As per surveys, Netbooks are being used primarily for business, entertainment and communication and it's being seen as a secondary device. I've covered that in more detail here:
http://sachendra.wordpress.com/2009/08/16/netbooks-lead-the-way-on-how-well-be-using-our-mobile-phones-in-the-near-future/ Since it's not replacing the laptop, I think what’s basically missing is a phone added to the mix. I don't see why users will want to carry mobile, netbook and laptop at the same time. I foresee a Nokia communicator type device with decent screen size and usable keypad to overtake the Netbook just like Smarphones overtook the PDA. The software being used will need to be adopted for this new phone, that said, software to do all the above already exists for mobiles, it just needs to be made more easy to use. With larger screen size and better keyboard I don’t see a reason why we’ll not see Netbooks being phased out to give way for the next generation of mobile phones. Is this thought too outlandish? What do you think? -- Sachendra Yadav http://sachendra.wordpress.com ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [email protected] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
