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Intel Introduce the Atom N550

We are used to large technology leaps and bounds each year and if, like me, you have been using computers since the 1980s you might be wondering why netbook chips have not seen any real innovation since they hit the market a couple of years ago. Photo Credit Intel Atom N550 Well at last we might be seeing the first new Atom chip for a while that will actually provide us with an increase in performance. Unfortunately it is not a massive break through, however the N550 is a genuine dual core pro...

World Cup Netbooks: Adidas Samsung N150

I have been waiting 4 year for today!  Yes the World Cup is here!   I think I only appreciate just how excited I am about the greatest sporting contest in the world when I remember that I’ll probably only get to watch another ten or so in my lifetime. But that time has come and for the next 4 weeks we’ll be following England to victory. Well, maybe not, but it’s nice to dream! Photo Credit World Cup Netbooks To celebrate Samsung and Adidas have teamed up to release a football ...

SammyNetbook Site Update

Apologies for the lack of updates recently but I’ve been extra busy behind the scenes. If it’s not already obvious, the front pages of SammyNetbook.com have enjoyed a little remix.  And hopefully  a forum upgrade will follow. The SammyNetbook blog is now using the popular blogging platform WordPress. Photo Credit Note: You may notice some strangeness in the next week as I go through and update the site. Old or unrelated posts may come through on the RSS feed, there are some incompl...

Samsung N210 versus the Asus 1005PE

A quick link to highlight a comparison between the Asus 1005PE and the Samsung N210. The two machines are based along similar foundations with a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 LCD display, 1GB of RAM, a 250GB hard disk and an Intel Atom N450 processor.You can see more photos and read more here. All credit to NetbookReviews.netIf you don't have time to read the whole article, the conclusion was as follows:If you’re going for something a small as possible, the 1005PE just about wins there, but if you’re g...

Virgin Mobile USA adds more data to Broadband2Go plans

Those of you who love the idea of mobile broadband but hate the idea of committing to a two year subscription will love Virgin Mobile USA’s new Broadband2Go plans. Although the prices remain the same, three of the four plans now offer high data thresholds. Here’s the breakdown for the new Virgin Mobile Broadband2Go plans: $10 dollars for 100MB of data which expires in 10 days $20 dollars for 300MB of data which expires in 30 days $40 dollars for 1GB of data which expires in 30 days $60 dollars...

Samsung N220 RAM Upgrade and Internals

Thanks and credit go again to nDevil. Here we see the N220 dissected for our viewing pleasure. nDevil points out a spare PCI-e which might prove useful to anyone willing to invalidate their warranty in exchange for a hardware upgrade. If you do put anything cool inside your N220 then please let us know about your N220 hacks in our forum.Samsung N220 InternalsWhat RAM do you need to upgrade the N220 to 2gb?The official specifications note the following:System Memory 1GB (DDR2 / 1GB x 1)Memory...