Samsung’s N120 seemed like a netbook desperately searching for a niche back when the company announced it in March, promising a 10-inch display like its N110 sibling but the kind of larger keyboard you’d expect to find on a 12.1-inch machine. Bizarrely, though, it’s not the keyboard that reviewers Liliputing found impressive about the N120, but the speakers; in actual fact, the ‘board is something of a disappointment.
All eyes may be on Samsung’s latest 10-inch netbooks right now – the N110, N120 and N310 – but we shouldn’t forget the company’s VIA Nano marvel. The Samsung NC20 is a slightly larger machine, at 12.1-inches WXGA, and uses the VIA Nano U2250 1.3GHz processor; it’s now on sale at Newegg, priced at $549.99.
The Samsung N120 has gone up for pre-order on various sites, offering the netbook from between $443 and $475. Boasting the same 10.1-inch display as the Samsung N110, the N120 pairs it with the keyboard from a larger, 12.1-inch notebook and a battery promising up to 10.5hrs runtime.
The Samsung N310’s claim to fame might be its VAIO-style keyboard and rubbery shell, but in a segment with as little model differentiation as netbooks they could be enough to single it out. Pocket-lint snagged some hands-on time with the Naoto Fukasawa-designed ultraportable.
As well as the N110 and N310, Samsung have a third new netbook, the Samsung N120. Equipped with the same 10.1-inch display as the N110, the Samsung N120’s party trick is a full-sized 12.1-inch notebook keyboard; the Intel Atom-based netbook also promises up to 10.5hrs runtime from the 6-cell battery pack.
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