iPad mini

Apple ran out of iPad minis -- all models -- in three days

No word yet from the company about how many were pre-ordered

FORTUNE -- Pre-orders for the iPad mini began at Apple's (AAPL) online store Friday at 3 a.m. Eastern (12 a.m. Pacific). They went quickly -- although not as quickly as the iPhone 5.

In 20 minutes the Wi-Fi-only white models sold out in all three memory configurations (16GB, 32GB, 64GB)
In 35 hours the black 16GB models were gone
By 11 p.m. Sunday -- MORE

Apple ran out of 16GB black iPad minis in 35 hours

The 32GB and 64GB configurations are still available for Nov. 2 delivery

FORTUNE -- It took only 20 minutes for pre-orders of the white iPad mini to exhaust Apple's (AAPL) supplies.

Black iPad minis, however, were available for the next day and a half.

But sometime before Saturday at 2 p.m. Eastern -- 35 hours after the devices became available for pre-order -- shipping times on the black 16GB iPad mini got pushed from MORE

Did iPad unit sales grow by 26% or 44% last quarter?

It's the difference between missing and beating Wall Street's expectations

FORTUNE -- Analysts were disappointed twice this week by Apple's (AAPL) iPad sales numbers.

The first time was on Tuesday when CEO Tim Cook announced that Apple sold its 100 millionth iPad on Oct. 9 -- only 15.88 million more than its cumulative sales through the June (Q3) quarter. Over the next two days, analysts scrambled to lower their Q4 iPad sales MORE

Apple's white iPad mini sells out in 20 minutes

Seven hours later, the black model was still listed as shipping Nov. 2

FORTUNE -- Looks like the iPad mini may be subject to the same supply constraints that held down sales of the iPhone 5 last quarter.

Pre-orders began at 12 a.m. Pacific (3 a.m. Eastern), and within 20 minutes readers were e-mailing to say that the white model was listed as "Available to ship: 2 weeks."

As of 5 a.m. Eastern, MORE

Analysts cautious ahead of Apple's earnings release

Lowered expectations after Tim Cook's Tuesday bombshell

FORTUNE -- On Monday, Wall Street's consensus for Apple's (AAPL) fourth quarter report -- scheduled to be released today after the markets close -- was for earnings of $8.85 on sales of $36.32 billion.

By Thursday, according to Thomson Financial, those numbers had dropped to $8.75 and $35.8 billion. And among some of the analysts who revised their estimates this week, expectations were even lower.

What MORE

Today in Tech: Is $329 too much for the iPad mini?

Also: Microsoft's Surface tablet reviewed, and two reasons Facebook is turning things around.

Microsoft dives deep to surface a hit [WIRED]

This is a great device. It is a new thing, in a new space, and likely to confuse many of Microsoft's longtime customers. People will have problems with applications — especially when they encounter them online and are given an option by Internet Explorer to run them, only to discover this MORE

Apple analysts scramble to lower their Q4 iPad estimates

100 million may sound like a lot of iPads, but it was a few million less than expected

FORTUNE -- "Today I'm thrilled to tell you," CEO Tim Cook proclaimed about half-way through Apple's (AAPL) iPad mini special event Tuesday, "that two weeks ago we sold our 100 millionth iPad."

The analysts who were paying attention were not so thrilled. According to Apple's SEC filings, the company sold a total of 84.12 MORE

Apple's iPad mini: What the analysts are saying - updated

A bit of sticker shock and disappointment with last quarter's iPad sales numbers

FORTUNE -- Some 700 analysts and press representatives filed into San Jose's vintage California Theater Tuesday for Apple's (AAPL) latest reveal. There were several new Macs and a updated full-size iPad, but the star of the show was the device Apple called, as expected, the iPad mini.

Below: A sample of the analysts' reactions. We'll add more as they MORE

Hands on with Apple's new iPad

Also: first impressions of the new iMac and MacBook.

FORTUNE -- For the first time in years, Apple (AAPL) held a product unveiling at San Jose's California Theatre and, as many predicted, the company delivered. It unveiled a 7.9-inch version of the iPad, dubbed the iPad mini. Also on display: a 13-inch MacBook with a high-resolution Retina Display, redesigned iMac, faster 9.7-inch-sized iPad, and updated Mac minis.

I managed to spend some MORE

How the market reacted to the iPad mini's starting price

It pushed Apple's shares, at high volume, right off a cliff

FORTUNE -- See in the chart at right the point shortly after 2 p.m. Eastern when Apple's (AAPL) share price does a bungee jump? That corresponds almost to the minute to senior vice president Phil Schiller's announcement of the price of an entry-level iPad mini: $329.

It's odd, because that was the price cited in the most-widely circulated rumor -- posted MORE