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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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Forget cellular, just make sure the wireless works and use Skype at any free wireless access points.
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.
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.