Which eeePc do you have? the 91T? There is a new version (91MT from memory) that uses Windows 7 that looks like it has great potential. Small form factor, multi-touch support, Windows 7, folds to adopt a tablet form factor. There is also rumours of a larger tablet in the Asus eeePC range mid next year. In my view – these multifunction tablets seem a much better choice than somehting as constrained as a kindle.

I have a eeepc with the small 7″ and linux. Its ok for doing a bit of reading on the net while watching tv or or in bed but it does have annoying limitations. The battery only lasts about 1.5 hours or less. [one of my brothers has a newer 10" and he says he gets 4 - 5 hours from it]. The touchpad is too touchy and unpredictable in my view. The screen is way too small for many uses.

I took to eeepc away o/s with me and also my Nokia E71 – surprisingly the E71 had some advantages over the eeepc – for a start to Nokia phone was always on my belt – the battery lasts for 4 or 5 days at least with normal usage. Reading stuff off the net was a bit of a pain with the phone but not impossible. The phone has great built in (download) nokia maps which once tweeked online can be stored on the phone and used with outgoing online and with GPS – so they become good street maps.

The eeepc is great for Skype with built in camera and mic and speakers. And with wifi you can walk around Skyping.

Nic – with the Livescribe – it sounds good but I’m put off by the special paper – it seems like it would be expensive to run?

I’m not clear how well the print it yourself paper works or how expensive it is? I’m guessing if someone else is paying for the paper or printing it works out ok. I’m also not clear how well livescribe will interpret my scribble – I often can’t read my own notes back.