http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/ Engadget Comments for Toshiba mini NB305 adds Atom N450 to a successful formula (hands-on) http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
PS. 2 GB of ram please.]]>Jan 4th 2010 12:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/Jan 4th 2010 12:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
But overall, the design is nice and minimalist. And I, for one, can appreciate an unobtrusive cell battery.]]>Jan 4th 2010 12:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
If you look at the picture of the underside of the NB305 it appears they added a second speaker, and I'd imagine they used better speakers this time around too.

I was a big fan of the other one but got rid of it because of speaker and the bulging battery, but this one may be a winner for me :)]]>Jan 4th 2010 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/Yeap they did add a speaker, you're right, it still doesn't mean that the sound will be better but.... ;)

The sound isn't my main issue anyway. The price might be, i'm worried that the NB305 will be proposed at 350€ in europe, since Toshiba seems to be insisting on placing its only netbook in the "VIP" range! If i'm not wrong, they'll have some troubles in front of the Asus' offer, maybe even HP's minis could be more attractive (that's a maybe)]]>Jan 4th 2010 1:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
However, one minor issue that remains unchanged is the placement of the keyboard keys. Details: http://bit.ly/toshiba-mini-nb305


]]>Jan 7th 2010 8:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/Jan 4th 2010 1:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/ION vs plus 10 hours of unplugged use. It is a personnal choice, but for now i know what's mine.]]>Jan 4th 2010 1:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
Maybe so, but the Mini 210's have a bulging battery which was a major design failure for the 110 series.

Don't know how the prices go over in Europe, but the NB305 is a little on the high side in the states as well...]]>Jan 4th 2010 1:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/The 110's were truly a failure, from a design point of view to its specs list. I agree totally. And the price was seriously high.

But, apprently, we'll see, the 210's seem better. I like the design, the price tags seem ok, and the specs too. Again, we'll see.

Right, the NB205 was expensive evrywhere, the NB305 will do the same. But brands have the bad habit to forget to do the conversion from USD to euro... I can tell you how nice it is to buy in the US for us!]]>Jan 4th 2010 1:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
So for someone already with a netbook, there is nothing new here... no reason to invest.

At some point I would like to see the introduction of CULV in the 10.1 inch form factor...]]>Jan 4th 2010 2:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
At least you guys have access to the HP DM1... wish we'd get that over here!]]>Jan 4th 2010 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/HP's DM1 seemed to be sweet but for 500e no can do.]]>Jan 4th 2010 3:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/Jan 4th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/I have a NB205 and the keyboard is perfectly fine to type on for long periods of time. The one speaker is horrible though.]]>Jan 4th 2010 5:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
Do not buy a Toshiba product if there's any chance you'll need warranty repairs. Their grunts deleted ten gigs of pregnancy photos and videos from my machine the first time the motherboard blew up; the second time I sent it in without the hard disk so they couldn't ruin our second pregnancy photos, and they fixed it. The third time the mobo blew out on this lemon, they refused to service it without the hard disk -- they gave me the option of sending it in (so they could delete more pictures) or receiving it back with no repair.

Avoid this product.]]>Jan 4th 2010 3:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/What's the big deal? They refused to service it (albeit for the 3rd time) because you're sending it with parts missing. Backup your photos and other important files (as you should have done the first time) and send it in with evertying intact. ]]>Jan 4th 2010 4:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/Jan 5th 2010 10:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
Microsoft Sucks. Their stupid COFEE tool should be used by consumers as a backup tool.

Oh, and did you go to your local computer store? I'm sure they're helpful folks if their service is cheap.]]>Feb 25th 2010 6:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
12" 1280x800 screen
Atom 330 or better processor
4GB DDR2 or DDR3 ram
160GB or bigger hard drive
8, 12 or 16-cell battery

$600 or lower]]>Jan 4th 2010 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/
also, ION or ION2]]>Jan 4th 2010 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/http://www.engadget.com/2010/01/04/toshiba-mini-nb305-adds-atom-n450-to-a-successful-formula/Jan 5th 2010 11:41PM