Is the Apple iPad Mini the right tablet for business? Perhaps. It depends on whether you’re in the market for a tablet in general, or if you’re really only in the market for an iPad.

Many expected Apple to offer the iPad Mini at about half the cost of the $ 499 iPad. Instead, the iPad Mini is $ 329—or about 65 percent of the price of the larger iPad. It’s not $ 250, but at $ 329 the iPad Mini could still be a cost effective option for businesses.

If you’re already deploying, or considering deploying iPads to your users, then you’re probably already beyond the point of evaluating different mobile platforms, and determining whether alternative tablets will work for you. In that case, you should certainly stop and take a closer look at the iPad Mini.

Aside from a price that’s 35 percent less than the 16GB Wi-Fi third-generation iPad, the iPad Mini is almost 25 percent thinner, and more than 50 percent lighter than it’s larger sibling. Yet, it still has access to all 275,000 of the apps developed specifically for the iPad, and it still has Siri and FaceTime HD. Unless there’s a specific reason you’re mobile users must have the larger display, the iPad Mini still gives you all the features and capabilities you’re looking for in a smaller, less expensive package.

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