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Originally Posted by Jeff Duntemann
2. Make it bigger. Much bigger. I'd like something that can display full letter-sized pages size-for-size; some extra display height would allow the same ability for A4 content. (I'm one of those fiftysomething crackpots who cannot abide reading the classics five words at a time on something half the size of a business card.) I've carried a legal-size pad around with me for almost thirty years now, and my mind likes room to move when both reading and writing.
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Personally, I wouldn't want to see THE (as in the only available version) Kindle be that big. I would not object to different models of Kindles of differing sizes. The size of the current Kindle is useful to me because of it's portability. If I wanted something the size of a laptop, which appears to be the size you are suggesting, well I'd probably read on my laptop instead. Also, the Kindle is not half the size of a business card.
I also concur with DaleDe that the cost would likely be considerably more, and perhaps prohibitive to a larger segment of consumers. I was surprised people were willing to pay 800-1000 bucks for Kindles that had a retail price of 400. But one has to wonder how different that reaction would have been if the Kindle had a retail price starting at say 800-1000 bucks.