On the news here in the UK they say its 10 inches - however this is likely to be the diagonal measure - the screen is likely to be 16:9 ratio so I guess it's time to check up with Mr Pythagorus ! ;-)
From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [USMA:46519] IPad Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 10:54:19 +1100 Dear All, Does anyone know the dimensions of the new iPad in millimetres? I have heard from one source that it is 7.47 inches wide – and this looks a lot like 190 mm to me (189.738 mm is the over-precise conversion)! I also heard from a different source that the iPad is 9.7 inches wide – could this be 245 mm or even 250 mm? (9.7 in. converts to 246.380 mm)? I am troubled also by the iPad thickness as I have heard several values, and so I don't know which to choose. Overall, I suppose that my question is: Is the iPad another metric designed and metric made product that has been dumbed down by the marketers for the public in the USA (with colateral anti-metrication damage in the rest of the world!). Cheers, Pat NaughtinAuthor of the ebook, Metrication Leaders Guide, that you can obtain from http://metricationmatters.com/MetricationLeadersGuideInfo.html PO Box 305 Belmont 3216,Geelong, AustraliaPhone: 61 3 5241 2008Metric system consultant, writer, and speaker, Pat Naughtin, has helped thousands of people and hundreds of companies upgrade to the modern metric system smoothly, quickly, and so economically that they now save thousands each year when buying, processing, or selling for their businesses. Pat provides services and resources for many different trades, crafts, and professions for commercial, industrial and government metrication leaders in Asia, Europe, and in the USA. Pat's clients include the Australian Government, Google, NASA, NIST, and the metric associations of Canada, the UK, and the USA. See http://www.metricationmatters.com for more metrication information, contact Pat at [email protected] or to get the free 'Metrication matters' newsletter go to: http://www.metricationmatters.com/newsletter to subscribe. _________________________________________________________________ Send us your Hotmail stories and be featured in our newsletter http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/195013117/direct/01/
