If you want to take a look at what a netbook should look like, take a gander at the VIA Openbook.  The beauty of it is that you’re able to add modules to allow for unlimited possibilities for connectivity.  You’d be able to buy a card for Wi-fi and swap it out for EV-DO and then swap it out again for WiMax.
This would have been a goldmine for manufacturers.  Companies compete to make different modules and service professionals fight tooth and nail to be able to get a customer’s business to …

Digitimes is reporting that Nvidia and VIA were planning on working together to create a platform for netbooks and put the partnership on hold.  Intel is the compelling force behind netbooks with VIA hoping to get the C7m processors in the mix.  This is a blow to customers who will be at the mercy of Intel in the netbooks category.
AMD said that they won’t be providing a separate chip for netbooks.  They have their Geode processor which is being used in the OLPC, but that processor only runs at 500Mhz currently.
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