Honestly the netbook render looks likes gitterbug and lenovo had baby an covered it in aluminum it doesn't look at all that appealing. Also gives me a razer switch blade concept feel though not as dark and the keys don't have tiny LCD's behind them.
I think it be more to peoples interest to make a further improvement to the gpd win
- split the "special keys" so the main keyboard is centered flanked by (the left side: L3, select, vol up, vol down, power | right side: r3, start, xbox, insert, pause
- further optimization to the heatsink/motherboard layout to allow a higher cfm blower style cooler used more commonly in laptops an active cooling tablets
-Possibly add back lighting to the key even if its minimal just enough so we can get a guesstimate of where the keys are
-experiment with the AMD merlin apu thats being used in the smach Z an see if its remotely possible to make the gpd win sized chassis handle that amount of heat if its remotely feasible
---if its likely impossible to make the amd chip work an sticking to the z8700 bump up the ram to 6-8gb an storage to use a mini pcie/msata connection so customers can later down the line upgrade the internal SSD (half length ones to save space)
If you REAAAALY want to make a netbook i'd say don't your going to get more issues then its worth my place of employment did a 3,200 computer rollout of HP specter x360's an this race to the thinnest laptop has made them fragile as heck when you put humans in the equation.
I'd dare say an I may be the extreme minority but seeing Sony's name in the thread reminded me of a darn near invisible umpc... Look at the vaio VNG UX series
-Maybe make a device based on a similar concept but about... 6mm thinner? (I know thats not much these things were chunky in a good way)
-Something with a slide up screen full keyboard thats perfect to thumb type one (like the old sidekicks) BACKLIT (like the side kick 4g)
-Its gonna be a bit larger form factor so go ahead an dump a merlin or intel equiv whatever has a better performance to $$$ to power consumption but no atoms
since if going with a ux sized device allow for upgradable memory and storage heck even gives you room for a spare mini pcie slot for a cell modem
Make the device as friendly as possible for people that take public trans try to design something that people can hold while on the subway to get a quick bit of news or play monster hunter online with look at the sony psp an try to emulate such a fantastically friendly device into a windows computer form factor that can fit nicely into a purse, satchel, coat pocket, pants pocket.
Well the last bit actually sounds like you guys did that already with the win just get the quality up stream line things don't neglect this little guy cause every person i've shown as actually started wondering about getting one themselfs even when they know I have a buggy unit I deal with it an love using my gpd win for typing troubleshooting tech on site and gaming at lunch
