Yeah, you should wait for the Eee PC. It's got the right size keyboard for you as it's fairly easy to touchtype. It's got three USB ports so you're hardly ever at a loss for connectivity. It's light physically and software-wise. It's got Firefox for web-browsing, Open Office for productivity tasks, and Skype and Pidgin (ex-Gaim) for communication and junk. Should come out mid-September, if I remember right.
Looky at the size in relation to people's hands and see if it's the right size for ya.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=tFLJJw6WRqM
Keep in mind, it runs Linux out of the box even though it's capable of running XP.