Deal Of the Day

This is the Deal Of the Day for Tuesday June 28th, 2011: TigerDirect SAVE $50 – Samsung Netbook Intel Atom N455 1.66GHz 1GB DDR3 250GB HDD 6-Cell 10.1″ Win7 Starter (Blue) $249.97 after COUPON CODE: GAX34648 SAVE $50 – Acer Aspire Notebook AMD Dual-Core E-350 1.60GHz 2GB DDR3 250GB HDD HDMI AMD Radeon HD 6310 [...]

Review – Samsung NC110 netbook

Another 10 inch netbook was released by Samsung while back is the NC110. The NC110 netbook weighs around 2.7 lbs with a matte display measuring 10.1 inches. The screen resolution is at 1024×600 pixels. Samsung NC110 uses an Intel Atom N455 processor and a 1GB RAM. The hard disk drive is 250GB. The list price [...]

Samsung releases new NF208 netbook

Samsung has released a new NF208. It’s very similar to Samsung NF210 we reported on while back only with upgraded dual core Intel Atom N550 chip and no OS. Most netbooks have windows or linux pre-installed, this one comes clean with no operating system. At least you don’t feel bad about formatting one you’d paid [...]

Samsung sold 1.9 million netbooks in Q1 2010

Samsung Electronics has performed exceptionally well in the Q1 2010 selling over 1.9 million netbooks. This is around 15 percent increase from 1.7 million in Q4 2009. This has allowed the Samsung to rise to 7th place in the notebook business.

No wonder, Samsung is going to enjoy record operating profits in the Q2 2010. Samsung earned 4.41 trillion won at the end of March 31, 2010.

Samsung 4G netbook to be launched at MWC 2010

Samsung is going to show-off a 4G netbook at the MWC 2010. Rumors has it that it will be based on the Samsung N510 netbook. Samsung has been teasing us with their 4G products since 2006 and finally, they are going to unveil something that will actually hit production. It is going to be first 4G netbook using LTE (Long Term Evolution). The specs of the Samsung 4G netbook are going to be same as Samsung N510 + 4G radio. So, its specs should look like this:

Intel Atom N450 1.66GHz, 1GB RAM, 250GB HDD and 8.5 hour runtime (with 4G off)

For those who don’t know about 4G – It can give you upto 1Gbps of transfer speeds!

Samsung shows off N127; Runs Moblin Linux

Samsung is showing off its new Moblin netbook at CES 2010. It basically has the same specifications as the Samsung N130 which means that it is powered by the Intel Atom N270 processor and features 10.1-inch display (1024×600), 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, WiFi b/g/n and a 6-cell 4000mAh battery.

The Moblin UI is intuitive and responsive. For those who don’t know, Moblin is a customized Linux distro

Samsung NP-N150 launched – pine trail goodness

After Samsung N220, here is another Pine Trail netbook that is yet to get official, the Samsung NP-N150.

Priced at $373.95, this 10-inch netbook is powered by Intel Atom N450 and is packed with 1GB RAM, 160GB HDD, 0.3MP webcam, Intel GMA 3150, 3x USB 2.0 ports, 3-in-1 card reader and a 6-cell battery.

Runs Windows 7 Starter.

Samsung N510 – with Windows 7 and ION LE – up on Samsung Australia website

After launching the ION (LE)-powered Samsung N510 in Europe, Samsung still shows no signs of bringing it to the US. In the past, we heard that the launch of N510 was going to be postponed until Windows 7′s launch. Now, it is up on Samsung Australia webpage and it is being offered with slightly beefier specs: 250GB HDD, 2GB RAM and Atom N280 processors (previous leaked specs: 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM and N270 processor)

More specs:

• 11.6-inch display @ 1366 x 768 resolution
• Bluetooth
• Wi-Fi b/g
  
• 1.3MP webcam
• 6-cell 5900mAh battery
• 3 USB 2.0 ports
• 3-in-one card reader
• LAN

Weighing at 1.4kg, it may not be the lightest netbook that you would ever seen, but then you won’t find a lot of feature-packed netbooks like this. Pricing start from $872 AUD.

Samsung N510 now available on online store in France – has more than 6 hours of battery life!

Finally the curiosity settled! 11.6” Samsung N510 mini-notebook backed by the NVidia ION has been exhibited in France on online store ‘Pixmania’. You can get one by paying hefty 499 Euro ($720) for it. It seems that it will it will start shipping from 21st August.

It weighs 1.4 kg along with 6-cell battery and according to the latest news bits, it proclaims to give you 6.5 hours of battery life under ‘normal’ usage and 4:42 hours in video-only scenario. Here is a quick glance at its specifications:

• Intel Atom N280 processor @ 1.66GHz
• NVidia ION 9400M Graphics
• 11.6-inch display
• 1366 x 768 resolution
• 160GB HDD
• Wi-Fi (b/g/n)
• Bluetooth 2.1+EDR
• 1.3MP Webcam
• 6-Cell Lithium-Ion Battery (5200mAh)
  
• Windows XP Home

It also comes with 3 USB ports and HDMI out, which is not so common on the netbooks. Finally, manufactures are now releasing 11-inch netbooks with N280 processor, which is much faster than the slow Z520 Atom processor (used in Acer Aspire 751H)

This is a really cool netbook and one should have an eye on it. We are impressed! Now, if they could do something about that price *wink*

Samsung unveils designer netbooks – bitten by HP’s bug?

Samsung has collaborated with French fashion brand, Agnès b to make designer NC10 models. The NC10 is a great little netbook that can still give other netbooks a run for their money. This designer netbook is no different from the ‘normal’ NC10 netbook in terms of specs. It still comes with Atom N270 processor; 160GB HDD and 1GB RAM. Its 6-cell battery can give you upto 6-7 hours of battery life.

Call me boring but I am not a huge fan of designer netbooks.