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Hellmark · 07-13-2012, 06:47 PM

I really don't know why they settled on 10". I'm in the same boat as you, where I'd want a device that shows A4 and similar sized documents at full size. 10" is big enough where the extra size is annoying, as well getting bugged by things not being full scale on documents. I have a bunch of white papers and manuals that are A4 and 8.5"x11", with like 6 and 8pt fonts. Any scaling down makes it too small to read, and when the page is filled with text, scrolling up and down and left and right, dashing all over the place on each page is frustrating.

I dunno, I have a 4" screen on my phone, which seems to be a nice sweet spot for pocketable hand held devices, 6-7" is where I want a hand held device for general purpose things, and for a larger device, I want 12" or so.

07-13-2012, 06:47 PM	#4
Hellmark Wizard Posts: 2,592 Karma: 4290425 Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Foristell, Missouri, USA Device: Nokia N800, PRS-505, Nook STR Glowlight, Kindle 3, Kobo Libra 2	I really don't know why they settled on 10". I'm in the same boat as you, where I'd want a device that shows A4 and similar sized documents at full size. 10" is big enough where the extra size is annoying, as well getting bugged by things not being full scale on documents. I have a bunch of white papers and manuals that are A4 and 8.5"x11", with like 6 and 8pt fonts. Any scaling down makes it too small to read, and when the page is filled with text, scrolling up and down and left and right, dashing all over the place on each page is frustrating. I dunno, I have a 4" screen on my phone, which seems to be a nice sweet spot for pocketable hand held devices, 6-7" is where I want a hand held device for general purpose things, and for a larger device, I want 12" or so.