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hi I'm Kara Tsuboi filling in for Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the ipad mini review is in cnet senior editor Scott Stein says that if you're looking for the apple tablet experience in a smaller travel friendly package that it's worth the premium price he praises the minis ultra thin and light design and says it feels as light as holding a Kindle e-reader what would make them mini perfect well their retina display and a faster processor says Stein curiously the mini doesn't include the passbook app even though passbook is on the ipod touch the mini starts at three hundred and thirty dollars and the new fourth generation full-size iPad makes it way to the top of the 10 inch tablet list this updated model has a faster a 6x processor so boost system speed and graphics power but it looks the same as the model that came out six months ago if you have any older ipad accessories you'll need an adapter for the new lightning connection port both the ipad and ipad mini go on sale friday if the new ipod touch sounds like a better fit for you than the ipad mini there's a new accessory that makes it even sweeter for $99 the freedompop case gives an ipod touch 4g access users get 500 megabytes of free data a month or it can be bumped up to 1 gig of data if you recruit friends to buy it the ipod touch has always been Wi-Fi only so for a one-time cost it gives users the option to connect on the go for small things like checking email or getting map directions but first check the coverage map to see if it works in your area for anyone who buys a deluxe Wii U game console you can earn money for every downloaded game you buy until the end of 2014 here's how it works if you buy a fifty-dollar game you get back about five dollars in points points are added up over time and can be used to buy new games on the Wii U or the Nintendo 3ds but this promotion only works if you get the three hundred and fifty dollar deluxe Wii U in black which comes with additional accessories and the Nintendo land game the wii u arrives November eighteenth today we're taking a look at the app waze which has been updated for Android and Apple devices to make it easier to locate your friends send a pick up with your location and a friend can navigate to you those waiting for a pickup can get updates on the driver's location even if they don't have the Waze app if you're hosting an event you can see the guess approaching and guests can see who has already arrived you can go invisible if you don't want friends seeing where you are that is your tech news update for today you can find links to all today's stories on the blog cnet com / update from our studios in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi