Originally Posted By: drakino
Originally Posted By: Cris
It also seems to be much bigger than it should be, ok it's thin but there is a clear inch around the screen on each side. I'd rather it be twice the thickness and be all screen on the front, with just a few mm making up the surround.

That was probably intentional to allow easier handling of the device. All the ebook readers have similar borders.

Yeah. You don't need that border on the iPhone/iPod touch because you can generally hold the whole thing in your hand by gripping the sides. The iPad is too wide to do that and you'll need to grab an edge.