Samsung NB30 survives water-spill test

Samsung NB30 is one of the most popular rugged netbooks around that features a water-sealed keyboard which prevents water from penetrating into its body. However, not a single reviewer out there had the courage to actually perform this test, until now.

Folks at reghardware poured a half-filled glass of water to test whether the claims by the Samsung were right and yes, Samsung passed the test with flying colors. 

Samsung NB30 Pro

Samsung has updated its NB30 netbook and has given it a new name – Samsung NB30 Pro. It now runs Windows 7 Professional and comes equipped with a 2GB RAM module instead of 1GB. Rest of specifications remain unchanged – Atom N450, 10.1-inch, 1024×600 pixel display, GMA 3150 graphics chipset, 160GB HDD, VGA webcam, Wi-Fi and a 6-cell battery.

Samsung NB30 Pro will be available by the end of this month for about $519

Samsung NB30, N210, N220 and N150 Pine Trail netbooks unleashed!

Samsung has rolled-out a bunch of Pine Trail netbooks – all basically having more or less same specifications. The only way to distinguish between them is by their battery life. The N210 as-well-as N220 both are being touted to have mind-boggling 12 hours of run time while the NB30 (spotted at FCC here) will run for 11 hours straight. The N150 too will give you a decent 8.5  hours of runtime.

The NB30 comes with other goodies too – water-tight seal chassis (upto 50cc of water), HDD protection sensor.

All are powered by the latest Intel Atom Pine Trail N450 processor.

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Samsung NB30 and Samsung N150 spotted

Samsung N150 and Samsung NB30, 10-inch Pine Trail based netbooks were seen at FCC. The Samsung N150 comes with 10.1-inch display with 1024×600 resolution, Atom N450 processor, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Intel GMA 3150 graphic chipset, WiFi b/g/n and runs Windows 7 Starter

It comes equipped with a 6-cell 4400mAh battery which should give you a run time of 7 hours. It has 3 USB 2.0 ports, VGA, Ethernet, 3-in-one card reader, earphone and microphone jacks. The only difference in NB30 is that it comes with HDD protection and a lower capacity 6.5 hour battery.

Price of N150: $374
Price of NB30: $405