



In order to take notes on the $499 iPad Mini, you’ll need to purchase the $129 second-generation Apple Pencil. Its 8.3-inch display is the smallest out of the three tablets. It’s taken some trial and error, on top of hours of research, to get the iPad Mini to a point where I feel comfortable using it as my lone note-taking device.Īpple’s iPad Mini is small and portable enough that it lends itself to going nearly everywhere in your backpack. I recently made the switch to the iPad Mini, ditching my more traditional pen and paper notebook workflow. I won’t go off into the weeds of every feature the iPad Mini offers - because there are a lot - but instead I’ll focus on how the iPad Mini works as a digital notebook. Your CNN account Log in to your CNN account
