Samsung outs N130 and N140 netbooks, incites groans of disappointment

It's been a good year since Samsung unveiled its universally praised NC10, yet here we are -- one successor and countless competing models later -- looking at the exact same specs being offered up in the Korean company's latest pair of netbooks. Why exactly a successful laptop of any kind would need three identikit successors isn't something we can readily account for, but let's look at what (little) is actually new, shall we? A lightweight version of MS Office is bundled (try and stifle your excitement, please), alongside a suite of new Samsung apps and automated backup to Microsoft's free 25GB SkyDrive online vaults. The N140 gets a pair of skull-rattling 3W stereo speakers and a larger battery (up to 5,900 mAh) to differentiate it from the N130, and ergonomics are said to be improved, but we're still left with the bitter taste of stagnating hardware in our mouth. Windows 7, please, save us.

[Via Engadget Spanish]

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 3rd 2009 8:17AM]

Engadget are windows fanboys :)

[Dafrety Posted Sep 3rd 2009 8:43AM]

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Did I miss anything?

[216 Posted Sep 3rd 2009 8:47AM]

grammar win?

[AlO Posted Sep 3rd 2009 10:05AM]

Owned!

[bob e Posted Sep 3rd 2009 8:49AM]

Good looking pair IMO

[LondonConsultant Posted Sep 3rd 2009 9:10AM]

LOL...

[pokes Posted Sep 3rd 2009 10:25AM]

Samsung making netbooks like HTC make phones

[eyhk Posted Sep 3rd 2009 10:45AM]

Typical choice of direction for a typical megacorporation that offers everything from semiconductors, to investments, insurance, heavy machinery, computers, clothes, hotels, security, mobile phones, tvs, ok I'll stop. Why innovate when you can milk the cow?

[Kit Posted Sep 3rd 2009 11:50AM]

Windows Live "SkyDrive" one word :)

[jkenny23 Posted Sep 3rd 2009 12:25PM]

Looks like I won't be upgrading my NC10 for a while.

[deecee Posted Sep 3rd 2009 12:37PM]

Looks like they also have the NC10's worst feature: the rocker-style button beneath the trackpad.

[billdcat4 Posted Sep 3rd 2009 7:06PM]

Looks as if they just made slight improvements upon the N120 for the N140
The screen is matte thank god, and they moved the speakers off of the bezel. Not sure what that does for sound output though.

No regrets at getting our 2nd N120 for $303 a week ago