I seriously doubt that we will be seeing an pro ultraportable from Apple. The MBP has been out 17 months to date if they were going to do it they would have done so before now. Apple have changed their product line and are also following the more global notebook trend of integrated graphics. I think that people just have to accept that fact now.
I don't know. Apple's rarely been on the same schedule as demand. Maybe putting out a 12 or 13 inch MBP has thus far not been desirable in terms of their cost-to-pricing policies. However, as companies like Dell are putting out 13.3" machines, the prices of components, including video chipsets, are going to drop and Apple might reconsider their stance on it. It might already be designed and ready to go as soon as the market conditions are favorable in their eyes.
Integrated video is cheap for manufacturers. That's part of why the MBs are so inexpensive. But the fact remains that many Mac users won't consider glossy and don't consider the 15" to be portable, so I figure Apple will offer a comprimise eventually.
As it stands, they offer only really offer 3 models:
1. The Macbooks are all basically the same and you pay a lot extra for black. But I don't consider the three MB offerings to be different models.
2. The 15" MBPs are basically the same, except one has a beefier video card. But again, that's just a specs thing.
3. The 17" beast.
It seems to me that there's an awful lot of room between the Macbook and Macbook Pro 15". Take away the blackbook, which is just a surface thing, and there's a $700 difference between the two and a world of difference in design and portability. The demand is there and the market seems to be there, so hope remains for me.
Meanwhile, like many portable users, I have a desktop for power use, so I can afford to wait and continue to reject offerings which are either too big or too ugly (glossy).