There’s been a rapid increase in the netbook market over the past 12 months that has been hard to miss. Ultra-portable laptops that carry relatively large capabilities in a smaller package – perfect for travelling, remote or mobile business, kids, etc. All the major players have gotten into the space and made it very crowded, very quickly. Then you have new players like Nokia with their 3G Booklet, who are coming from a mobility-focus and bringing some innovation while staying fairly much in the mainstream (HDMI, 3G … but running Windows 7).
Then you have start-ups like the Boston-based “litl“. litl have gone about to redfine the “netbook” into an “web-book”; stripping away much of the normal “computer”astheics and features though, and bringing web-based content closer to the user (something that reminds me of the One Laptop Per Child program). The device stores all of its data in the cloud, and has multiple viewing modes that improve the experience depending on what kind of content you are browsing. Read More
