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Originally Posted by Penforhire
I see two reasons but you won't care. Larger displays cost more and eat up battery power faster.
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There already has been many 7" devices with easy to read screens and prior to the UMPC's tablets even had larger screens the same as laptops. All had reasonable battery life. The problem with those are that the majority of users do not want a pen input computer. That is just the facts.
What input method is used for virtually all desktop software/programs? A touch type keyboard. Thus everyone finds it the easiest method and only a small segment as demonstrated by the weak UMPC sales wants a pen only input device. If they just made a jacket pocket laptop, millions would buy them. Not everyone needs a large screen or the fastest computer; millions whom are very mobile would rather go for mobility than size/power. There has never been such a device yet and the market potential is huge!