I currently lug around:\u00a0 a phone, a MacBook laptop, an iPod, a small camera, and way too many cables and power supplies.\u00a0 Amazon’s Kindle is interesting, but adding an eBook reader to my pile doesn’t help.\u00a0 This is really about convergence:\u00a0 why do I need to buy something new to read eBooks?<\/p>\n
What I really<\/strong> want:\u00a0 a Small Device that I always carry in a pocket, and a Big Device that I carry in my laptop case or in my backpackingmall\u00a0luggage<\/a>.<\/p>\n The Small Device is a telephone, video phone, content reader, audio player, video player, Web surfer, digital camera, etc.\u00a0 It’s dominated by the screen (e.g. as large as possible), and it uses a high-quality touch and gesture interface.\u00a0 It has great wireless connectivity.\u00a0 The iPhone is the closest current offering.<\/p>\n The Big Device is nearly identical, but with a much larger screen.\u00a0 It may also have a keyboard, or may clamshell like a laptop but with two screens, allowing you to touch type (or use other gestures) on the bottom screen.\u00a0 It has an “always on” UI — it doesn’t boot like a laptop, it’s just there.<\/p>\n Big and Small are totally synced.\u00a0\u00a0 If I take a picture on Small, I can immediately view it on Big.\u00a0 If I stop reading a book on Big, I can resume reading at the same spot on Small.\u00a0 They both have great displays, tons of storage, and long battery life.<\/p>\n (And eventually, Big may go away, because I’ll have a big screen display in all of the places I live and work.)<\/p>\n Phones and MP3 players have already converged — how long until we get to this milestone?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I currently lug around:\u00a0 a phone, a MacBook laptop, an iPod, a small camera, and way too many cables and power supplies.\u00a0 Amazon’s Kindle is interesting, but adding an eBook reader to my pile doesn’t help.\u00a0 This is really about … Continue reading