I can say I love my mini. I'd actually be more interested in an A7 powered mini without the retina display than I am in either of the current ones. Tho with potentially buying an ipad 2 in the near future (christmas present for one of my kids), we're rapidly approaching the "too many devices on one itunes account" limit.
I got the spigen tougharmor cases with glass screen cover for mine. Works really well, seems well protected, and still small. Only drawback, the solid 30 pin to lightning adapter doesn't work with it.
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http://www.changstar.com
http://www.lemonparty.org
Try one of those websites. This one isn't the one you're looking for.