Samsung may be delaying their N510 Ion-based netbook in the US, but someone in Germany obviously didn’t get the same memo. NetbookNews has not only unboxed the 11.6-inch notebook but thrown up some comparison shots between it and the smaller Samsung NC10. There’s also some demo footage showing HD video performance of both systems side-by-side, in case you’re really wondering what difference the GeForce GPU makes.
Demo video after the cut
Looking to save a little money on your next netbook, but still want a brand-name machine? Not especially enamored with Windows XP, and prefer to use Linux or something else? Then Samsung may have the answer, in the shape of the ND10. Ostensibly identical to the well-thought-of Samsung NC10, the ND10 was recently spotted in China offering the same 10.2-inch, Intel Atom N270 hardware but with no OS and $50 discount.
There’s nothing like a WiMAX ultraportable to wake you up on a Monday morning, and we’ve got three of them. Samsung, Clevo and Toshiba have all announced WiMAX-enabled models; netbooks in the case of the former two – the Samsung NC10 WiMAX and Clevo M811L WiMAX - while Toshiba have stuffed the high-speed connectivity into a full-spec notebook, the dynabook SS RX2/WAJ.
Video demo
After seeing NEC’s frighteningly expensive VersaPro VS netbook, all of a sudden Albatron’s slimline netbook seems a little less impressive. That’s unfair to Albatron, though, as they’ve still managed to pack a whole lot into very little space; here you see it getting a piggy-back from the Samsung NC10, itself seldom accused of being a porker, while after the cut the Albatron manages to make a BlackBerry Bold smartphone look oversized.
Intel have released Moblin v2.0 beta for netbooks and nettops, the latest version of the company’s open-source OS for Atom-based devices. Mobile v2.0 brings with it a new, visually-enhanced GUI, together with the “m_zone” homescreen, integrated Twitter and Last.fm widgets, and a new integrated browser based on Mozilla’s engine.
Video demo after the cut
We grabbed some hands-on time with the MSI X-Slim X340 at MobileFocus, but LaptopMag’s Mark Spoonauer is obviously far more persuasive (or light-fingered) than we are, as he got to take the slender ultraportable back to his hotel room for the night. That gave him time to try out the Intel CULV notebook’s media credentials, as well as run some preliminary benchmarks.
We must confess, the first round of Samsung N310 photos we saw didn’t exactly fill us with lust. Not rubbery enough to be properly rugged, and not innovative enough to stand apart from the crowds of other netbooks on the market, the N310 rocks its curvy casing and Atom N270 processor but doesn’t carve much of a niche. It’s an opinion this Blogeee hands-on video does nothing to diminish.
We should perhaps have known something was up when the Samsung N310 launched with neither leaks nor inklings earlier today, but the company has surprised us a second time with another new netbook. The Samsung N110 replaces the NC10 and has already been across Laptop Mag’s test bench; its predecessor was well-esteemed, so there’s a lot for the new 10.2-inch netbook to live up to.
It didn’t take LaptopMag long to make up their mind over the Samsung NC20, but then we’ve known about this VIA-based 12-inch netbook for so long that it might prove tough finding anyone still on the fence. Obviously it’s bigger and heavier than the NC10 – but then it has a larger display, keyboard and trackpad, too – but what we all really want to know is how well the VIA Nano U2250 processor and Chrome9 HC3 integrated graphics stand up.
Samsung’s NC20 was officially announced last week, and the VIA Nano-based netbook has already landed – albeit in Korean rather than US form – on LaptopMag’s test bench. With a 12-inch display it’s sitting squarely at what some would consider the netbook/ultraportable crossover point, which gives the Nano CPU plenty to live up to.
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