Samsung NC10 Coming to US
October 12, 2008
It looks like the 10.2″ Samsung NC10 netbook will be available in the US for under $500. liliputing has posted a couple of sites listed as selling the NC10 in the US for around $480 USD. Both are listing the NC10 as back-ordered.
Bottom Line Telecommunications has this NC10 for $480.21: NP-NC10-KA02US (NC10-14GB) . It’s listed as “Metallic Blue” with a 14GB SSD and a 1 year warranty. PCNation has the same model listed for $480.56.
PCNation also has a “Metallic White” model with a 14GB SSD listed as $480.56. The model is: NP-NC10-KA01US (NC10-14GW).
Read: liliputing
Samsung NC10 Benchmarked
October 12, 2008
The upcoming 10.2″ Samsung NC10 netbook has been unboxed and benchmarked by a Ukrainian site, Tech IT Easy.
The design looks solid (which we’ve already seen), the sleeve for the NC10 looks nice. The comparison photos against 8.9″ Asus Eee PC 901 show that the keyboard does look nicer.
They were able to get around 2 hours of the 3-cell 2200mAh battery (larger capacity 6-cell batteries will be available) under normal usage. You can see a SIM card slot behind the battery that should allow for several 3G mobile broadband options.
As far as benchmarks (3DMark06, CPUMark 2.1), it did a little better and a little worse (depending on the benchmark) than the Eee PC 901 against which it was measured - this is a given, considering they are both based on the same Intel Atom platform.
Read:
- Tech IT Easy (Ukraine) via Eee PC News
Samsung NC10 - Pricing, Details, Photos
October 1, 2008
Samsung obviously has big plans for the upcoming 10.2″ Samsung NC10 netbook. Yesterday, an article by What-Laptop came out, as well as a few more photos from Blogeee.net.
Originally listed as starting at £329.99 (around $605 USD), What-Laptop reports that the price will now be £299.99 (around $535 USD). That’s a pretty significant price drop, and pretty aggressive considering that it’s not out yet, and that it’s shaping up to be a very nice netbook and not a budget-oriented one. They are also reporting that at that price, it will now include the 160GB HDD (instead of the 80GB HDD mentioned previously).
Meanwhile, Blogeee.net has posted a clear shot of the NC10’s keyboard, which looks really nice.
Read:
- WhatLaptop.co.uk
- Blogeee.net (French)
Samsung NC10 - Pre-Orders
September 20, 2008
The upcoming 10.2″ Samsung NC10 netbook has already started showing up at some European retailers, who are taking pre-orders.
Updated Specifications:
- Keyboard: 84-key, 93% of regular size
- Wireless: Atheros 802.11b/g
- 10/100 Ethernet
- 1.3MP Web Camera
- Card Reader: 3-in-1 (Secure Digital, Secure Digital High Capacity, MultiMediaCard)
Dimensions:
Width: 10.28 inches / 261 mm
Depth: 7.3 inches / 185.5 mm
Height: 1.19 inches / 30.3 mm
Weight: 2.87 pounds / 1.33 kg
It is being listed at £329.99 (around $605 USD) at Play.com and available November 1. If you know of any others, leave a comment.
All of the above is subject to change between now and shipping.
Samsung NC10 Netbook
September 19, 2008
Well, it’s official - Samsung’s 10″ Intel Atom-powered netbook has now been dubbed the Samsung NC10.
It’s got a few interesting features not found elsewhere - some kind of special coating on the keys to reduce the chances of bacteria growing on them, and the case/chassis has been designed to be more durable than a lot of others in its class.
It will come in three different colors - black, white, and “metallic blue”, and start at £329 ($594 USD), and should be available in October in Europe (UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Netherlands, Russia), Asia (China, Hong Kong, and Korea), and according to Network World, in the United States in November (which is interesting in and of itself - I didn’t expect Samsung to enter the US netbook market).
Specifications:
- 10.2″ 1024×600 LED-lit display
- 1.6GHz Intel Atom.
- 80GB or 160GB HDD
- Optional Bluetooth
- Windows XP Home only
- 6-Cell battery (8 hours)
- Weight: @ 2.9 lbs (1.3kg)
Read:
- Akihabara News
- NetworkWorld
Intel Atom Shortage Over?
September 17, 2008
DigiTimes has an article up mentioning a few things we already know - mainly that Toshiba will be entering the netbook market later this year with the 10.2″ Toshiba Satellite NB105 and that Samsung will also be entering the market (in October) with a 10.2″ Samsung Netbook as well (still no official name).
Both are based on Intel’s Atom CPU, and both will have conventional 2.5″ Serial ATA (SATA) HDDs, similar to what you see in larger-sized laptops (again, we knew this).
However, the article mentions one very interesting tidbit of information: “the Intel Atom shortage has been resolved“. The shortage has probably held some companies back.
They also mention that a lot of second-tier notebook makes are entering the netbook market in order to boost their brand recognition.
Read: DigiTimes
