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The Notion of 'Netbooks' Will Fade Away Unless...
Posted by hubert nguyen in | Feb. 27, 2009 1:00 PM
"Netbooks" is the fastest growing PC category in the past year and we expect this to continue in 2009. However, in the near future, there is a good chance that netbooks as we know them will cease to...
Have a look at this please and tell me what you think.
http://www.wepc.com/vote/view/dream/5951/Pocket_Netbook___Eee_Go
What I want is a WiFi touchscreen web browser just big enough to browse news sites without the eyestrain I get with my iPhone. Put it on a stand so I can read nytimes.com at the breakfast table and I am happy. Add a minimalist pull out or fold out keyboard for entering search terms, URLs, email addresses, and I am ecstatic.
I think a Netbook that also functions as a cellphone is feasible. But before I entrtain the idea it has to be a "pocket" netbook. A netbook with a sim card and a bluetooth earpiece is ok but if I can forego with the bag and be able to carry it in my poket or folio then that would really make me happy. Would it be running a different OS for the phone mode? "Instant on" would mean it does have a quickboot route like a symbian or pocket pc --sort of like its own wake-on-lan. One portion of hardware is dedicated to the phone that wakes up the rest of the full featured OS when there is an incoming call or message or may also indicate when I'm in range of a wifi hotspot.
What would we call it? A pocket netbook phone? Given the bloated nature of this thing, why not call it an "E-go"?