As other reviewers have stated: " It could also function as my mobile phone, and there is a case with a small built-in keyboard that would make it so easy to type in Active Rain comments from almost anywhere." and "The mini is a neat little tool so far filled with all the pizzaaz of its full sized big brother. The only thing I can find as a con to the mini are the mini fonts that can be a bit hard to read at times with my fading eyesight and the touch screen tapping can be a bit difficult because of it's size can be a bit daunting." I personally prefer the larger screen size of the iPad 2.