Apple fans and enthusiasts were eager to finally purchase an iPad,a tablet computer with a touch-screen that Apple claims will "bridge the gap" between a cell phone and a laptop computer.
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The gapbetween the bezel and the screen content is significantly reduced so consumers can get more screen real estate without increasing the size of the TV.
Three decades later, in Sri Lanka, he was trying to figure how to use technology to bridge the gapbetween his imagination and what could be shown convincingly on a movie screen.