When Apple first introduced the iPad, I thought "Hey that's kind of cool!" But I never really thought I would use it.

I have a couple of desktop computers and a MacBook Air, I figured I really didn't need the iPad. Yet, the first day it went on sale I was in line at the Apple Store buying the first gen iPad.

I bought the WiFi only version because that was all they offered on day 1.

I will say that years later, I use my iPad each and everyday. Most often when I go to bed at night, I use my iPad to surf the web, check email and see what's up on Twitter. I also read all my books on the iPad.

When I decided to take FTVLive from a pay site to a free site, I changed the way I upload stories. I could now do so from my iPad and I thought it was time for an upgrade.

I knew I wanted cellular on my new iPad, because then I could update FTVLive from anywhere and not just from a WiFi hot spot.

I then figured since I would be taking the iPad just about everywhere, the smaller the better.

I decided that the iPad Mini was the right choice for me.

It's been 3 weeks since I got my iPad Mini and I can say it was the right choice. The Mini is perfect size to let me get my work done and have a bigger screen than my iPhone.

I added a Zagg bluetooth keyboard and it's almost like having a very small laptop and I don't have to wait for it to boot up. I never turn my Mini off. The stand by time on the iPad is awesome.

The iPad Mini is much faster than my original iPad and a hell of a lot lighter.

The screen is perfect size and I love the form factor. The battery last forever and that's good thing, since there are many days I forget to charge it up.

If you're looking for an iPad, you can't go wrong with the Mini.

Good things do come in small packages.

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