The Perfect Sized Pocket Personal All In One Media Device

I read an interesting post by my CEO Danny Meadows-Klue today about the Amazon Kindle. It basically says that with the convergence of personal media devices the Kindle is likely to become redundant. I certainly agree with him and I think Amazon should milk their Purple Cow for all its worth then plough their money into other things. It also got me thinking about what the ideal size for an all-in-one device would be.

Back when mobile phones first went mainstream everyone believed they would continue to just get smaller and smaller. Of course this wasn't the case and as mobiles become much more than just phones they've started to get bigger again (iPhone, Blackberry etc). At some point a happy medium will be reached between being able to fit the thing in your pocket but also being able to surf the web and read a book on it without feeling restricted. I personally think their going to end up being more reminiscent of current notebook laptops, with a flip screen to make most of the phone's size and surface area. Maybe something that looks a little like this but thinner: