The absurdity of this situation was on display last week as the Navy's former senior officer, retired Chief of Naval Operations Vernon Clark, testified before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
People familiar with the situation said Apple has had trouble improving the display technology, in part because of the iPad screen's larger size compared with the iPhone.
"I think of the Indians and their situation when their ancestors' bones were taken for display at museums, " says Al Walton of the African-American History Project Committee.