Technodad

Gartner Data shows tablets are causing a slowing of net book sales: “Part of the challenge for the sector is tablet devices, such as the Apple iPad. Gartner analyst Mikako Kitagawa said most of the PC weakness in the third quarter came from low-end notebooks and netbooks — categories believed to be most vulnerable to consumers switching to tablet devices.”

This is the difference between basing new products on what people actually need vs. What you know how to build. Netbooks will always just be smaller PCs, but tablets fill the niche where you don’t want to pull out a PC.