I remember the first time that I saw a netbook. I was very impressed with its tiny design, and I loved how portable it was. It had decent CPU power and enough hard drive capacity to let me store all my business documents on it without too much trouble. It even had a wireless G adapter, which made it easy to connect to hot-spots and Wi-Fi networks around the globe. But what if you needed Internet at all times?

Netbooks may be portable and shiny but without the power of the Internet, it is not that valuable. That is why it is necessary for wireless companies to offer data plans for netbooks as well. We all know that top phones such as the iPhone do come with killer data plans. But as much as I like the real web experience on my iPhone, I still prefer to use my netbook to get my work done when I am traveling. With a proper data plan, business professionals and folks who are constantly on the go can stay connected at all times.

The netbook market is exploding, and it wouldn’t surprise me to see netbook-specific data plans offered by carriers in the future. What I would like to see is free netbooks with those expensive data plans. If phones can be subsidized by these carriers, there is no reason netbooks shouldn’t.

Your take: how much would you be willing to pay for a netbook-specific data plan?