December 21st, 2008 by Joanna Stern
Now here is a rumor we can really get behind. According to a few Italian sites, Samsung is planning to build out its NC line and give its popular netbook the NC10 a sibling. Rumored to be called the NC20, we will call it the half brother to the NC10 since its made of some different DNA.
Rumor has it that the NC20 will sport a 12-inch screen and a VIA Nano CPU. Notebook Italia, says the system could arrive by February. This could mean that VIA’s Nano chip will hit the market before its reported March 2009 release.
Details are slim but it is reported to have a 1.3GHz VIA Nano U225, 160 GB hard drive and 1GB of memory. Similar to the current NC10, it will have Bluetooth 2.0, 802.11 b/g/n and a 1.3 megapixel webcam. Again, no official details but the price is expected to be $642.
Perhaps we will hear more about the Samsung NC20 at CES, but we surely expect a number of these type of hybrid netbook and ultraportables to pop-up in the coming months. The Dell Inspiron Mini 12 might have been the first to put netbook guts into a larger chassis but MSI and ASUS have hinted at following this trend. Stay tuned, because we expect this emerging category of affordable 12 to 13-inch laptops to be a real headliner next month in Vegas.
Source : blog.laptopmag.com
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