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I hope they make it a convertible/tablet netbook, like the Fujitsu U820.

And, I hope both Maemo and Android get ported to it. In fact, I think it'd be a major mistake if the Maemo team doesn't figure out a way to get themselves on it. (android has a small list of things it would need to fix before I'd find it a viable netbook platform, that I've posted in all of the "android on EeePC" articles I've found, but it is do-able/fixable).

Of course, the best possibility, IMO, would be a convertible/tablet netbook that can fit comfortably in my gadget bag (say, about the same size as a Everun Digital Note), 1 or 2 USB Host/OTG ports, 1GB RAM, options for 8, 16, 32, or 64GB solid state storage, an SDHC card slot or two, wifi, BT (with support for at least DUN, PAN, FTP, HID, and BIP), internal PCI Express Mini card slot (with antenna wire available for those who decide to put in a WWAN card), USB Client for mass storage mode and charging, 8 hours battery life, portrait camera with flash and video capabilities (I don't care either way about a chat camera), DVI-I display port (or, possibly, Apple's new display port), internal microphone and external mic jack, 3.5mm headset jack (and built in speakers, of course), accelerometers for detecting screen orientation and movement when in tablet mode, Dpad and utility buttons on the sides of the screen (maybe "joystick" buttons as well, like OpenPandora, PSP, and Samsung Q1), and ports of Ubuntu Netbook Remix, Maemo, OpenPandora, and Android.

(and, ideally, a port of Maemo that can run Dalvik/Android and OpenPandora apps/games)

I'd buy that.
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