This coming device has been just officially announced in South Korea. Samsung X170 belongs to the class of ultraportable laptops and is equipped 11.6-inch LCD screen with a resolution of 1366×768 pixels (16:9). This notebook comes with 2 DUO (CULV) CPU, 1.3 Mp camera, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi and 3-in-1 card rider. Unfortunately there is no official information about amount of RAM and hard drive capacity, but it seems that this coming netbook would be similar to the recently introduced Samsung notebooks of other CULV-powered lineup includes the X120, X420 and X520, which are equipped with 1-4GB of RAM and 160-500GB hard drive. The case of Samsung X170 is only 25.4 mm thick and looks very stylish. The pre-installed operating system is Windows Vista. The cost of the X170 is not reported.
The announce of this device comes as a surprise. It is first netbook by Nokia. Nevertheless Nokia Booklet 3G looks good and has every prospect of success. It has both nice design and impressive set of technical characteristics. A two cm thick case of this device is made of aluminium. The operating system is Windows 7. As for other features Nokia Booklet 3G has Intel Atom Z530 1.6 GHz CPU, 10.1 inch screen (HD-ready), 120 Gb HDD, SD memory card slot, Wi-Fi (802.11b/g), Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, A-GPS module, web camera and HDMI. Another remarkable feature is SIM card slot – this device supports 3G/HSPA network standards. Nokia will show its first netbook on Nokia World 2009. It is expected that Nokia Booklet 3G will cost $635.
Last week Kohjinsha company announced its new Kohjinsha SK3 Tablet netbook. Its main feature is turning touch screen with 7 inch diagonal. Other characteristics are 1.3 GHz CPU, GPS module, SD memory card slot, VGA out, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth 2.0 module. The operating system is Microsoft Windows 7. It is expected that this laptop will cost approximately $250. Unfortunately there is no any information about price and release date.
Recently Samsung Electronics has just announced the world’s first USB monitor on World IT Show in Korea. It is Samsung LD220. It is dedicated for quick plug and play use with laptops and netbooks. The technical characteristics are 300cd/m2 brightness level, 30,000:1 contrast ratio and 5 ms response speed. Unfortunately there is no any information about price and release date.
