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QuadCityImages · 01-29-2010, 07:03 AM

I'm kind of curious what's inside the thing. I mean, its about the same thickness as an iPhone or iPod Touch. It has a more powerful processor, or system on a chip in this case, so lets say that takes up the space of an entire iPhone. The flash storage memory could be about the size of a thumbnail, like a MicroSD card. Add in the guts of an iPod Touch, and you've only got 2 iPods' worth of circuitry. What's inside the rest of it? Does a 10" touch screen need to be thicker than a 4" one? Maybe structural metal to keep the whole thing rigid?

Don't take this as criticism, which I've previously been dishing out, because I have never accused Apple of making junky stuff. They make quality hardware; I'm just curious what the inside of the iPad looks like. With the capabilities that it has, I would have expected a little thinner, but maybe it can't maintain its solid feel at 1/3 of an inch.

01-29-2010, 07:03 AM	#469
QuadCityImages Scoring Winger Join Date: May 2007 Location: Davenport, Iowa Exp:	I'm kind of curious what's inside the thing. I mean, its about the same thickness as an iPhone or iPod Touch. It has a more powerful processor, or system on a chip in this case, so lets say that takes up the space of an entire iPhone. The flash storage memory could be about the size of a thumbnail, like a MicroSD card. Add in the guts of an iPod Touch, and you've only got 2 iPods' worth of circuitry. What's inside the rest of it? Does a 10" touch screen need to be thicker than a 4" one? Maybe structural metal to keep the whole thing rigid? Don't take this as criticism, which I've previously been dishing out, because I have never accused Apple of making junky stuff. They make quality hardware; I'm just curious what the inside of the iPad looks like. With the capabilities that it has, I would have expected a little thinner, but maybe it can't maintain its solid feel at 1/3 of an inch.