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TagsWhile the world and its spouse are punting ickle dinky netbooks, it seems to have taken a bit longer for Samsung to get around to making one itself, but worry ye not. It has its brand, spanking new NC10 out next month and raring to go.
The ultra-small portable has, by and large the same specs as just about all the others. It sports an Intel Atom processor, 80GB or 160GB HDD (we hope there is a SSD on the way too!). It also features BlueTooth 2.0+EDR, 1.3 Megapixel webcam, Wi-Fi and a 3-in-1 card reader. It also has a 10.2-inch SuperBright Non-Gloss LED, which is said would give a better view when used outdoors.
However, it diverges from the netbook crowd with its graphics. The NC10 uses the much better GMA950 instead of a 945, which just about every other netbook uses.
What Samsung hope you will buy the book for is its looks. It barely reaches 1.19cm in height, making it very thin. Also, it weighs in at 1.33kg (about the same as the Asus eee 1000). It also has a six cell battery which Smasung claims will last eight hours.
The casing is extra tough (it's called "Protect-o-Edge" - don't laugh!) and comes in white, piano black or metallic blue.
The strangest feature of the new NC10 is the "silver nano technology", which while not turnign the world into grey glue, claims to keep the keyboard germ and bug-free (unlike say the Windows operating system - no Linux version with this baby!).
The device should be out mid-October costing £329, several months after everyone else, but with looks like these, you could forgive Samsung for being a bit late to this party.
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