HP in negotiations to ease restrictions on Atom platforms

Digitimes reports that HP in in negotiations with Intel, so that the the latter will "ease" the restrictions on how the Atom platform is used. That may be the smart thing to do. The story is quite vague and doesn't mention if these negotiations involve the dual-core Atom or the Ion platform from Nvidia.

It does mention Atom based laptops with more than 10" of screen size:

In light of competition from Asustek Computer and Acer in promoting netbook PCs, HP's 2009 roadmap shows that the company hopes to enhance its netbook lineup by offering an 11.6-inch model in the second quarter of 2009 and an 13.3-inch model in June 2009, the sources pointed out.

Nice. Pair an Atom 330 with that 13.3" screen and a better chipset than the 945G and I'm all over it.