Netbooks, MIDs, Tablets and Emerging Communication Devices

With the consumer industry almost at a stand still, we are left wondering if emerging communications are going to remain limited to computers and notebooks. But wait: Netbooks are selling and the segment is growing rapidly. And ARM, Qualcomm, TI and Freescale are all talking about ARM based Linux MIDs and Netbooks. What is the consumer need that drives Netbooks and MIDs ? How is the business case looking in 2009 and 2010? And what are the underlying technologies that drives the space. X86 vs ARM ? Linux vs. Win7? Come over for a lively discussion.