You will wind up waiting for forever as the 10.1" realm isn't going to feature many upgrades and will likely be phased out over the next few years in favor of 11.6" and 12" models.
Part of this has to do with the eventual success of tablet devices. Back in the day, netbooks were made at varying screen sizes from 8.9", 10.1", 11.6", and 12". Anything that was 13" or larger required the purchase of a notebook. The 8.9" models were phased out as 10.1" ones were drastically outselling them. Now there will be other devices in the 10" range to compete: tablets. These tablets run a portable operating system (such as iOS or Android), can go all day without needing to be recharged, and can perform the very basics of internet browsing (with some advanced features through downloaded apps).
The 10" range of portable computer is about to become very saturated and that is saying a lot already given the bunch of 10" netbooks already out now. Given the innovation seen in 11.6" models and future processor releases for 11.6" netbooks, you likely won't see much for the 10" screen size anymore and I wouldn't be surprised if it is completely abandoned by netbook manufacturers and replaced with Android tablets. So now Acer will offer an Android tablet with a 10" screen that will essentially replace their 10" netbooks, Asus has one in the works, HP is making one, the 7" Samsung is on the way, and the extremely successful iPad has been out for 6 months now.
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