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hi I'm Kara Tsuboi filling in for Bridget Carey and this is your cnet update the newest addition to the tiny tablet craze has arrived Apple launched the ipad mini on friday the screen is roughly two inches smaller than the fourth generation full-size ipad which also hit stores on friday there weren't as many people in line as a typical iphone launch but there were still crowds even in New York where many are still without power from superstorm sandy in fact the first in line to get the ipad mini at the fifth avenue apple store was a queen's resident without power or utilities at his home just about everyone interviewed in line at the flagship san francisco apple store said they were getting the ipad mini not the larger model analyst estimate Apple could sell as many as one and a half million iPad minis over the weekend which would be significantly lower than the three million third-generation iPad sold during its release in March alpha released its first bug fix update for iOS 6 the update addresses several problems including one that has become a headache for businesses that use exchange the bug would delete a meeting for all invited attendees in case a user declined an invitation the update also fixes a bug that kept iphone 5 users from installing over-the-air software updates one of the other big tablets this season is microsoft surface and the entry-level 500-dollar model without a touch keyboard cover is listed as out of stock online some Microsoft pop-up stores still have some available and the models that come bundled with the black cover are still available online Oprah named the surface one of her favorite things of the year and said it was like a mercedes-benz so that might help sales a bit don't you think the surface is only sold online and at Microsoft stores the surface was the first computer made by microsoft and now a Microsoft phone could be on the way The Wall Street Journal is reporting that Microsoft is testing its own smartphone right now with parts suppliers in Asia sources said the phone has a screen between four and five inches facebook now lets you donate to charities using facebook gifts the launch comes in the wake of super storm sandy and the Red Cross will be one of the 11 nonprofit organizations participating the feature is rolling out to all users over the next several days and groupon is taking a different type of donation for victims of Sandy when you visit groupon.com / sandy you can donate money to small businesses impacted by the superstorm that is your tech news update for today you can find links to all of today's stories on the blog cnet com / update from our studios in San Francisco I'm Kara Tsuboi