A Consideration of the iPad's Aspect Ratio

[wraggster]

"It's not widescreen!" you might've snorted about the iPad's display. Besides the practical consideration that a tablet w/ a 16:9 screen would be more awkward to hold, Lonely Sandwich's diagram explains a lot of what's going on there

http://gizmodo.com/5458782/a-consideration-of-the-ipads-aspect-ratio