An image purporting to be the LCD panel for the rumored iPad mini has by posted by Gizmodo.
Our source tells us the display measures in at 7.85 inches exactly (diagonally)-in line with rumors currently afloat--and oddly, does not have the typical 4:3 aspect ratio of an iPad. Although not so odd given increasingly warm reports that an iPad Mini will closer resemble the form of an iPhone than its big tablet brother. Indeed, our source says the screen sports an elongated rectangle aspect ratio similar to that of the rumored tall iPhone 5.
It makes more sense than the 4:3 format. In truth, Apple should kill the 4:3 format as it serves no purpose other than its resemblance to a paper page size. All the readers available have control and menu bars on top to pad the margins and the page still looks natural.