| Google's premise has always been making the | | | | Welcome the Netbook - a device designed to |
| world's information available to everyone using the | | | | work with the internet - not designed to play |
| power of the internet. | | | | cutting edge Lan games for instance. |
| However not everyone has access to the | | | | However, there are limitation with 3G as a |
| internet. | | | | permanent internet connection. The first is that |
| In countries such as Indonesia the primary | | | | mobile data is often expensive. The second is that |
| internet access device is the mobile phone. And | | | | as far as a Telco is concerned mobile data is |
| the users in these countries are using their phones | | | | network intensive. |
| largely to participate in social networks and keep | | | | I am proposing a good idea is to create in-home |
| up with the news. | | | | wireless entertainment hubs that manage the |
| However it has to be acknowledged that | | | | wireless connection and that can act as a proxy |
| interacting via a small screen device has its | | | | for media downloads (remembering that a |
| limitations such as small screen, small processor, | | | | Netbook is not designed for data storage). |
| tricky keypads, cut and paste limitations etc.. | | | | Advantages of the hub is the control over the |
| Further, that small screen, despite the advent of | | | | internet connection it affords. |
| the iPhone is still dam small - especially for the | | | | For example users could "order" large multimedia |
| viewing of multimedia content such as movies and | | | | downloads such as movies. Rather than use up |
| sports. | | | | the data connection (and therefore blocking VOIP |
| Often a much more useful experience is the 3G | | | | calls etc..) the movies could download overnight |
| dongle connected into a laptop - ahhh 3G as it | | | | when network usage is low. |
| should be. | | | | I believe that we will see more and more of the |
| However, laptops are expensive and often over | | | | humble netbook as 3G networks become the |
| engineered as far as the average facebook user | | | | global communications default standard. |
| is concerned. | | | | |