Maplin, a big UK electronics retailer, are selling a Windows CE based netbook:
http://www.maplin.co.uk/Module.aspx?ModuleNo=257308
They've previously sold an identical-looking linux machine, as far as I can tell this is the same machine with a different ROM and possibly processor, but the same firmware otherwise.
Windows CE 5.0
7-inch widescreen
266MHz ARM processor
128MB memory
4GB solid state storage
(HD card storage up to 32GB
)
Built In 802.11b/g Wireless
10/100 Ethernet
1x SD Card slot for upgrade - up to 32GB extra storage
3x USB for mouse / keyboard connection only
(no support for external Hard Drive, USB memory stick or Optical Drive
)
Basic Office pack - Including SpreadCE Spreadsheet, WordPad, Foxit Pro Adobe Reader, Media Player, Core Video Player
(play online vidoes
), Windows CE ActiveSync, Support for YouTube videos
Dimensions: 211
(w
) x 140
(d
) x 30
(h
) mm
I've heard that they don't have a "suspend" mode, which seems pretty stupid for a CE machine, and that anything left on the desktop disappears when you switch off. It's also worth noting that the linux version had only 2-3 hours battery life. But it suggests some interesting possibilities for future machines, I think, if someone gets around to putting a decent implementation of CE into a high-spec netbook.