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Tablet screens: Playbook vs Galaxy Tab vs iPad

This is just a bit of technical numbers trivia.
I made these calculations to have a reference for comparing things.

Platform

BlackBerry
Playbook

Samsung
Galaxy Tab
Apple
iPad
Resolution
(pixels)
1024 x 600
1024 x 600
1024 x 768
Diagonal size
(pixels)
1186 diag
1186 diag
1280 diag
Diagonal size
(inches)
7"
7"
9.7"

pixels-per-inch
(dots per inch)

169 ppi/dpi
169 ppi/dpi
132ppi/dpi
App icon width (pixels)
90px
(90 x 90)
72px
(72 x 72)
72px
(72 x 72)
(divided by ppi)
169 ppi
169 ppi
132 ppi
App icon width
(inches)
0.53"
0.43"
0.55"
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