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El Jeffe — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:48:38 -0500

Might be true. I used the name iPad in January of same year.

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Tony Leggett — Sun, 03 Mar 2013 21:25:29 -0500

I believe I have found the earliest promotional material relating to the iPad

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El Jeffe — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:49:20 -0500

Kohl's does change their prices sometimes three times a day. Now, that was with real PAPER type price tags. I assume these LCDs just make that practice easier.
They love to lower prices (supposedly) in early morning and later night to lure more folks in to the traditionally slow periods.

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johnny k — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 11:45:36 -0500

Yeah, e-ink would still be a huge power win. The power required to change the display is still very little compared to constantly powering an LCD. The bigger problem is just the price of e-ink - the display units alone for those cost about $3. I presume b/w LCDs cost less, and are probably more understood by engineers.

Imagine - you can have all sorts of interesting real-time markets enabled by dynamic price labels. The last item on the shelf costs more, especially factoring in when the next shipment is. I wonder how much Amazon prices change on average - I assume they don't do it more just because it pisses people off.

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El Jeffe — Tue, 12 Feb 2013 05:27:23 -0500

and most of the time the price would remain static, I would th-eink. (see what I did there?)

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Cloudscout — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 22:39:30 -0500

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They need kindle e-ink technology or whatever they use. Uses very little power, much easier to read, should be similar price wise to lcd. And if the power dies, the last price should still be displayed...

They actually use quite a bit of power when modifying the display... the power savings comes from the fact that they don't draw any power when there is a static image on the display.

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El Jeffe — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:28:12 -0500

good idea, Tony.

Here are their priceLCDs...
http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/kohls-department-stores-moreno-valley?select=jet4m9SUrFOYn3MDN0FhMA#jet4m9SUrFOYn3MDN0FhMA
http://handbaghoney.com/review-narciso-rodriguez-x-kohls-launches-today/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/longestaugust/5622374095/
http://infax.typepad.com/infax-blog/2012/01/digital-price-tags-becoming-the-new-norm.html
http://www.instoretrends.com/index.php/2012/03/13/what-to-expect-from-kohls-new-smaller-footprint-stores/

Doesn't this defeat the purpose? I printed price tag ABOVE the LCD price tag?

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Tony Leggett — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:15:04 -0500

They need kindle e-ink technology or whatever they use. Uses very little power, much easier to read, should be similar price wise to lcd. And if the power dies, the last price should still be displayed...

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El Jeffe — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 21:09:59 -0500

agreed about the narrow angle, and very poor contrast I think, too. Kohl's lighting is horrible in some places. I carry a small, POWERFUL flashlight with me now.
One thing Apple Stores have going for them is they are WELL LIT!

I personally think restaurants should have seating areas based on lighting preference, temperature, etc.

Yeah, you'd think the ADA would cover low-vision, or contrast-impairment issues, too. Not just ramps and wide toilet doors.

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Roger — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:27:21 -0500

Whole Foods has the LCD price tags too. They drive me crazy. The viewing angle is super-narrow so it's impossible to quickly read prices from a distance and comparison-shop (I assume they love this), and tags near the floor have to be viewed with your head practically resting on the floor (really, not exaggerating). And they're frequently entirely out of order (a single tag's battery runs out or a whole aisle blows out somehow), so to even know the price of a thing you might buy requires asking a person for help. Not that I don't see the advantage if they can make it work, but as it is it's ridiculously less functional than simple paper tags. I'm actually surprised that some city or state hasn't already taken them to court over these, considering the regulations about legible and clear grocery price displays.

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porruka — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 20:05:02 -0500

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Have you noticed the KOHL'S department stores have replaced their clothing rack price labels with LCD screens? They have probably many hundreds of these things. Not sure how they are powered. And each pair of shoes on display has an LCD price tag, too. I think that's crazy.

The small displays are quite cheap these days, and when you look at the manpower and materials it takes to keep paper signs up-to-date, it's probably a smart move. It's oooh! ahhh! candy for the shoppers and it will probably have a real margin/labor cost benefit to, um, boot.

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El Jeffe — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 19:37:36 -0500

Have you noticed the KOHL'S department stores have replaced their clothing rack price labels with LCD screens? They have probably many hundreds of these things. Not sure how they are powered. And each pair of shoes on display has an LCD price tag, too. I think that's crazy.

