[CamperBob2]

I don't think the "too big for use in bed" argument carries much water, but I will say that one reason why I might buy a smaller iPad would be for use in a semi-permanent car installation. The iPad is too big for that job, but a 7" tablet would be in line with some of the larger screens in existing high-end autosound systems.

Right now I use an iPhone for navigation and music in the car, which is why I want a (much) bigger one. But I'll admit that it's possible that what I really want is a smaller iPad, not a bigger phone.

Of course, I'm just making a choice between two different kludges in order to work around the sad, obvious truth: that no Apple-like company is apparently going to save the autosound industry -- a confederacy of dunces if there ever was one -- from its own incompetence.