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Saturday 20 March 2010 - 09:00:42
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Samsung Tablet to be released in 2010?
Posted by jez in Samsung Netbook News
Samsung followers will know that the Korean super company has released slate style PCs in the past, who can forget the Q1? No - I've never seen one either! The Q1, by their own admission, was a specialist product with a limited appeal. But now their are Internet rumours of a Samsung Tablet to follow in the second half of 2010.

iPad's Influence
With the release of Apple's iPad this year and the subsequent rush of orders has clearly renewed interest in this form factor. Samsung's new offering is thought to be aimed much more squarely at the mass appeal consumer market and will therefore potentially be a leading rival to the Apple onslaught.

I must admit that I really like the tablet idea, I can really see one of these devices sitting in the living room, available for quick Internet look ups or a source of music and video. And a device that runs an open platform, whether Windows 7 or a specialised Linux distro, would certainly have an edge over the closed nature of the iPad.

Read the full story here - via jkk.

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Saturday 20 March 2010 - 08:47:52
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Samsung N210 Unboxing
Posted by jez in Samsung Netbook News
Brad over at liliputing has posted up the following Samsung N210 unboxing video. The N210 is one of the new netbook models for 2010 based on the latest pine trail N450 Atom processor.


Brad highlights a positive looking keyboard and a welcome return to matt screen displays. Watch out for a cameo by Brad's cat! Liliputing will have an in-depth review up shortly.

The Samsung N210 is available in the US from BestBuy, $379.99 at the time of writing:
Click here for the Best Buy Homepage

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Saturday 20 March 2010 - 08:44:28
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Samsung N210 BIOS update
Posted by jez in Drivers
A SammyNetbook.com forum member has picked up on a new BIOS update for the recently released Samsung N210 netbook.

The 00KG BIOS version update can be found here over on the UK site.

As usual there isn't much information on what the update contains so if you have tried it out and noticed anything different then please join the discussion in this thread.


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Sunday 14 March 2010 - 20:48:23
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Mobile Broadband from Orange Review
Posted by jez in Real World Netbook
About a year ago I posted up my experiences of using a 3G dongle from the British mobile network Three. Although it worked and did what I wanted most of the time I reported that it could be quite frustrating to use.

The signal often cut out, it was slow to connect and speeds were generally slow. It wan't all bad, the dongle was definitely a life saver at times and came in very useful over the last year.

I just wished it was a little more reliable.

The Mobile Internet connection was very useful when:
  • Travelling: although signal strength would vary massively on the move I would generally be able to get access to what I wanted eventually
  • House hunting: It was worth the money alone for this. We were able to sit in the car, check out properties on Rightmove.com, give the estate agents a call and go and view immediately. This was invaluable when exploring new areas a little further from our current home
  • Visiting relatives: I get a bit nervous if I'm away from the Internet for too long ! A netbook and mobile broadband kept me in the loop!


Orange Mobile Broadband

So my Three mobile broadband deal expired and due to my frustrations I didn't really fancy buying some more credit. I decided to plump for the Orange deal that offered 500mb of usage for £5 a month. I don't download large amounts of data whilst on the move so this lower limit seemed fine to me. Ultimately I wanted to keep my costs down. The dongle was thrown in for free.

So how good is the Orange Mobile Internet Connection?
To be fair to Three I have no objective way of testing this, but in the first week of using my new Orange connection I have been less frustrated than in the past. Now don't get me wrong, this connection is not perfect whilst travelling on the train either, I still have the occasional drop out , but for now at least it does seem more reliable.

Performance appears to be quicker, with a 7.2mps max connection being available for various stretches of the journey. It also seems to be faster at connecting to the network, but again that might be my imagination!

Like I said in my previous post, I guess my expectations shouldn't be too high when it comes to broadband on a moving train. Although how come the loud shouty person on their mobile phone always seems to get an uninterrupted connection for the entire journey? Every single day! I don't expect max speed the whole time but a continuous connection doesn't seem impossible if mobile phones can manage it? Still some improvements to be made.

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If you want to check out mobile broadband deals in the UK, then have a look here.


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Monday 08 March 2010 - 20:09:07
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Samsung N150 vs N120
Posted by jez in User Views
Forum member nmhotel has shared some thoughts with the N120 compared to the N150. Unfortunately his original N120 suffered at the hands of gravity and has now been replaced with a brand new N150!

The primary difference between these two netbooks is the different Atom processors, the former contains the N270, whilst the newer model has the more efficient N450 Pine Trail chip.

So if you are thinking of buying or upgrading to a Samsung N150 netbook then his notes might prove helpful.

Looking for the cheapest UK netbooks, this page should help!

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