Netbooks suck for typing. Believe me. I’m a professional. One problem is that the keyboards are too cramped. But the other is that tiny netbooks force you to have the screen too close for comfortable reading.
A touch tablet is also a netbook. Just add a kickstand to prop up the screen and add a Bluetooth keyboard. The best part is that you can add the keyboard of your choice, not the one that happens to match the netbook’s screen size.
It can be a fold-up, roll-out, light-based, or even giant old-school keyboard. Or it can be something that is built-into and detaches from the tablet itself, or the tablet’s case. And the screen can be propped up and placed at any distance, not the distance dictated by the keyboard’s location.
What is a netbook, anyway, but a tablet with a bulky keyboard attached? And what is a tablet, but an ergonomically adjustable netbook that also functions without the detached keyboard?
I bet you $100 that if Apple ships a tablet, it won’t have a keyboard — even an optional one.