iPad screen – Yay or nay on 4:3?

Posted by | 01/27/2010 | 16 Comments

iPadLandscapeiPadPortraitNot 100% sure the iPad screen is exactly 4:3, but it sure isn’t widescreen. Looked blocky to me, but then I remembered the fuss when Tablet PCs transitioned from 4:3 to widescreen. Lot of people weren’t happy about the narrowness of the screens in portrait. Where do you stand? Happy to go back or happier now with widescreen?

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My name is Mark Sumimoto; I am Sumocat. I dabble in all areas of mobile computing, but my focus is Windows-based Tablet PCs and pen input. They’ve been part of my arsenal since 2004, and I’m proud to have pioneered the field of ink blogging, earning a spot as a Microsoft MVP for Touch and Tablets in the process. My current tools include a Fujitsu Lifebook T900, TEGA v2, and iPhone 4. Email me: sumocat [at] notebooks.com
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  • http://singlesynapse.blogspot.com kahm

    4:3 is much better for a device where you change the orientation. It’s better for displaying photos, and better for use as an e-reader. Widescreen in portrait mode is annoyingly narrow. So much so that I prefer using my 4:3 Fujitsu tablet over my 16:10 HP tablet, despite the HP having a lot more pixels.

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