CultCast #41 - First Impressions: 24 Hours With iPad Mini

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CultCast #41 - First Impressions: 24 Hours With iPad Mini

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Nov 3, 2012

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Ok, so we've fondling Apple's new iPad mini for hours and hours now, and we're ready to report our first impressions and answer the question: without a retina display, is the iPad mini a worthy replacement for its larger, retina-pixeled brother?

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Nov 3, 2012

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CultCast #41 - First Impressions: 24 Hours With iPad Mini

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