Netbook Reviews

Samsung has been very busy this week, announcing the popular NC10 replacement (the N110), the N310, and now the Samsung N120.

The Samsung N120 netbook mixes things up a little by featuring a full size 12.1-inch keyboard, along with a 10.1-inch LED backlit LCD panel.

Just a few short weeks ago Asus showed off the very impressive and slim looking Asus Eee PC 1008HA to the lucky lot at CeBIT.  Previously called the “Eee Shell” due to it’s impressively sleek and stylish design, which is thinner than all the currently available Eee PCs.

The Samsung N310 is a new range of colorful netbooks available in four colors. The outer design of the N310′s looks rather different to most current netbooks, with smooth rounded edges, and an almost case like design.

The Samsung NC10 netbook has been one of the most popular netbooks to-date, both in terms of great reviews, and also pure sales. Since this success, Samsung have released the NC10 SE (special edition) which among others, features an improved touch pad and battery life, and the NC20, which features a larger 12-inch display.

Now, with the new Samsung N110, they have released a true successor to the NC10, bringing the N110 to the top of the netbooks ranks.

The Intel Atom CPU is currently the preferred choice for netbook manufacturers, with the 1.6Ghz clock speeds being the more popular.

Intel have just announced the Intel Atom Z550 CPU with a faster 2.0GHz clock speed and the Atom Z515 with dynamic clock speed ranging from 800MHz to 1.33GHz to adjust for your processing power needs at the time.

The whole world seemed to get excited when rumors of a netbook from Sony started flying around. And sure enough, within a few short weeks Sony announced the Sony Vaio P Series, an 8-inch ultra portable notebook.

Dell has officially announced the Adamo earlier this week in the form of a luxury 13 inch, ultra portable and stylish notebook. But today it seems that some key information about a so called Dell Adamo 9 has slipped out on some of their support documents and driver updates.

We have just read that Engadget has got wind of some rumors from a “very reliable tipster” that Verizon and HP are working together on a number of subsidized WWAN-enabled netbooks.

MSI have launched their new MSI U110 Eco netbook as part of their successful Wind range. Personally I would consider all netbooks “Eco” as they use very little power compared to a desktop PC or even laptop, but the MSI U110 Eco takes this even further, leading to an incredible battery life of nine hours.

MSI have just released a great looking new nettop called the MSI Wind Nettop CS120, or maybe even MSI CS120 for short. This nettop / desktop PC features all the usual features you would expect to find, such as WiFi, and the Intel Atom CPU, but there is also a nice DVD rewriter sitting in the middle via a neat slot feed.