14 DAY TRIAL // With all the fuss about the newest Intel Atom N series chips, and their support for high-speed DDR3 memory, one would expect most new entry-level mobile PCs, otherwise known as netbooks, to quietly adopt them. Samsung, however, doesn't feel it necessary for things to move on so quickly just yet, so it stuck to the Atom N450 when it made the N210 and N220 Plus. These netbooks have already been listed online and boast, among other things, a noticeably long battery life.
Since they stick to the 'old' pine Trail platform, the devices have to comply with the screen size that Intel imposed. As such, both models have displays of 10.1 inches. Said panels use LED backlighting and have a native resolution of 1024 x 600 pixels. The products also have, more or less, identical system configurations. In fact, the only major difference between the two is that the N210 Plus lasts for up to 14 hours on a single battery charge, whereas the N220 Plus survives for about 11.
The siblings each have an Atom N450 central processing unit at their heart, whose frequency is of 1.66 GHz. This chip is backed up by 2GB of RAM and the GMA (graphics media accelerator) 3150 integrated graphics. Additionally, a hard disk drive provides 320GB of storage space. The configuration also includes a 0.3 megapixel webcam, 10/100 LAN, a 4-in-1 card reader, Bluetooth 3.0 and, of course, 6-cell batteries (5900 mAh on N210 and 4400 mAh on N220).
Basically, the newcomers should perform especially well as traveling companions, considering that they can keep running for almost as long as a person can actually stay awake. Long train rides or flights, for instance, should become far less dull. Finally, the N210 Plus and N220 Plus have prices of 349 Euro and 399 Euro, respectively.