Well, you are going to be extremely limited right now and for a while with your specs. 10.1" netbooks feature basic hardware but they cannot playback HD videos (this includes YouTube HD), most HD capable netbooks have a 11.6" screen, most HD capable netbooks have real world battery life numbers at around 4 hours, and dual-core Atom equipped netbooks coming out this Fall will likely be up at around $499 and higher. As with others, they will also likely be at around 11.6" and not 10".
So you can either settle for a 11.6" screen and 4 hours of real world battery life now, pay a high premium this Fall, or wait another year until the next big hardware comes out. If you are going to wait a year then you might as well wait another year until even better hardware comes out. But wait, you have already put off a netbook purchase by 2 years, what is another year? Get my point?
No matter what you do, you are going to have to sacrifice something. Personally, I wouldn't get a 10" netbook in this day and age. 10" models are slowly being phased out in favor of 11.6" ones. The 11.6" models really don't take up that much more space than a 10" netbook and they weigh about 0.3-0.4 lbs more than a 10" netbook. Lastly, 11.6" netbooks feature a resolution of 1366X768 while most 10" netbooks are at 1024X600. HD video playback will look much better on a display that is actually high def in resolution.
Again, you are going to have to decide on what areas to compromise or if you want to end up waiting 2350897398457 years. As I previously stated, about the best thing you can do is go play with netbooks down at your local electronics store. It doesn't matter if you aren't going to buy one from them, at least you can see the models in person. Just know that most of the models shown off at electronics stores cannot playback HD video and are essentially bare basic netbooks.
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