Using military grade laptop in an urban setting for simple day to day computing is a bit of overkill and to be quite blunt, borders on being paranoid. If your daily routine doesn’t involve a hazard pay, a hard hat, laptop piñata, and bungee jumping – a netbook robust enough to stay alive in an urban jungle would fit the bill perfectly. For those who were unable to attend the last Mobile World Congress (MWC 2010), here’s the breaking news for you. Samsung just unveiled the new NB30. This 10.1-inch non-gloss and LED backlit netbook has enough finesse and pizzazz to fit your urban lifestyle and yet tough enough to survive the bumps and scratches of city living. The exterior of the Samsung NB30 is made of a stylish and robust casing layered with a protective scratch, smudge and fingerprint resistant texturized matte black finish. The surface of this netbook is also protected by a water-tight seal technology, it can withstand up to 50 ml of accidental liquid spills if cleaned in 10 seconds. Read the rest of this entry »
The Samsung R620 also sports a new cooling system with improved performances for less noise. If you are interested in more detailed facts about this laptop then you should know that the Samsung R620 full name is R620 63 G, and its part number is NP R620 FS 02 US. Samsung R620 brings almost a full package of communication to its user. It lacks modem and mobile internet, but it sports a Wired Ethernet LAN with 10 / 100 / 1000 Base TX, Wireless LAN 802.11 b/g/n profile, 1.3 megapixel web camera, and Bluetooth version 2.1 with enhanced data rate. The connectivity department is very good featured in the R620. You get a total of four USB 2.0 ports, three USB 2.0 ports, can easily be used, while the forth has a double function as an eSATA port. Read the rest of this entry »
Review
Coming in a sleek black casing this laptop will shine from the moment you pull it out of the box. It’s not until you open the lid and see the two-tone colour that you might think you’ve entered a race track at your local boy racer hangout, but rather than making it out like the laptop looks like a pimped out Nova it pulls it off surprisingly well and offers a sense of class and refinement to what is in all respects a budget laptop.
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