Full FeedSamsung’s newest netbook - the N110
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It’s always nice to start the week with the sighting of a decent product; so kudos to Samsung for helping us do just that. Their new N110 is a redesign with a few extra boosts of their previous NC10. And it seems they kept what worked, and styled up what could use it.
Some lucky soul over at Laptop Magazine apparently already got their mitts on this baby, and gave it a full review. It seems as though the new N110 has the same insides as its big brother the NC10—you’ve got a 1.6 GHz Intel Atom processor, a 160GB hard drive, 1GB RAM, and it runs on Windows XP Home.
Samsung also followed the adage “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it” when it came time to the keyboard. The keys are still a nice size at 93% of standard size, and are raised. Buttons are all where they should be, and the right shift is full-size.
They moved from the matte cover of the NC10 to a glossy black for the N110. While this looks pretty snazzy at first, it loses some of that once you’ve got fingerprints all over it. I have an Aspire with the same gloss finish and it is constantly looking smudged. Someone needs to figure out a way around that. Samsung also smoothed the look out by putting rounded edges around the palm rests, and added a burgundy trim at the bottom edge of the chassis to add an updated dash of style.
Where they could have done a little better is on the touchpad. It’s only 2.3 x 1.1 inches. This is rather limiting and I don’t even see the point of why they didn’t go a bit larger. (But the scroll feature is a nice add-on.) Also, the mouse button, although slightly more raised than on the NC10, is still a single rocker bar.
It has the same ports and slots as the NC10 as well. There are 3 USB ports, a 3-in-1 memory card reader, a VGA port, an Ethernet jack, and mic and headphone jacks. Measuring in at 10.3 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches and weighing just 2.8 pounds, this one won’t break your arm lugging it either.
Although the price tag of $469 makes it a little more expensive than some other comparably configured netbooks, the Samsung N110 deserves at least a second look.
Via: laptopmag
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“They moved from the matte cover of the NC10 to a glossy black for the N110.” - I bought my NC10 6 months ago and it’s definitely glossy black.
“Where they could have done a little better is on the touchpad… (But the scroll feature is a nice add-on” - The NC10 has the scroll feature
“...and added a burgundy trim at the bottom edge of the chassis to add an updated dash of style.”
The NC10 has a chrome bar that looks infinitely better than the red plastic of the N110/Q series
“It has the same insides” [and] “the same ports and slots as the NC10 as well. ...Measuring in at 10.3 x 7.3 x 1.2 inches and weighing just 2.8 pounds, this one won’t break your arm lugging it either.” - same ports, dimension and weight as the NC10
So based on this review the only difference is the rounded corners and the trim colour?
on March 24, 2009 at 06:06 PM - LINKAgain, I did not handle the N110 myself, as I stated in my article. So, this wasn’t really a “review”, more of a “this is new on the market” announcement. And yes, as I said, it appears they kept the insides of the computer the same and just changed the style. All previous reviews I’ve seen of the NC10 labeled the cover as matte, I don’t own one (as I also said).
The only other difference I’ve seen is the battery life seems to be slightly extended. Hope that helps!
on March 24, 2009 at 07:00 PM - LINKlooks very nice
on April 10, 2009 at 02:54 AM - LINKhttp://www.sale-batteries.co.uk
I know it’s a bit of an old article but I hear rumours that the NC10 is going eol. Is the N110 a replacement or is the N310?
on June 25, 2009 at 04:22 PM - LINKTim
(http://www.mytex.co.uk)