>>My theory is that before long all newspapers will be the same size: the size of your computer screen. Or your e-Reader device, or your Palm, or your iPod, or your smart phone, or whatever -- your portable gizmo with connectivity. I have been having this debate with my best friend, who is a well known Tribune writer, for about five years now. He thinks I'm a technology crackhead. I think he is in denial. I can't wait to tell him how wrong he was [g].
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>I sure hope you're wrong. There's something truly pleasurable about sitting down at breakfast and opening the morning paper, propping it up to read and the like. The thought of trying to read it on a tiny screen is horrifying.
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Luddite! LOL

But seriously, the device won't necessarily be small. I am sure small devices like cell phones will be used by some as e-Readers (as indeed they are now), but that would only be for those to whom compactness is essential. What I picture is something about the size of a magazine page. Given ongoing improvements in pixel resolution and the upcoming no-glare screens, they will be at least as readable as a magazine. All you will be giving up will be the ability to open up a paper newspaper to a size of 2.5 feet by 2.5 feet. Is that really a feature? Think about it.