Still, given its size, flexibility and the fact that it will fit far more comfortably on the tray table on a plane, the Netbook and devices like it might just find a computing niche of their own.
Bigger than a full-touchscreen mobile phone but smaller than a netbook, these devices comprise a questionable subgenus of the compact computing market.
Essentially, it's trying to get netbook-like devices to classrooms in developing countries.
The new Intel tablets are SoC units based on Atom – essentially, they are next-generation netbook-class devices wrapped in a tablet chassis.
Schmidt will likely be asked about larger, tablet and netbook-sized devices based on both Android and the Chrome operating system, both of which are expected by the end of this year.
Intel sees Netbooks as devices for people who can't afford normal laptops, or as second devices.
So basically by the holidays we'll see slimmer, smaller, cooler netbook-type devices with longer battery life.
With the video conferencing market moving out of the meeting rooms and into laptops, netbooks, mobile devices, etc., data collaboration becomes a big challenge.
