I’m not sure I understand the urge to “go small” with everything. I recently bought an Insignia 4GB MP3 player, mostly for music and audiobooks. But the thing has about a 1.6-inch screen and is capable of playing videos.

On a 1.6-inch screen? Are you kidding me?

About the smallest I could imagine going is an iPod Touch screen, with features a much larger screen at 3.5-inches… about twice as big… and even that has given me squint-headaches when I’ve seen in-store demos.

I mean, it’s a nice feature and all, but practical? Not really.

It’s the same will text messaging. I like email; I can put it on my 17-inch monitor and puff the text as big as I want to; on the average cell phone, you again have maybe a 1.6-inch screen and keyboards so small, it’s hard not to hit more than one letter at a time with my big, oafy hands.

Smaller is more convenient, sure; and more portable. But, much like a woman wearing a corset, bigger’s not always better.