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A weekend story in Britain's Daily Mail has resurrected rumors that Apple plans tointroduce a smaller and cheaper version of the iPhone -- perhapsfor this year's Christmas season.

 Many observers think it's a given that Apple will introduce aniPhone Nano. The only question, according to such folks, is when they'll hit the market.

 But I have a very different question: Why would anyone want asmaller iPhone?

 The current model doesn't sell because it plays music in additionto making phone calls. Plenty of phones do that and do it well.

 No, the iPhone sells because it provides a functional computer --with a workable Internet -- that fits in your hand.

 Perhaps a smaller version could do much the same thing, but I don'tsee how. The screen on the current version is just large enough tofit a useful screen and a workable keyboard.

 And you wouldn't even have to expand the phone an inch on bothdirections to accomplish that. Because the current screen doesn'tgo to the edges, I'd guess than an extra half inch in bothdirections would be enough.