I wouldn't go THAT far. But I think wrt to the 4 things that I was replying to (faster CPU, A2DP, 1024x600, USB Host), they're either covered (USB Host), I don't care either way (faster CPU and A2DP), or they're of questionable value (1024x600).

It's still just a rumor ... but it's a rumor that isn't going away. And it's a rumor that I hope is true. I'd love to have a Maemo/Mer device in the middle-range (between pocketable and laptop). I'd personally like something like either:

1) Convertible Tablet Netbook (7" or 9" screen),
2) the Touchbook (in both keyboard and keyboardless config)
3) MAYBE like the HTC Shift (which is sort of like a giant N97/TouchPro2/AT&T-Tilt)
4) MAYBE fully physically keyboardless, if and only if, you can get a full 80x24 terminal window, with full size thumb keyboard, when you're in portrait mode ... and have a decent size VNC viewer window while also having that full size thumb keyboard up, when in portrait mode.

But definitely not like the HTC Advantage (seems to fragile to me), and also not a plain "mini-laptop" netbook that has no tablet capability (not even with a touch screen; I hate the Raon Everun Digital Note, which his a mini-laptop type netbook, with touch screen... pointless IMO).

Larger screen, screen rotation, a keyboard that you can actually type on (not just thumb type, though 7" would be a little cramped), can be used like a tablet, has video out (mini-DVI-I or mini-Apple Display Port), easy USB Host in, and optional internal 3G and/or 4G (either via internal USB, or via PCI Express Mini, or since it's Nokia, maybe on the motherboard).

Wow - I'm not the only one looking for a midsized unit. I've been thinking about this a LONG time. I really want the core unit to be perfect for reading and browsing - comfortable to hold, spectacular resolution, and big enough to avoid eyestrain. A bluetooth keyboard would be a fine solution for those times when you want to use it as a computer. Maybe even provide a charging stand that holds it at the right angle for use as a monitor.

A paperback book has an effective 'screen size' of around 6.5" diagonal. If you could maintain the resolution of the NIT screen and stretch it to that size, it would be around 1024x768 at least. That's not workstation class, but it would be adequate for no-compromise reading and web browsing.

By the way - I'm keeping my 810 in any event. The tiny size is great.

Not just a rumor. I drove by the manufacturing facility and it is a-buzzing. I've also responded to job postings for the netbook production.

hmm, interesting that Nokia manufacture the tablets in USA. Do they not also manufacture in, say, China, Taiwan or Eastern Europe? Perhaps because they're relatively expensive "lifestyle" devices made in smaller numbers there's insufficient cost savings to send manufacture to China to make millions of them?

The word "manufacture" is used very loosely these days. For example, the tablets start in Asia (Korea last time I checked) and are final-assembled in Mexico (used to be US before our factory shut down). So I'm sure the netbooks will experience something similar. Final "assembly" in the US could be something as basic as loading location-specific software or applying other value dictated by a US-based partner/customer...

... DUDE!! Details!?

size?
format (convertible tablet? regular clamshell?)
Maemo or something else?

Those details I don't have. I only know the wheels are in motion.

Oh, and Nokia has recently listed jobs with the word "netbook" prominent in the description. The jobs I applied for are with the partner, Q-Edge (division of Foxconn).

But will it have a stylus?

another damned detail...

What about timeline for when it's gonna ship? :-) (probably not, but had to ask)