Netbooks; How Small Can they Get?
It’s an easy choice when looking at Cell phone and Notebook computers. One fits in your pocket, the other does not (and ends up getting left at home much of the time). Assuming your cell phone has a data plan, you can get access to the web on your phone. But unless you use one of the smart-phones like the Blackberry World or the LG Rumor, web surfing is difficult at best. Without the full QWERTY keyboards these smart phones provide, texting and typing in URLs or search terms will be cumbersome – very cumbersome!
That’s where netbooks are supposed to come in. They’re supposed to be ultra small computers designed for maximum portability and wireless access and not designed for desktop type applications. In theory, they’re a cross between the highest end smart phone and a notebook computer. However, even the current generation of so called netbooks (aslo called mini notebooks) are still too big to fit in the pocket – even a large pocket. See the Dell Inspiron Mini’s for example.
Still too big to carry with you everywhere! Netbooks offer interesting possilibilies but they will need to get smaller before they can take over that ‘gray area’ between smart phones and full computers.
