Yeah, I buy that argument. I actually use most apps in windowed mode.

The only app I consistently use full screen is FBReader, but I've been using that app more and more. I imagine that with an always-on data connection, I'll use the device for more things (e.g. Maemo mapper), but for now, I mostly use it for reading books.

There's no question for me that FBReader in a 3.5" viewing area sucks quite a bit. You can't just increase the font size to compensate: to comfortably read a book, you really want a good overview of the current page.

For me, ebook reading is so far the only sacrifice in this beautiful (yet vapourous) convergence device. Linux: awesome. Phone: awesome. Unified addressbook for IM, email and phone: awesome. 48GB of memory: awesome. Camera: awesome.

For me, there are so many benefits to the convergence, I'll sacrifice the small screen.

I'll even sacrifice the DPad if I can have arrow keys.

If there are no arrows or DPad, I'll probably pass. A Linux device isn't all that useful to me without a functioning XTerm.


Michael