there will be smaller ones than 3x5 index cards. . . . Always. . . . On Sat, 27 Nov 2010, Bowerbird@aol.com wrote:

keith said:

...

   Ahh, the 13" iPad planned for next year! ;-)))

yes.  exactly.          :+)

my stance -- for many years now -- has been that we will have machines running the entire range of form-factors...

every single size from index-card to tabloid (and bigger).

consider standard photo-sizes: 4*6, 5*7, 6*9, 8*10, etc.

cad/cam makes this range of sizes easy to manufacture...

but the 9-inch*12-inch form-factor will be the one that gives the most opportunistic synergy with the real world, since we can map all our 8.5*11 paper in its actual size...

once we grok the utility of this one-to-one correspondence, you'll wonder why this wasn't obvious to all of you all along.

and i'll be sitting off all my myself, saying "i told you so..."

like usual...

-bowerbird