The Broadcom Crystal HD video accelerator is a media coprocessor that lets you watch 1080p HD video even on netbooks with small screens and slow processors. The upside is that you can watch high quality videos without transcoding them. The downside is that not a lot of computers actually ship with the HD video decoder […]
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Samsung, Lenovo to launch netbooks with VIA processors?
VIA is no stranger to the netbook space. The company’s C7-M chips showed up in some of the first netbooks to hit the streets. And last year the VIA Nano line of low power processors upped the game with better performance in a chipset that could easily be thrown into a motherboard designed for the […]
Samsung NC20 meets the Samsung N510: Battle of the 11.6″ and 12.1″ screens
We’re seeing a growing number of companies push out laptops with netbook-like specs and prices but larger screens. But what’s the optimal screen size for an ultraportable? Some folks say netbooks should have 9 inch screens, while others prefer 10. If you go up a size grade, the battle seems to be between 11.6 inch […]
Samsung to launch netbooks in Australia
Samsung has been making popular netbooks for a while now, but apparently the company hadn’t seen fit to release them in Australia… until now. Samsung has begun adding mini-laptops to is Australian web site, indicating that the N110, N120, and NC20 models should be available in that country soon. There’s no official word on pricing, […]
Samsung NC20 product page is now live
Sure, you’ve been able to purchase a Samsung NC20, 12 inch mini-notebook from Newegg since Friday. But the laptop was curiously missing from Samsung’s web site… until now. If you want to read up on the first publicly available laptop with a 1.3GHz VIA Nano ULV U2250 processor, you can find almost everything you need […]
Samsung NC20 now available in the US
Online retailer Newegg is taking orders for the Samsung NC20 laptop. The NC20 is a bit large to be considered a netbook. It has a 12.1 inch, 1280 x 800 pixel display and a full sized keyboard. But it weighs just 3.3 pounds and bears a more than passing resemblance to the smaller, lighter Samsung […]
Samsung NC20 coming to America – this month
The Samsung NC20 is a bit larger to be considered a netbook, thanks to its 12 inch display. But this big brother to the popular Samsung NC10 netbook is one of the first laptops around to use the new VIA Nano processor. And it’s still pretty small by full sized laptop standards, so I was […]
Visual proof that the Samsung NC20 is bigger than the NC10
The Samsung NC20 laptop may look a lot like the company’s popular Samsung NC10 netbook. But it’s a lot bigger. I suppose that should be expected when you’re comparing a computer with a 12 inch screen to one with a 10 inch display. But just case you needed any proof, the folks at Netbook News.de […]
VIA Nano CPU now shipping in force
The new Intel Atom N280 isn’t the only new netbook processor in town. While Intel is just starting to ship it’s latest low power chip, competitor VIA is reportedly shipping a whole bunch of Nano processors for Samsung’s new NC20 notebook. The Samsung NC20 is a 12.1 inch notebook that will be a bit more […]
Samsung NC20 pops up in Germany, Ukraine
The Samsung NC10 may be making waves in the US and Europe due to the netbook’s combination of good build quality and excellent battery life. But the NC10 apparently isn’t availble in Ukraine yet. But you know what is? The Samsung NC20, which is sort of like the NC10’s big brother. The folks at tech […]