It looks like the people at TechCrunch (or whoever is working on it for them), have been working on a cheap touchscreen tablet for internet surfing and casual computer tasks. It looks like they might not be the only ones around, though.

GiiNii is working on an Android-powered half iPod Touch, half touchscreen web tablet device that will come in  4-inch and 7-inch screen versions. Obviously a 4-inch tablet will have very different uses from a larger tablet, but the idea is similar. Basically, it’s like a netbook with an even worse keyboard and a touchscreen. While that might not sound very attractive for writing anything of significant (or of any) length, it would be excellent for casual net-surfing where a mouse is really all you need.

It’s impossible to say for sure, but these web tablets are looking like a probable candidate to be the new netbooks, no matter if they turn out to be 3″ or 13″.

Related posts:

1. New CrunchPad Highlights Future of Computing With all the talk about Web 2.0 and Cloud Computing,...
2. The First Three Netbooks To Consider Wading through the numerous netbooks available today can be challenging,...
3. Touchscreen Desktop Instead of OLPC? Instead of buying OLPCs or Classmate PCs, one community in...
4. New Eee PC Means Asus Must Focus on Software We already knew Asus was planning on releasing a new...
5. Touchscreen CloudBook Could Challenge Eee PC Everex is bringing the CloudBook to Japan with one interesting...