The iPad Mini will be presented this evening at an Apple conference, but the tablet might only be available in the US to begin with. Although for now it is not known for sure whether this will happen or not, a theory seems to confirm the intentions of the American company. Normally, Apple invites British journalists to watch in London the conference that takes place in the USA and to test the presented devices, but for iPad Mini the American company does not organize such an event in Great Britain, and this makes it clear that the tablet would be available only in the USA at first.
Apple did the same thing when it launched the iPad 1, it offered the tablet only in the US for 2 months, after that it launched it internationally, and in the case of the iPad Mini it could be about the exact same thing. Some say that low stocks would force Apple to make such a release, but we can speculate that Apple would be cautious now to see how well the tablet is received, but at the moment we are only talking about a rumor. If the iPad Mini will initially be available only in the US, then we can expect the international launch to take place a few weeks/months later.
