Acer, the leader in the netbook market announced Friday that it was reducing the price of its Aspire “netbook” to $349 from $399 and its Linpus Linux Lite, to $329 from $379. This on the heels of the Intel Developer’s Conference, which took place in San Francisco this week where it was apparent that the competition was heating up in the netbook category. “Dozens and dozens of netbooks were shown,” said Richard Doherty, research director for Envisioneering. If you are patient however the deals might even get better. “There’s a lot of price sensitivity,” he said. “They could cost the same as a cell phone – or lower.” NYTimes - Bits blog.
