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Netbook prices start falling
ACER ANNOUNCED just before the weekend that it will slash the prices of two netbook models by $50.
The world's fourth largest computer brand said Friday morning that it will cut the price of its Aspire netbook from $399 to $349 and that its Linpus Linux Lite netbook will drop in price from $379 to $329.
Some think this could be just the start of a stampede by ultramobile laptop PC makers to compete on price in the suddenly very crowded low-cost netbook market. Dozens of new entrants in the netbook PC category were shown at last week's Intel Developer's Forum conference in San Francisco.
An industry analyst contacted by a bog writer at the New York Times, Richard Doherty of electronics market analyst firm Envisioneering, predicted that prevailing netbook prices might fall further, down to $299 or even as low as $249 before the holidays sales season.
"They could cost the same as a cell phone – or lower," he said. µ
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it makes me wonder why they dont put a couple of phone chips on the mainboard.
Id buy one for sure if it doubled up as a phone.
The dollar had risen nearly 10% against the uk pound so it doesn't really mean much if any change for us. 

The taiwanese are benefitting from the rising dollar so its less of a falling price than it appears, unless you are you area consumer paid in us dollars of course.
Forget cellular, just make sure the wireless works and use Skype at any free wireless access points.