The Samsung NC10 is available in the states and it’ll only be a matter of time before people get their hands on them.  If you are on the fence about getting one, the best thing to do is to get information from people that have already used one.
Netbook-forums has just a thread going on.  Lurk at your leisure.

The UK is experience a big decline in their financial markets and their housing market haven’t been performing much better than what’s going on in the USA.
It makes perfect sense that to get the buzz out about Vodaphone subsidized netbooks by giving some away.
You blokes won’t be able to snatch one up from just any pub.  It starts on the 17th, and one will be giving away each day by 11 people scattered all around the country.
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The form factor and weight of a netbook lends itself to all sorts of applications. Digital photography is among them. If you want to take several hundred photos and be able to upload them, email them, or edit them on the go using a netbook may be the perfect answer with some netbook being equipped with 80+ GB of hard drive storage space.
The decision and tradeoffs are clearly covered by Steve Ingraham.  With a detailed post that would give most bloggers a nervous fit hoping Steve doesn’t decide to blog …

This continues to be a good situation and getting better as pressure to make sales and generate profits has prompted everyone from Dell to HP to Acer and Lenovo to cut margins to the bone in order to sell netbooks.  The question is how they’ll make money.  Expect accessories to keep their coiffers full as people will look for extended batteries and replacement AC adapters.
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According to Reuters, Acer is the netbook champ overseas in Europe.  This comes as confirmation that Acer wasn’t completely off base when they said they wanted to ship millions of netbooks next year and take over the #2 PC spot from Dell and control share of netbook sales globally.
When you consider the value the Aspire One provides with it’s 6 cell battery and the upcoming tie-in with Sprint to help push XOHM WiMax, things are beginning to pickup for thet Taiwan manufacturer.

Researchandmarkets.com has some information and they’d love to sell it to you for $3,000.
What do you get for you $3,000?
According to them, you’ll get:

- The worldwide notebook PC market development forecast in 2H 2008, including 1H 2008 review of market trends
- Forecast of major market trends in notebook PC products and technologies in 2H 2008
- Current status and future development of notebook PCs
Key Topics Covered:
- Notebook PC Market Development in 1H 2008
- Market Sustains Growth Despite Global Economic Situation
- Netbook PC Growth Leaps in 2008
- The Worldwide Notebook PC Market …

Dell has been doing a lot of advertising lately, almost to the point that you’d think that there weren’t any other brands selling netbooks.  Lenovo, not wanting to be left out, has a deal of it’s own it wants to promote.
The 10-inch version of their IdeaPad S10 netbook is only $409, down from $439.
This is almost a great deal since the S10 only comes with 512MB and a 3 cell battery instead of 1GB of RAM and a 4 or 6 cell battery like it’s competition.
C’mon Lenovo, make the deal …

[This is pure speculation; we don't have any insiders or "ninjas" feeding us information.]
Best Buy is going to stop selling Linux Netbooks.  It would be a surprise if you saw them there after the holidays.  Right now is the time when people begin shopping for holiday gifts and for many a netbook or notebook are high up on the list.  At under $400, netbooks seem very attractive but when they have Linux installed there’s a layer of complexity.  Best Buy won’t want to deal with the return that will happen …

The title says it all, but it seems to be mostly hopeful anticipation than anything else.  AMD has been sitting on the bench for what could be called a long time as Intel creates a vertical integration that would even make Apple stand up and applaud.
Intel makes a wide range of processors, they’re entered into a joint venture with Micron to start making SSD’s and they’ve made graphic processors for a while.  Intel frequently makes reference design products to show manufacturers how you can take their products and evolve their …