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iPad Mini上市场面相对冷清

On his way to work, engineer Mike Boyer, 55 years old, noticed the line was less than a block long, so he jumped in. 'I was planning to stop by during lunch,' he said.

55岁的工程师迈克·博耶(Mike Boyer)在上班路上看到队伍不到一个街区长，于是也加入了队伍。他说：我原计划是在午休时间过来。

The iPad Mini, which measures 7.9 inches diagonally, is a test of whether Apple can shore up the lower end of the tablet market with a pricier product than rivals. The iPad Mini starts at $329, while rival products such as Google Inc.'s Nexus 7 and Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle Fire start at $199 respectively. Those devices have a slightly smaller 7-inch screen.

7.9英寸的iPad Mini是对苹果的一个考验，看它能不能以高于竞争对手的价格在低端平板电脑市场发力。iPad Mini起价329美元，而竞争对手谷歌(Google Inc.)的Nexus 7、亚马逊(Amazon.com Inc.)的Kindle Fire起价分别都是199美元。后两款设备的屏幕尺寸为7英寸，比iPad Mini略校

Analysts have predicted Apple could sell more than a million iPad Minis this first weekend and several million for the quarter.

分析师曾预测iPad Mini首周末销量可能为100多万台，季度销量可能为几百万台。

The smaller iPad is part of the largest product push Apple has made ahead of a holiday season in recent history. On Friday, the Cupertino, Calif., company also started selling a slightly updated version of its full-sized iPad, which has a screen that measures 9.7 inches diagonally.