Digital Home Thoughts: AT&T and Samsung Partner Up with the Go

"Samsung today announced the upcoming availability of the Samsung Go™, a compact and lightweight netbook with instant access to broadband speeds powered by the nation’s fastest 3G network and the Microsoft Windows 7 Starter Edition operating system. The Go will be available beginning Nov. 22 through AT&T retail locations or online at www.att.com/netbooks for $199 after a mail-in rebate and with the purchase of a 2-year AT&T DataConnect service agreement, with pricing starting at $35 per month."

Not clear which OS this actually comes with, the press release indicates Windows 7 Starter, but the specs indicate Windows XP, neither of which is impressive. Plus the $199 subsidized price hardly seems like a deal, given that most of the features are from last year's netbooks.