, however, that if you use the iPad Mini in portrait mode it is like the iPhone anyways. As for buttons it basically has just what your iPhone has: a home button with Touch Id, volume up and down buttons, the power/sleep button and a little flip switch like the one on the iPhone except on the iPad it isn't used for muting your iPad, but it can be set up to lock in your orientation in either portrait or landscape mode. All in all iOS 9 on an iPad will be very much like iOS 9 on your iPhone, but as Ray pointed out, due to the larger screen your gestures may have to be a big bigger although this is much more the case with a full-size 9.7 inch iPad and I don't even want to guess how it would be on the large iPad Pro. I would just search Amazon for "iPad Mini keyboard cases" and see what comes up.
Regards, Sieghard -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Terri Stimmel Sent: Wednesday, July 27, 2016 9:22 PM To: Viphone <[email protected]> Subject: Questions regarding the iPad mini Hello everybody, Today I ordered an iPad mini from AT&T. I was able to get a promotion on it, and it was a great deal for me. I'm very excited about this! However, I have never had an iPad of any sort. How do they work? Are they somehow different from an iPod? What sorts of things can you do with them, that you cannot do with the iPod? I got done I pad mini for. The lady said that this was the latest generation. I hope he is correct about that. I was able to get the 64 gig model, and this really made me happy. Plus, I got it in silver. Not like that really mattered. But I wanted to be a little different. They had gold. But I thought that was a bit much! Will I be able to turn on voice over by myself? If so, how would I go about doing this? Wooden buttons are on the iPad mini? Also, is there a case I can get for the iPad mini, that comes with a combination keyboard? Or is this product too small for that? Any help, or suggestions, would be very much appreciated. Thank you so much! Terri Sent from my iPhone -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- The following information is important for all members of the V iPhone list. If you have any questions or concerns about the running of this list, or if you feel that a member's post is inappropriate, please contact the owners or moderators directly rather than posting on the list itself. Your V iPhone list moderator is Mark Taylor and your owner is Cara Quinn - you can reach Cara at [email protected] The archives for this list can be searched at: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "VIPhone" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/viphone. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
