> viewing angles are less important when you're looking straight on or from a slight angle (ie. 99% of the time). I find that with the ipad mini viewing angles

> viewing angles are less important when you're looking straight on or from a slight angle (ie. 99% of the time). I find that with the ipad mini viewing angles actually do seem kind of important, because—unlike a phone—I very often use the ipad mini without holding it, whether sitting on a table, on my lap, or propped up against something while I watch a video. The result is that one doesn't have nearly the same easy control over viewing angle one has when hand-holding a device...