I don't get why no one offers what everyone actually wants, an afordable 10" netbook with ION/HDMI.

All I read was Gateway and netbook, and nothing else, but I'm taking a guess here.

10.2", 3 or 6 cell battery, 1.6ghz Atom processor, Wifi, Webcam, 802.11g or n, 1gb RAM, and Intel 950 graphics subsystem.

Thanks Gateway, you really filled a niche that wasn't being filled in identically by 100 or so other companies.

There's little to no reason to have 3.5" or 5.25" drives SSDs when they can fit in a smaller form factor.

With a 2.5" laptop drive, you can use it in a laptop or desktop. And if you only have 3.5" or 5.25" bays, simply get a bay adapter, they're super cheap and were a dime a dozen when the transition from 5.25" to 3.5" drives were happening.

If you make it 3.5" or bigger, you're unnecessarily limiting the market that you can sell too.

Yes, I do. Atom based ION platform can decode 1080p video with XBMC. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rv1Q_DWieAQ. I'm willing to pay up to $50-$100 premium for ION since it means I won't have to carry around a Popcorn Hour with me. HDMI is also output nice if you want to quickly throw up a other content/youtube/etc.. on somone's HDMI capable television.

Same old, same old. Waiting for ION here too, the real question to ask to see if netbooks have progressed is , "Is there any compelling reason to replace my existing netbook with another one?".

This better have an HDMI port or this netbook is worse than a 1,000 Hitlers.

I'd rather see the Raphael first

Ability to listen to FM through the Bluetooth Stereo Headset

Actually you can already buy the 8GB for $120:

http://www.elite-electronix.com/product_info.php?products_id=1313

Crap, wrong URL, here's the correct one:
http://www.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=256548