Today we saw the introduction of two new netbooks to the Samsung line. Samsung entered the netbook market in October of 2008 with the respectable NC10 [Portal page] which had a solid economy design, and impressed people with its battery life. Now Samsung updates the NC10 to the the N110, and introduces the NC310. Laptopmag.com already got their hands on the N110 and gives us a nice review (linked below).
You won’t be surprised at the insides of the N110; not only are they similar to almost every other netbook out there, but they are actually identical to the NC10:
- 1.6GHz Atom N270 CPU
- 1GB of RAM
- 160GB HDD
The N110 is also still has the same 1024×600, 10.2” screen. However they did make some improvements. The exterior of the netbook is all new. The unit definitely looks more sleek than the original. The touch pad is bagger, and perhaps most importantly, the battery has had an increase in capacity. The battery has jumped up to a 5900mAh rating, over the original 6-cell’s 5200mah, yet the size remains the same which is great. It seems as though they have squeezed a bit more room out of the keyboard as well. It definitely looks a bit nicer than the original, though they are still using very standard laptop key style, while we see many other netbooks jumping over to the chicle style keys. Read the entire N110 review from Laptopmag.com.
Samsung also announced the NC310 today which is an interesting looking netbook. The NC310 seems to be a bit less worried about a slim design, and instead adds a bit of ruggedness to the netbook. Strangely, they went with the chicle style keyboard on the NC310, but not the NC110. The internal offerings are identical to the N10/110 except right off the bat Samsung tells us that the NC310 will have optional 3G or WiMAX. The NC310 seems to share a bit of styling from the HP Mini 1000 [Portal page] with a non-protruding bezel around the screen. I can’t say I’m a big fan of the giant, raised Samsung logo on the top of the lid, and I seems like consumers might have a hard time seeing the difference between the N110 and NC310.
[Netbooknews.de] and [Liliputing]
