Android’s not the only platform that’s being ported to netbook. Qualcomm unveiled a concept design for a Windows Mobile netbook at Mobile World Congress using its latest chipset, the Snapdragon chip, which is a high end mobile processor also used in the Toshiba TG01 smartphone.

For those who like the Handheld PC (HPC) design of yesteryear and are thrown off by the barely under $1,000 price tag of the Sony Vaio P, a Windows Mobile netbook may be the ticket.

The device that Crave examined seems to be up to par, although opening a ton of applications really put the cramps on the machine. Snapdragon can power up to an XGA resolution on the display.

Hopefully, with Windows Mobile powering netbooks, Microsoft will continue to improve the performance, rendering, and functionality of Pocket Internet Explorer. Also, with Flash coming soon for Windows Mobile from Adobe, this might be the ticket item, especially if you can get data plans at the smartphone levels (approximately $20 to $30 depending on your carrier in the US) rather than at the data/notebook pricing level, which can run as high as $60 and sometimes even higher.