Dell CEO Michael Dell went on record to say that Netbooks and buyer’s remorse go hand-in-hand after about 36 hours.

“If you take a user who’s used to a 14- or 15-inch notebook and you say ‘Here’s a 10-inch netbook,’ they’re gonna say ‘Hey, this is so fantastic. It’s so cute. It’s so light. I love it,’” Dell said during a Tuesday appearance at the Churchill Club. “But about 36 hours later, they’re saying ‘The screen’s gonna have to go. Give me my 15-inch screen back.’”

The comments came amidst a larger session dedicated to convincing Silicon Valley execs that buyer preferences for cheap and low-margin parts is on a downswing. This should no doubt please IT businesses, which have been fretting the Netbook’s tendency to cannibalize sales of superior products.

After talking up higher-performance processors and the excitement surrounding Windows 7, he continued drubbing Netbooks.

“We see a fair amount of customers not really being that satisfied with the smaller screen and the lower performance – unless it’s like a secondary machine or it’s a very first machine and the expectations are low,” he said. “But as a replacement machine for an experienced user, it’s not what we’d recommend. It’s not a good experience, and we don’t see users very happy with those.”

He finished by saying that the company’s education-oriented Netbooks have been tremendously successful, and are perfect for schools.

Taking a cue from the proliferation of 3G-enabled Netbooks, Nokia–the world’s largest phone manufacturer–today unveiled the first in a line of what it calls “mini laptops.”

Known as the Booklet 3G, the Netbook uses Windows 7 and comes with a battery claimed to be good for 12 hours. Initial reviews of the Netbook have largely been positive, and the $299 price tag serves to make the Netbook attractive to new buyers.

However, potential customers may be dismayed to learn that the $299 price tag been subsidized by a two-year data agreement with AT&T. At a cost of $60 a month, the final price of the Booklet 3G exceeds $1700 over the duration of the contract. The Booklet 3G may also be had without a WWAN contract, but the MSRP doubles to $599.

As the capabilities of wireless networks expand, so too do the potential number of devices that can make use of the networks. “The Booklet 3G lines up well with AT&T’s strategy. People increasingly want to get content on multiple screens. And this is one more screen and device. So it’s part of that macro trend. And it lines up nicely with Nokia’s strategy of connecting people,” says David Petts, Vice President of Nokia.

The launch of this Netbook is likely the first of many from companies which previously only made cell phones. As the PC market has begun to bridge into the cell phone market, it is inevitable that the opposite will also occur.

Silicon Valley’s favorite journo Fuad Abazovic is upturning rocks in NVIDIA land to reveal details of the firm’s second-gen ION part.

Confirmed in a late February investor presentation, ION’s next generation has been shrouded in secrecy until recent whispers from insiders at big green. The rumors go that the upcoming platform, dubbed ION 2 for now, will undergo a die shrink and bump the shader count from 16 to 32+.

The modifications to the core design of the ION package should considerably boost the ION’s 3D rendering process… Or trigger a deluge of crummy CUDA apps.

That said, ION’s already robust performance will need a sharp kick in the pants if it hopes to contend with Intel’s Pine Trail platform which we prattled on about in June.

Intel Corp on June 2 announced a new microprocessor line destined to compete in the value ultra-thin sub-notebook market created by rival firm AMD.

The new processors, officially dubbed the Pentium SU2xxx series, come amid investor fear that feature creep in the wildly popular netbook class of sub-notebooks is quickly cannibalizing the sales of higher-margin products with more expensive Intel CPUs.

Though Intel is expected to launch the Pentium SU2xxx series with the SU2700, rumor is emerging that it will now be supported by a lower-cost Pentium SU2300 chip.

The lower-priced SU2300 part arrives at 1.2GHz and could help to shave as much as $90 off the cost of an Intel-powered value ultra-thin by year’s end.

AMD VP Dessau ponders whether his HP Pavillion dv2 is a netbook or notebook and what it means for the future.

Boy howdy, we sure haven’t run one of these in a while. After the crushing insanity of Black Friday and the start of the holidebt season, we’re chomping at the bit to amuse, bemuse and inspire with a fresh legion of doodads.

• Truly wireless Sennheiser earbuds. They’re cool because they’re truly wireless. They’re not, because you’ll look like an idiot.
• Are these the first images of a Sony netbook? Thanks to the Sony tax, it should have an MSRP of $2499.
• If you look very closely, you might be able to spot a neato Samsung touchscreen.
• A DIY 8-bit console. We’re not sure if it’ll ever live up to its potential, but the potential for awesome is enough awesome for us.
• It’s not a gadget, but it’s a chainsaw bayonet. Excuse us while we reach for audience relevancy by saying it’d be pretty great in Left 4 Dead.
• Take a peek at the new models of the MSI Wind set to debut in January.
• Just what the hell is a harmonic generator? It’s a sonic blimp. With a keyboard. And some wires. It looks like a piano bomb, actually.

The rest of the gadgets were just the newest wave in the endless legions of PMPs, sliders and clamshells from boring companies like Nokia.

• Scythe announces their first GPU cooler. If it’s anything like their CPU coolers, people are in for a quality product.
• Is Apple working on an HDTV with AppleTV and WiFi built in?
• Kevin Rose of Digg fame says the upcoming and officially-unannounced Macbooks will support Blu-ray.
• Never fear, Nintendo DS Lite owners. The DSi may be on its way, but the venerable DS Lite still has plenty of life left.
• The ever-expanding legion of Netbooks gains another entrant as Samsung reveals their NC10.
• NERD.
• Show your Blackberry who’s boss with the Blackberry power user guide.