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@Nahayan, squarely in Apple's corner, tweeted: "#iPadMini will destroy other tabs!!!", apparently going for Apple Senior VP Phil Schiller's side-by-side comparison of the new 7.9-inch iPad Mini to an model.

@Fluny1 lamented, for fans, that it "Looks like won't be selling a lot of Surface this year." Microsoft starts shipping the this Friday, Oct. 26.

Some felt bad for those who bought the iPad 3, which debuted just six months ago, now that Apple has introduced a twice-as-speedy full-size model with a new A6X chip.

@Blue_bookworm wrote: "i guess it sucks to own an iPad 3 now.. it's no longer the 'new' iPad. there's already a 4th gen one after 6 months!"