Perhaps there was no consumer outcry for a 7-inch tablet, and no, being a little smaller won’t make the thing any more magical — but Apple doesn’t make products just because people ask for them. Instead, Apple tries to deliver on what you don’t know you need. In this case, a more portable, more usable device. It’s not an addition to the iPad line, it’s what the iPad was supposed to be. I can’t wait for the stupid thing.
I thought about this as well. For me, reading comics on the iPad is the perfect experience. With the Retina Display on an iPhone 4, reading full page books is actually not a big pain in the neck. I wonder what it would be like on a higher rez 7’ iPad.
Typing would certainly be less awkward.
