Panasonic to launch Lets Note R and S notebooks

Panasonic is going to launch new R/S/F models on June 18 in Japan. The Let’s Note R9 notebook sports a 10.4-inch display, Core i7 processor, 4GB RAM and runs Windows 7 Professional 32-bit OS. The Let’s Note S9 features 12.1-inch display, Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM, 320GB HDD and runs Windows 7 Professional 32-bit OS.

The F is bigger than the biggest among them which comes with a 14.1-inch display, Core i5, 320GB HDD, 4GB RAM and Windows 7 Professional OS. 

Prices go as follows:

R9: $2,207

S9: $2,423

F9: $2,423

Samsung N510 to be launched in US in September

Brad from Lilliputing has got a word from Samsung that the 11.6” Samsung N510 is soon to be launched in the month of September in and will carry the price tag of $599.

Yes, shockingly! its hundreds of dollars more costlier than existing 11.6” mini-notebooks available in the market but then again, none of those are ION based and have HDMI out ports. It has an Atom N280 processor which makes it more faster than recent 11.6” mini-notebooks that come with Atom Z520 processors. This is where the hundreds of dollars difference comes. But, still $599 may too steep for many people who are interested in netbooks.

Atom Z Processor to be MID only – Intel says Z-series not for netbooks

Now that’s shocking! Will this be the end of netbooks with Atom Z processors? Rumors says that now Intel won’t be accepting any more orders for Atom Z processors from netbook makers in coming time and may be by the end of this year (2009). They want to set a clear boundary between Atom N processors for netbooks and have the Z series specifically for the MID market. Since the Acer, ASUS and MSI have already placed their Z-series processors order to the Intel, they will still be getting their Atom Z processors.

One can wonder if this could affect netbooks and mini-notebooks that ship with Windows Vista or the ones with 11.6-inch display.

Toshiba NB200 netbook launched

Toshiba has added a new netbook to their range, the NB200. The NB200 will now replace its older model, NB100. Specifications wise, it does NOT sports anything worth taking note of though.

• 1.6GHz N270/1.66GHz N280 Intel Atom processor
• Intel 945GSE graphics
• 160GB hard drive
• built in WiFi, Bluetooth
• 3G

It will go on sale in the UK in May for £319 ($464).