Samsung NB30 gets a touch screen option

I’m pretty sure you guys know about the Samsung NB30, Sammys tough netbook meant for rougher conditions and offering some interesting extra options to support this claim. Well, there’s another version for this device now, one that adds a touch-display into the pot. Code name for this one is NB30-JT01IT and was already released in Italy.

Outside and inside, not much has changed over the standard NB30. You will still get the same rubberized textured black exterior  able to protect the device from scratches and minor shocks, the same water-proof battery and keyboard and the same anti-shock protected storage drive. Inside, you’ll find the standard PineTrail hardware fo nowadays netbook: N450 processor, 1 GB of RAM, 160 GB storage, Windows 7 Starter and a 6 Cell battery.

However, while the base version of the Samsung NB30 only offered a regular 10.1 inch 1024 x 600 px display, the new one comes with a touch-enabled one. Not sure whether it’s going to be a capacitive or resistive one yet, but chances are greater for the first option. The bad part is that Samsung kept the Same Win 7 Starter edition for the touch-screen enabled version too, so you won’t be able to benefit from multi-touch unless you upgrade to at least Windows 7 Home later on.

Samsung NB30 not gets a touch-display, but a non-swivable one

Also, the screen on this device cannot swivel and is not convertable like on the Asus EEE PC T101MT for instance, so you cannot turn this Samsung into a tablet-like computer.

And considering that this new Samsung NB30 costs 399 euros, while the standard versions runs for 279 euros (prices available in Italy), I for one can’t see the purpose of paying 50% more for a device just to get a touch-screen you can’t even swivel. Can you?

Via Netbookitalia

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Last updated: April 14, 2010 | Published: April 14th, 2010 | Add the first comment!