She's Got A New Mini-Hat

You knew that headline was coming, right? Via Gizmodo:

The iPad Mini is here. It's a sleek, thin and light 7.9-inch tablet made of anodized aluminum and glass that follows the format reduction pioneered by Google and Amazon. This thing is really neat. Really light and thin at 0.68 pounds and 7.2 millimeters. The iPad Mini has a larger surface than the Nexus 7 or the Kindle Fire HD: 7.9 inches vs 7 inches. Remember that this size is diagonal, so the difference is quite substantial. The area of the iPad Mini is smaller than the regular iPad, but it's significantly larger than the panoramic Android 7-inch tablets.

The iPad Mini starts at $329 for the 16GB version and tops out at $529. But it's almost two inches smaller, people. Smaller!  Get out your camping gear!