Netbooks, The Laptop-Smart Phone Compromise

[dpbertable]

netbook was a term nerds used for cheap laptops for about a year.

[TheCheeselover3000]

Wait is the netbook a phone

[foxivaxi]

My Wind U100 rocks

[techdudezz]

Hey Goatberg.. fuckin take out the netbook and show us a shiny review video!

[trumbachd1]

for those of us still using Set Top Boxes like WebTV (due to severely limited finances ), this looks like an affordable way for even those of us on very limited incomes to upgrade our internet access.

[shotojukukai]

How do you get SKYPE on the acer aspire one??? Is there a step-by-step video?

[smoochin84]

it is pretty easy just go to the website and download it. i just did it. it only took a few minutes.

[Ryan195]

nice video. i just bought an Asus 900a, looking forward to receiving it next week.

[barronboi2207]

are netbooks good for school

[flemeister]

It's perfect. Small-medium fingers + modest keyboard = perfect fit. Can fit in student's lockers for safe keeping.

[thedickiesman]

I know this guys brother fred.

[Woopee]

You can't telephone with a netbook!!!!!

It doesn't replace smartphones.

[pcrox200]

actually yes you can with skype the acer aspire one has a built in webcam and a built in microphone so yea you can call somebody.

[Woopee]

I'm aware of that. But try to do that on the road. A quick phone call would mean: Start your machine, connect to wifi, start Skype, let it log in, plug in your headphones.

Then:

Calls to mobile phones from skype are really expensive.

Also you need to find a wifi spot or hsdpa that still costs a lot per mb.

And a netbook is not so portable to always have it with you.

So just any kind of netbook is not a serious option to a smartphone.

A portable phone should allow instant phone calls.

[nerdy8675309]

purchase a car mount, and a celly card for your netbook, just throwing that out there that it is possible and isn't a terrible option

[wenzilber]

Agreed! But all of those features are listed for a price of 5,000 USD per month! Anyone can get a Netbook for 10% of that monthly rate, hehehe!

[dimputhegreat]

actually if they build a netbook with QUADBAND GSM SIM CARD SLOT,MEMORY SLOT, you can agree that netbooks have replaced a smart phone,as for the webcam how's the camera picture quality?

[DANZAAT]

You have cheap small phone, with a webbook (proper computer) or you could have an over priced brick (smartphone) with limted features.

[unaclocker]

You didn't mention your age group. But I feel it'd be a great machine for tweens and teens. Especially something like the Dell Mini9 that has no moving parts, so it can really take a beating without breaking. Younger hands would probably fit the keyboard quite nicely too.

[Dunk987654321]

great vid