Samsung supercharges N510 netbook with ION

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By Mike Jennings in Berlin

Posted on 3 Sep 2009 at 16:37

Samsung has unveiled a trio of updated netbooks, including the N510, the first to be supercharged with Nvidia's ION platform.

The N130, N140 and N510 all promise 3G connectivity, improved battery life and Windows 7 housed in sleek new designs.

The N140 is the official successor to the superb NC10 and will include a 6-cell battery as standard, with the company promising "up to eleven hours" of battery life for the new device, which also boasts a 10.1in screen and a larger keyboard.

The products were demonstrated by Gillad Bachrach, Samsung's head of Portfolio Management for Telecommunications, who claimed the N140 will be the "lightest [netbook] in its class" at 1.26kg, although the Asus 1005HA – which weighs in at 1.16kg without its 250g power supply – could argue with this title.

The N510 offers a full-size keyboard and HDMI port, which should make it one of the best-equipped netbooks on the market

Samsung's new N510, meanwhile, boasts an 11.6in screen with a native resolution of 1,366 x 768, and a Nvidia ION chipset which promises improved HD video and graphical capabilities.

Elsewhere, the N510 also offers a full-size keyboard and HDMI port, which should make it one of the best-equipped netbooks on the market.

The third of Samsung's new netbooks, the N130, appears to be a cheaper version of the N140, including much the same specification but with the option of a three-cell battery offering four hours on a single charge.

Aside from their individual quirks, all three netbooks follow the standard blueprint, running on Intel Atom processors and with a single gigabyte of RAM as well as 160GB to 250GB hard disks. The netbooks will also be bundled with Windows XP although, from 22 October, Windows 7 will be included instead.

All three will be available in early September but, regrettably, no pricing information has yet been released.

Check the blogs later this week, where we’ll be going hands-on with the latest additions to Samsung’s already impressive stable of netbooks.