That said, I love my 1150 and 1200s.

Battery life, markups, dictionary, readability and a great form factor.

Works for me!

I’ll be in the market for a next gen tablet soonish, but I don’t see that becoming my primary eBook reader by any stretch. Reading is important enough to require it’s own task for me, so I can deal with the downside of yet another dedictated device (and yet another wall wart).

I do like my eb-1150 (a follow-on to the Rocket), but I also wish it had some basic pda functions – a contact list, calendar, and simply database display. Since there are all text-heavy, graphics-light applications it should not be too onerous.

even the same person might choose a different
form-factor under a different set of circumstances.

this means the only prudent way to proceed is to
offer a range of form-factors, from 3*5 (index-card)
through 4*6 and 5*7 or 5*8 (common photo sizes)
through 6*9 and 7*10 and 8*11 and 9*12 (tablet).

i see all of these form-factors costing _the_same_,
since miniaturization costs will go up in the small ones,
and bigger screens will drive up the cost of large ones.

the only machine that will sell to the masses will be
one that has phone and wireless web capabilities, so
there aren’t gonna be any inexpensive versions of it.

so since the cost will be the same, no matter the size,
people will make the decision based on their preference.

the form-factor people choose will likely be dictated
by the type of reading that they do. novel-readers
will be able to get by with the index-card-sized ones,
and s.t.m. users will need the 9*12 size to get by…
(notice that paper-books come in a variety of sizes;
the size usually stems from the nature of the book.)

one size does _not_ fit all. so this constant talk about
“which size is best?” and “which size do _you_ prefer?”
is just like asking people what _shoe-size_ is “the best”.
it’s obvious, isn’t it? the size that best fits their feet…

there are far more productive things to be discussing…

-bowerbird