Review: Despite flaws, iPad Mini more than just small iPad - Chicago Sun-Times

Concluding paragraphs of an extensive and insightful Andy Ihnatko review

"Yes, at the end of the day (and at the end of the column), only an iPad is an iPad. An Android compact tablet will have completely defined its role in your life after about a month. An iPad, even a small one, continues to find new roles beyond its immediate and obvious functions. That’s what makes it worth the extra cash.
The iPad Mini is a smaller iPad . . . but by no means is it a lesser iPad. That’s what makes it such an exciting product."

Review: Despite flaws, iPad Mini more than just small iPad - Chicago Sun-Times