At lunch today we had a great discussion about the rumored Apple “Ultra Portable” laptop. There have been several rumors floating around about what this ultra portable may look like so I thought I’d float my own vision / secret desire for the ultra portable.

Give me a laptop iPhone! Begin with a small screen, say 10-12 inches with a hardened surface akin to the iPhone. Install Leopard OSX on the device and allow my finger movements to interact the same as a mouse would. Then give me one button on the side of the device, or a hot corner to allow me to slide in a keyboard display which takes up 1/3 of my screen real-estate. Don’t forget to add Bluetooth in case I’d like to add a wireless Apple Keyboard and mouse.

Think about it, a bigger iPhone-ish device with OSX and a sleek interface would be a killer hardware piece for field engineers, students and people on the move. Give it to me Apple!