We know from Texrat that they're making _some_ device in that category, and it sounds like it's a netbook. And, I've been saying I'd love to see a netbook, especially a convertible tablet netbook... but when I think about what things I really want/need in that category, what things that format really has as strengths, how I'd use it, etc. (how I use my current ubuntu netbook, and what things I find lacking in it) ... what I come up with is that the "tablet" part of "convertible tablet netbook" is more important to me than the "netbook" part.

If, in portrait mode, you could have the virtual thumb keyboard take up less than half the screen, then that would remove one of my major objections to the virtual thumb keyboard (that you can't see the app while you're typing). And, what I find with the netbook is that, when I'm mobile, I don't really "type" on it, I just hunt and peck (since I'm holding it snugly with one arm, and only have one hand free to "type") ... and when I get to a place where I can sit down and TYPE on it, I pull out a folding USB keyboard so I have a REAL full size keyboard for fast typing. If this netbook was a convertible tablet, with a decent virtual keyboard, I wouldn't be surprised if I _never_ used its built-in keyboard.

So, that lead me to the conclusion that while I might value the flexibility of a convertible tablet netbook ... I'd also probably end up being perfectly happy with a plain non-pocketable tablet of this same screen size (9" ... I have a dell vostro a90, which is basically an all black dell mini 9).

It makes me that much more interested in the Always Innovating Touchbook ... if Nokia's "netbook" turns out to just be a plain netbook.