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Huh. That’s weird. Well, ASUS and Disney teamed up on a netbook, called the Netpal, designed to “make computing fun.” I thought a regular laptop with parental controls could do the same thing, but apparently you need an 8.9-inch display, Wi-Fi, and a locked down version of XP to really have fun.

The Netpal is selling at Toys ‘r’ Us and Amazon for $349. Would you buy a full-bore netbook for your kids?

The concept of kids computing has been sewn up so far by Leapfrog with their easy-to-use kids devices. This looks considerably more complex – and more expensive – and I remember a few years ago another manufacturer tried the same thing, a computer called the Disney Dream Desk. I don’t think the market was ready then and I doubt it’s ready now. Thoughts?

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Amberdog IT news Asus, Asustek, Disney, Netbooks, Notebooks

Two years ago, Asustek wowed the world with the hottest selling computing product to arrive in recent memory: the Eee PC netbook. But even that blockbuster device has failed to do much to boost the company’s brand in the United States, a situation the Taiwanese computer maker intends to correct.

“Before, we have been too conservative,” said Jonathan Tsang, the vice chairman of Asustek, in an interview. “We need to do better communications with the customers to let them know Asus is not only an Asian company.”

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