Samsung has been making popular netbooks for a while now, but apparently the company hadn’t seen fit to release them in Australia… until now. Samsung has begun adding mini-laptops to is Australian web site, indicating that the N110, N120, and NC20 models should be available in that country soon.

There’s no official word on pricing, but Portable Monkey found a few Australian retailers that are already taking orders with prices for the Samsung N110 between $772 and $838 AUD and the NC20 going for about $950 AUD.

Incidentally, somebody asked me the other day how wide the Samsung N120 lid opens. The picture to the right should give you a good idea.

Buy.com is taking pre-orders for the upcoming Samsung N110 netbook. The N110 is an incremental update to Samsung’s popular NC10 mini-laptop. The new netbook has rounded corners instead of the sharper edges on the NC10, and the N110 has a 6 cell battery that reportedly lasts for up to 9.5 hours.

While Samsung hasn’t announced an official release date yet, the company is preparing to push out the N110 soon, and will likely replace the older NC10 with this model. It looks like the two computers will be similarly priced. Buy.com is charging $441.99 plus free shipping.

via Portable Monkey

Samsung N110

Samsung has posted a product page for the N110 netbook. First announced earlier this week, the N110 is an incremental update to the popular Samsung NC10. It’s about the same size and shape as its predecessor, but the case has rounded corners and the screen is glossy. Samsung also claims that the 6 cell battery is good for up to 9.5 hours, which is about two hours longer than the NC10.

Other than that, there’s not a ton of new information, other than the exact dimensions (10.27″ x 7.3″ x 1.19″). The site also claims that the netbook weighs .83 pounds including the battery, but I’m going to go out on a limb and assume that’s a typo.

via Netbook 3G

Samsung has unveiled its successor to the popular NC10 netbook. The Samsung N110 is superficially a lot like the NC10, but it has a few modifications that should make it attractive. Laptop Magazine has a full review of the new computer, which was officially unveiled last night, but here are a few of the highlights:

• The chassis has been redesigned with rounder edges and a glossy lid.
• The touchpad is a little wider and longer than the one on the NC10.
• Samsung has upgraded the battery with a higher capacity 5900mAh 6 cell unit (the original NC10 came with a 5200mAh) battery. Laptop Mag reports that the battery’s good for 7 hours and 24 minutes, or about 50 minutes longer than the Nc10 battery.

Overall, the Samsung N110 is a minor upgrade though. The laptop has the same 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display and 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270 CPU as its predecessor. It also has 1GB of RAM, a 160Gb hard drive and runs Windows XP Home Edition, just like the NC10. It does cost a bit more, with a price tag of around $469. As Portable Monkey discovered this weekend, you can pick up an original Samsung NC10 for under $400 from CostCo.