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Tony Leggett — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 18:31:45 -0500

Personally, I think it's a tad harsh calling seven inches "mini"...

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Jeff Cooper — Mon, 11 Feb 2013 08:02:42 -0500

The sign-in sheets at my kids' before-and-aftercare have been replaced by an iPad. Worked reasonably well this morning. Seems like a fairly expensive solution, though.

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Jeff Cooper — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 14:26:46 -0500

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Meta comment: glad we didn't end up with a separate, "mini pad" thread for the 7-incher.

ddt

Why is everyone calling this a 7-inch iPad? If this (7.85") is seven inches, then the larger iPad (9.7") ought to be called a nine-inch iPad. But no one calls it that. I know there are other 7-inch tablets out there. But the iPad mini is bigger than them.

Agree with James that the weight difference is significant. I've only spent a few minutes with a mini at the local Apple Store, but was immediately struck by how much lighter it was. And being smacked in the nose by my iPad 3 as I fell asleep while reading in bed last night gave me a pointed reminer that smaller and lighter can definitely be better.

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ddt — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 10:36:48 -0500

Meta comment: glad we didn't end up with a separate, "mini pad" thread for the 7-incher.

ddt

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James DeBenedetti — Fri, 23 Nov 2012 03:38:16 -0500

For me, the big difference is the weight, not the size. I don't know how earlier 7 inch tablets compared in this regard.

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Tony Leggett — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 21:08:00 -0500

Interesting all the feedback about how the 7 inch form factor is more convenient given how most sporkers were fairly skeptical about that earlier on.

Could be much more than the reactive stop-gap measure we first thought...

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John Willoughby — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:11:47 -0500

I just fold back the Smart Cover and that is grippy enough.

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Bruce Robertson — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 12:08:18 -0500

So what do you all do about grip-ability? Cases and such. These devices are so smooth and slick. I'm trying an iFrogz Breeze on my Mini. Seems to help.

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Bruce Robertson — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 01:42:11 -0500

I've got a Mini and ipad2 and I'm liking the Mini a lot, using it most of the time.

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John Willoughby — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 23:08:07 -0500

I have a 10" iPad, and take it with me all of the time. I bought a bag for it and, as long as I don't mind looking like I'm carrying a purse, it's great. And I look FABULOUS!

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ddt — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 21:58:03 -0500

Yes, I'd be really tempted to trade in my iPad 3 for a Mini, but I'm one of those assholes who's holding out for a retina version. I really think I'd use the smaller-sized one more and possibly even overlook the gloss issues and read books on it more.

ddt

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Cloudscout — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 20:38:54 -0500

I had my Galaxy Tab 10.1 for over a year and it really didn't get used very much. I picked up my Nexus 7 four months ago today and I use it every day because the size is so convenient I can take it with me almost everywhere. The 10 inch tablet was just too big to carry around places.

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Dr Phred — Wed, 21 Nov 2012 14:54:32 -0500

I'm liking the iPad mini a lot. I've got a iPad 3 as well, (work) and I though i'd dislike the mini due to the lack of the retina display, but I find myself grabing much more often than the full sized one. It's just so small and light. But big enough so that I can still do the same stuff I do on the 3.

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El Jeffe — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 15:01:52 -0400

ouch - drop testing the iPad Mini, Nexus7 and iPad (full)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HbHomq4QwIk

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porruka — Tue, 23 Oct 2012 19:39:27 -0400

Before the iPad mini was announced, I was imagining it at double DIN sized for autos and other uses. Now I see it, in addition to all the stated uses, as a killer appliance for the service industry, *particularly* with the "no new software needed" design.

Both the lower price point (compared to the 3/4 gen) and the smaller size (compared to the iPad 2) make it a *really* compelling device for small businesses.

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Dave Loudin — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:52:44 -0400

One site guaranteed to crash Safari is washingtonpost.com.

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psychprof — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 17:40:52 -0400

I still have my ipad 1 that i got on day 1 of it's release... other than the battery not lasting as long, i have no problems with it, and have not had any trouble with safari...

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Cloudscout — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 16:17:08 -0400

I've been really, really happy with my Nexus 7.