To offset those limitations, software developers released over 675,000 native iPad apps by late 2014.Over time, iPad consumers became more creative in finding uses for the iPad for everything from writing music to restaurant menus, sales tools, and even car-owner manuals. In late 2012, Apple released the iPad Mini, a less expensive version with a 7.9-inch screen. Although Jobs had previously dismissed such tablets as "tweeners," the iPad Mini quickly became Apple's best-selling tablet.