[BurBunny]

I've been reading on several of the threads discussing what people want in the Kindle III that larger screen size is high on the list. But it has me thinking: Is bigger always better?

I get the larger screen for students and for those wanting to read tech information or graphic novels. In cases where you're reading a lot of .pdfs or times when exact pagination is essential. Perhaps for those with vision problems who benefit from larger font so they can have more on a single page.

But for most of us, is bigger necessarily better? One of the complaints about the K2 is that its footprint is larger (though the screen size didn't increase). For people reading for pleasure, and traveling on the go, doesn't a larger size offset some of the advantages of ebooks, namely convenience and portability?

For me, I'd like a slightly larger screen in the same footprint. I need it to remain portable and about the size of a hardback cover. Larger than that and it's no longer able to fit in my cabin bag for the airplane or be as comfortable to read in bed. I definitely think there's a market for Amazon to have a larger version, but my vote is firmly in the camp of maintaining a smaller version as well for those in the same reading demographic as I find myself.

What about you? Does size matter? If so, how?