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 …