Ah, but the screen isn't 16:9, as it turns out. Various blog posts (such as * http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2010/01/28/ipad-43-screen-bad-movies-good-books-web/ *<http://www.theiphoneblog.com/2010/01/28/ipad-43-screen-bad-movies-good-books-web/>) have pointed out that the aspect ratio of the 1024 × 768 screen works out to be more like 4:3 (think analogue TV) rather than today's dare-I-say trendy 16:9 widescreen. But, given that Web browsing and e-book reading are two of the things this device is made for, that make a lot of sense (otherwise, things would look quite skinny when read in portrait orientation in a 9:16 format).
When I saw the half-inch thick measurement of the iPad, the thought occurred to me that the industrial designers in Cupertino weren't carefully plotting out this thing in nice round-number millimetres. His Steveness probably offhandedly said, "Make it a half-inch thick," and, well, you know—whatever he wants, he gets. :-) *—Kent* On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 4:09 PM, Stephen Humphreys <[email protected]>wrote: 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 ! ;-) > > >
