Samsung NB30 10.1-Inch Black Netbook
The Samsung NB30 is especially designed for rugged use. It rugged features include splash resistant keyboard and scratch resistant body and a hard-drive free-fall sensor. The rest of the specifications of the phone include 10” display, Atom N450 processor, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard disk, standard port and network option with lack of Bluetooth, superb keyboard and touchpad. It comes at a price of $379. We missed out high-res display, good battery, larger hard disk and Bluetooth at this price tag.
The NB30 appears as smaller netbook with nice matte black finish and it has the scratch resistant body. Though it has built from plastic, it gives better sturdy grip in hands. The inside looks less striking than its exterior. It has got matte-black keyboard & surrounding area, 10.1 screen with black-matte finish. Overall, we liked its design and look.
Interestingly, Samsung claims the keyboard as the splash resistant. The keys are slightly small than usual, flat and they run edge-to-edge across net book’s width. All the important keys are in good size. The keys are tactile enough to offer typing. The touchpad is in medium size and it is pretty responsive. The mouse buttons are separated, but almost flushed to the palmrest.
The NB30 is equipped with standard 10.1-inch LCD display that has a resolution of 1024×600 pixels. It is pretty standard in this category. At this price tag, it would have gone for 1366×768 resolution screen. We liked its matte screen. However, the texts and images appeared clearer and sharper. You may have to lot of scrolling in webpages. The audio quality through built-in speaker is quite good enough, but they lack high volume. We recommend you to use headset to listen to music. A web cam is mounted on the screen. It also included with Cyberlink YouCam software which facilitate video calling, recording and chatting with your loved ones. The video quality is not very impressive.
The port and network options are pretty standard in this netbook. It includes 3 USB 2.0 ports, VGA out, SD card reader, Wireless n Wi-Fi support, Ethernet port, and few audio jacks. Bluetooth has been omitted here.
The Samsung NB30 is powered by Intel Atom N450 processor of 1.66GHz frequency and assisted by Intel’s integrated graphics chips. The specs are almost same what you find in other netbooks. It has 1GB RAM and it can be expandable up to 2GB. It is preloaded with Windows 7 starter OS. It comes with 160GB capacity. We expected Windows premium and larger hard disk for this higher price tag.
This netbook performs well unless you burden it with multitasking programs. Running of casual tasks like email, light media playback, flash games, office tasks and web browsing will not be a problem. Though it managed to play Hulu and Youtube videos in full screen, but it did with stuttering. Overall performance is good.
The NB30 offers battery backup of 4 hours 7 minutes on continuous video playback with its six cell battery. You can expect more battery life on normal usage, by doing Web surfing, office use, and listening to music. But still it doesn’t live up to the standard set by recent netbooks, which usually run 6-hours.
Samsung backs the NB30 with an industry standard 1-year warranty on parts and labor. Samsung provides toll free telephone assistance from 9 a.m to 9 p.m and email support. In this web site, You can download drivers, a FAQ book, online manuals, and etc from its web site.
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