You see, Apple’s newest tablet, the iPad Mini, creates a vexing situation: Its
device-widthviewport tag defaults to the same values as Apple’s original iPad (768×1024 pixels), even though the Mini’s screen is physically 40 percent smaller. That means every button, graphic, link, and line of text on a web page on the iPad Mini appears tiny—even when we try to do the right thing and build flexible, multi-device experiences.
The problem with pixels …
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Totally correct and linked to an informative article but undermined by the fact that the Ipad Mini is my favourite device by a country mile.
It trades off having to “zoom in” to read some pages and “on-screen controls” being a bit fiddly, in exchange for a portable yet usable format. I don’t enjoy using the slimmer Nexus 7 for browsing as much as the Ipad Mini. It is a great device but most sites do not look that great on its taller screen. Tablets usually get the desktop version of a site and this seems to fit the 1024 * 768 format better.
p.s. The Nexus 7 is a much better viewport size for watching movies on 🙂