AT&T will begin selling netbooks with integrated wireless Internet cards, selling them for as low as $50 — with a data plan contract, of course. The rollout will begin in Atlanta and Philadelphia.

AT&T is also looking to enter the e-book market, according a company exec quoted by Bloomberg at the recent trade show in Las Vegas hosted by industry organization CTIA Wireless:

The Kindle, which lets users download books over Sprint Nextel Corp.’s network, has done a “phenomenal job,” and AT&T wants to be part of that market, Glenn Lurie, head of emerging devices at AT&T, said today. — Bloomberg.com

Verizon has also expressed interest in entering the e-reader fray, saying it had been approached by five (undisclosed) companies interested in a wireless connection like that of the Kindle.

The takeaway: AT&T’s netbook announcement, along with an earlier one from Verizon, suggests these tiny laptops are increasingly being positioned as much as an additional mobile network-connected device as a supplemental computer.

It’s unclear if the AT&T exec’s remarks on e-readers are anything more than an off-the-cuff response to the success of the Kindle. But the notion of another carrier joining Sprint — the carrier the Kindle uses — in the e-book business is intriguing. Wireless access to content is one of the most compelling aspects of the Kindle, giving it the edge over competitors like the Sony Reader (which we’ve covered in the past). The other is access to the huge library of e-content  — Amazon’s 250,000 Kindle titles in the case of the Kindle. And to offer a compelling option to the Kindle, AT&T, Verizon, or any other carrier, will need to find a content partner with a competitive library. It isn’t immediately clear who might be able to offer that (perhaps other than Sony, with its Reader library.)

The new Apple iMac computer priced at $1,499 really shows incredible  high performance and speed in it’s sleekly elegant all-in-one design!  The new iMac comes in both a 20 and 24 inch wide screen. Movies and photos display incredibly vivid clarity and color with a resolution of  1,920x 1,080.

To save room on your desktop and get a better view of the monitor, the stand can be removed and mounted to the wall with the VESA Mount Adapter Kit which comes separately.

The external aesthetics have changed very little with the new Apple iMac however, the internal hardrive did receive a pretty major overhaul. The 2.66GHz Intel Core 2 Duo has not changed since the previous $1,499 but the default hard drive, the graphics chip, and the memory have all been upgraded  with 4GB of RAM and a 640GB hard drive.

iMac Keyboard

The extra-thin keyboard is enclosed in anondized aluminum and  offers a nice responsive feel. Better yet, it is 35% smaller than most keyboards!   The iMac  keyboard also has special function keys for one-touch control of Mac features, and two USB 2.0 port that provide high-speed connectivity to your  digital camera, ipod and other devices.

We love and use the previous Imac and recommend Apple’s latest iMac release as well. The Apple Imac at $1,495 is one of the most affordable all-in-on PC’S on the market.