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By the time it's all said and done, it might be more economical to buy a used or refurbed netbook with a 9" screen and make a tablet out of that.

Maybe. That doesn't sound nearly as interesting, though and it's been done before.

I got a line on a touchscreen with enclosure and battery on the ...

Where the heck are you getting a UMPC with an Atom CPU for $200?

There are a ton of UMPCs out there with Atom CPUs other than the N270s. You can find a ridiculous number of those for 350 to 400+ (which is a rip, Intel was practically giving those away). You just need to look harder to find the ...

I would imagine that it is possible, but difficult. The screen connector/interface is likelly to be propriatary so you may have problems there. If you can get one with video out (VGA, DVI, HDMI etc) though, you may have more luck (by buying a complete screen/monitor and gutting it). Would likelly ...

with a bigger screen and battery.

I was mulling this over...

1. I can get an Atom Z5XX windows-installed touchscreen UMPC with ~5 in. screen fairly cheaply. Right around $200.
2. I would rather have an Atom Z5XX tablet in the 8 to 10 in. range, also cheaply. Definitely not right around $200 ...