Comments on: $99.99 wireless notebooks: Boost for e-reading—IF buyers can stomach AT&T’s costly two-year lock-ins http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/9999-wireless-notebooks-boost-for-e-reading-if-buyers-can-stomach-atts-costly-two-year-lock-ins/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:30:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Dave Pimlott http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/9999-wireless-notebooks-boost-for-e-reading-if-buyers-can-stomach-atts-costly-two-year-lock-ins/comment-page-1/#comment-983222 Dave Pimlott Sat, 13 Dec 2008 10:46:52 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/12/12/9999-wireless-notebooks-boost-for-e-reading-if-buyers-can-stomach-atts-costly-two-year-lock-ins/#comment-983222 I can confirm that the Acer Aspire One has an LED backlit 1024x600 screen - I'm the proud owner of the bottom of the range model running linux. The screen is excellent and the other specifications perfect for web, email and office-type work. I find the keyboard isn't as good as my full size ergonomic keyboard obviously but for a ~90% sized keyboard it is excellent. If you are into "cloud computing" then this radio shack promo will be right up your street. I'm not so I'll stick with the occasional bluetooth tethering to my phone. I can confirm that the Acer Aspire One has an LED backlit 1024×600 screen – I’m the proud owner of the bottom of the range model running linux.
The screen is excellent and the other specifications perfect for web, email and office-type work. I find the keyboard isn’t as good as my full size ergonomic keyboard obviously but for a ~90% sized keyboard it is excellent.

If you are into “cloud computing” then this radio shack promo will be right up your street. I’m not so I’ll stick with the occasional bluetooth tethering to my phone.

]]> By: Daniel Udsen http://www.teleread.com/ebooks/9999-wireless-notebooks-boost-for-e-reading-if-buyers-can-stomach-atts-costly-two-year-lock-ins/comment-page-1/#comment-982659 Daniel Udsen Fri, 12 Dec 2008 18:03:28 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2008/12/12/9999-wireless-notebooks-boost-for-e-reading-if-buyers-can-stomach-atts-costly-two-year-lock-ins/#comment-982659 The funny thing is that even though most of those will be used for reading and as good as none for ebooks, because the only way a deal like that makes sense is if your actually going to need the data transfer and that means reading off the web and not a desktop app. AT&T is getting a damn good deal here by the way but it does raise a different potential what if you instead of selling ebooks sold subscriptions to libraries of books at maybe $20 or $30 a month that leaves $30-40 for the network operator and at that price you might still see operators substidizing laptops. The funny thing is that even though most of those will be used for reading and as good as none for ebooks, because the only way a deal like that makes sense is if your actually going to need the data transfer and that means reading off the web and not a desktop app.

AT&T is getting a damn good deal here by the way but it does raise a different potential what if you instead of selling ebooks sold subscriptions to libraries of books at maybe $20 or $30 a month that leaves $30-40 for the network operator and at that price you might still see operators substidizing laptops.

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