Samsung R480, R580 and R780 Now Available at Best Buy w/ Blu-Ray

rOne of the most striking notebooks from CES 2010 for me was the Samsung R series notebooks which made a splash with an “invisible touchpad”. These wonderful looking and well equipped notebooks are now available at Best Buy at attractive prices; especially considering that the R480 and R580 include Blu-Ray drives.
The three new Samsung notebooks are priced as follows;

14″ [...]

Samsung planning a Chrome OS Netbook

Like many other major netbook makers Samsung has confirmed that it is working on a Google Chrome OS powered netbook.  The confirmation came at an event in Australia at which several new Intel powered netbooks were unveiled. Phil Newton, head of Samsung IT, told attendees that Samsung Australia would launch a Chrome OS netbook before [...]

Monitor Designed for Adding Dual Display to a Notebook

Adding a monitor to your workspace is an easy way to become more productive and for most notebook owners turning your desk into a dual display work zone is as simple as adding a monitor and extending your desktop. Over the last year the cost of a new monitor has dropped drastically making it very [...]

CES: Hands On With the Samsung R580 “Invisible Touchpad”

When I first heard about the new Invisible touchpad on the Samsung R Series Notebooks, coming with new Intel Core processors, I was a bit put off. I am a very picky person when it comes to touchpads and have always appreciated the offset that notebooks have had to keep me on the touchpad instead [...]

CES: Dueling Cell Phone Projectors at DLP

Also at the Digital Experience we caught up with the TI-DLP group who showed off two cell-phone projectors that may someday replace the need for you to take a notebook to a small meeting as well as several notebook companion projectors from Dell and HP.
You’re already familiar with the Cell Phone projector from LG thanks [...]

CES: Samsung Announces Additions to R-Series of Notebooks

Samsung announced 5 new additions to their R series of notebooks today at CES which offer a mix of power and affordability. The new models include the Samsung R780, R580, R480, R530 and R430 models.

The Samsung R780, R580 and R480 notebooks are the power section of the 5 new notebooks with Intel processors and nVidia [...]

Samsung Introduces New Netbooks with Intel N450 Processors

With CES just a day away Samsung has announced their new netbooks that will be on display at the show in Las Vegas and available to consumers soon. These new netbooks feature the new Intel Atom N450 “PineTrail” processor that will give consumers better battery life and additional performance over the Atom processors found in [...]

AT&T Offers 2 Subsidized Netbooks and Cheaper Data Plan for Light Users

AT&T continues the trend of wireless carriers selling subsidized netbooks with the addition of two new Windows 7 netbooks to its lineup. They also are offering a cheaper entry level data package which may appeal to users who don’t need as much data on the go.
The new netbooks start at $199 with a 2 year [...]

Sansung NC10 Reviewed

Samsung’s notebooks are coming to America and our friends at Laptop Mag have already got their hands on a review unit of the Samsung NC10, the company’s netbook. Yes, netbooks are launching on a near-daily basis, but Joanna Stern has seen her fair share of netbooks and has a lot of great things to say about the Samsung NC10.

Samsung Notebooks Coming to America

Samsung’s announced it will enter the U.S. notebook market with a full line of notebooks including a lightweight netbook, a 16-inch entertainment notebook and just about every size in between the two. Until now, Samsung’s sold notebooks overseas, but only sold the Q1 UMPC stateside.