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Tablets are cool, sure, but they have their limitations: lack of keyboard, small screen size, lack of under-the-hood power, lack of serious business applications.
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I've been watching video on my Treo 600 for months now and never minded the small screen size all that much the grander concept here is the convenience of having a couple episodes of Curb Your Enthusiasm in your pocket when you have a half an hour to kill.
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Click-to-call takes advantage of the small size of the smartphone screen and its unique ability to know where you are and which advertisers are nearby.
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To some extent, the 3.1-inch screen compensates for its small size with a high resolution, which allows it to present a lot of information, as long as you're willing to hold it close and read small type.
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On the front, a small plexi screen blocks wind despite its miniscule size.
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After his father's battle with cancer, Nick and his dad had stayed at Penny's sprawling house, with its 12-foot-tall entryway, its waterfalls by the swimming pool and movie room with leather recliners and a screen the size of a small-town cinema.
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So, while - to borrow some words of wisdom from WPP's Martin Sorrell - "we don't know the answer" to how exactly the small screen revolution will change advertising, mobile probably won't radically alter the size of the industry.
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The 11.6-inch screen isn't a full HD panel, but at such a small size that amount of pixel density can start to wreak havoc on productivity anyway (Excel sheets are at 360ppi can put quite a strain on the eyes).
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