I just got a netbook and remembered how everyone (bloggers, reviewers, etc) shat on Palm for their scaled down computer product - but with the rise in market share of netbooks, I can't help but wonder if they were just ahead of the market (and also lacking a few features like an Linux OS and lower price).
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Timing is everything, right?
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The difference is a netbook is just a cheapo small commodity laptop (x86!), while all these previous attempts were either too expensive (OQO) or trying to occupy a niche (Foleo).
I've always felt that the MIDs were neither here nor there, not as small as a phone, but less capable than a laptop.
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