Tablets have become the de facto post-PC era devices that took the
technology world by storm ever since the first iPad was introduced by
Apple. Since then we've seen a lot of new tablets hit the market,
including Android devices along with the latest Surface Pro from
Microsoft. Still, the iPad is to this day the most popular single tablet
device out there, and since the iPad Mini
has been released, it has become a very portable way to stay connected.
One interesting question however is whether the iPad Mini can really
become your go-to computing device for all of your blogging needs.
As a blogger, there are several things that you may require from your
computing platform, and on the surface it may be dubious whether the
iPad Mini really answers those needs. First, you need to be highly
mobile, since many bloggers like to cover news, community and press
events, things that require you to go outside and drive somewhere.
Another very important criteria is allowing you to write your blog posts
easily. Finally it needs to provide all the secondary functions such as
image cropping, resizing, uploading, the ability to handle video, make
Skype calls to contacts, and everything else a blogger typically does.
Where the iPad Mini shine is obvious: It's a small, highly portable
device, which provides you with a big enough screen to do real work,
something that can be painful to do on a phone. By adding a Bluetooth
keyboard, you can easily type a whole blog post, and it is powerful
enough to keep up with anything you require. With its LTE connection, it
has the same connectivity and benefits as a phone, and the larger
screen and wireless keyboard makes it into a small laptop. When it comes
to apps, iOS usually wins with the most apps out there. You can Skype,
many different image editors, and so on. Plus, there are even apps that
are made especially for bloggers. Blogsy
for example is a popular iPad app that provides a very nice interface
for almost any blogging platform out there including WordPress, Blogger,
Tumblr and so on.