Acer's AT&T 3G-infused Aspire One now at $79 -- price war imminent?

Yeah, we definitely dig where this is headed. With Verizon's subsidized HP Mini 1000 about to hit store shelves at any moment, the AT&T 3G-equipped Aspire One has taken a tumble from $99.99 to $79.99. Just so we're clear: you can actually buy a name brand netbook now for under 80 bones. 'Course, you'll be stuck in a two year data contract with AT&T, and you'll actually have to insert yourself into a pair of pants in order to get the machine from a Radio Shack store, but surely that's a compromise you're willing to make. Here's hoping this leads to free-on-contract netbooks (or close to it) in the very near future. Right, American carriers?

[Thanks, Sharukh]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 20th 2009 4:29PM]

This deal is available on the east coast and there have been newspaper reports of a businessperson drinking more than 5gb of bits per month and getting a very large bill from ATT. Better to get this by itself from Amazon for 360 and go find a starbucks and get free wifi......

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 21st 2009 10:18AM]

Atom processor for full online freedom? interesting.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 26th 2009 10:04AM]

Godd discussion. The real value for this is for those who want to combine their data and cell use while not needing massive data or being able to get it at a wifi place. If you spend the typical $250 per month you can lower that to $75 or so and use this system with skype for
unlimited calling. It's clunky but it's cheap! PS - I have no relationship with any company. I'm trying out an ASUS eee with verizon broadband and so far so good.