The iPad mini is good. It’ll be great with a software update [Video]

Apple‘s latest product goes on sale today and while it’s almost an identical twin to its predecessor on the outside, under the skin the core reason for Apple’s update becomes clear – artificial intelligence, or AI.

You won’t hear Apple talk about AI because they’ve set out to own the concept on their devices, calling it Apple Intelligence.

Sadly, while I can tell you I’ve done some testing of Apple Intelligence in its beta stage, the full system won’t be released to Australians until December.

So, essentially, the product you can buy today is good, but it becomes great down the track with a software update.

Apple’s own specifications show very little difference between the previous generation iPad mini and this one; in fact, all we can spot is better support for the Apple …