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Developers use bitmaps for many visual elements. Bitmaps will appear blurry when scaled unless they are enlarged by double. Since UI elements often include one

• aaroniba 16y ago
  Ah, I see. Thanks!
• rdl 16y ago
  The obvious thing would be to rotate things sideways and display full iPad 1 resolution apps on screen with maybe 33% screen real estate left over for a menu of some type, or a second type of app, or tabs, or just blank space, and then to allow developers to make new iPad 2 apps if they really want. 1362 x 1024 would be feasible with current CPU tech, battery, and 512MB RAM, and would be a nice bump. Since the iPad works well in either orientation, I don't think this would be a big hit at all. They could also go for another non-standard resolution with a border around another dimension if 1362x1024 were not desirable. But, 1024x768 with 1024x594 left over for something novel seems like it wouldn't be the end of the world for ipad 1 apps, and then an easy way to expand to full screen for safari, mail, and any recoded apps.
  • kylec 16y ago
    The problem with that is that unless the screen size is increased proportionately, the apps will be physically smaller. On a laptop this doesn't matter, but on a touchscreen device it would make buttons on the screen harder to hit.
  • foljs 16y ago
    > The obvious thing would be to rotate things sideways and display full iPad 1 resolution apps on screen with maybe 33% screen real estate left over for a menu of some type, or a second type of app, or tabs, or just blank space, and then to allow developers to make new iPad 2 apps if they really want. Yes, but Apples doesn't do the obvious, messy, thing, if it can avoid it. They much rather do it right.