So a new rumor broke out today that Samsung will release NC20 in February 2009. Well, I’m skeptical to agree to this because of the picture claimed by the original source. Spot the difference in the above image. I’m sure you won’t be able to since the purported NC20 is in fact Samsung’s X360 notebook.

The rumored specs of the NC20 netbook are 12.1-inch display, 1.3GHz VIA Nano U2250 processor, 160GB HDD, 1GB RAM, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, 1.3 megapixel webcam and 3-in-1 card reader. The price is claimed to be around $642.

I’m not refuting to the source’s claim completely because there is a possibility that Samsung might be preparing another variant. But when we go by the above picture, it tells a different story.

If Samsung really wanted to create a new netbook, I think its design would be based on the lines of NC10. Don’t you think?

Samsung’s US subsidiary will soon be selling a decent range of laptops to fight for the market share this upcoming holiday season. They’ll also be letting loose its first netbook, NC10 soon for a modest price of $499.

Notebooks to be launched are – X360, X460, Q310, R610, P460 and P560. The first two notebooks, X360 and X460 are the same which we mentioned before and the pricing for these starts from $1,599.

Q310 is a 13.3-inch notebook which starts from $1,149 while R610, a 16-inch monster will go for $1049. Finally, the last two notebooks to make an entry are P460 and P560 which are rugged offerings coming from Samsung’s stable.

All the notebooks are pretty identical in specifications with Intel Core 2 Duo processor onboard, 3GB RAM, Wi-Fi, 1.3 megapixel camera, 3x USB 2.0 ports, LAN, Bluetooth 2.0 and HDMI output. Q310 seems a basic mobile offering whereas R610 is more of multimedia workhorse. It differentiates itself with an integrated albeit discreet 10-key pad and dedicated 512MB NVIDIA GeForce 9200M GS graphics card.

The rugged options come with a spill resistant keyboard, shock resistant HDD, fingerprint reader and NVIDIA GeForce 9600M GS GPU for handling the gaming and multimedia department. P460 and P560 will start selling from $1,149.

Samsung takes a shot at Apple Macbook Air today by revealing the X360 notebook. They have managed to make this 13.3-inch notebook lighter than Air. The notebook will be equipped with a Core 2 Duo ULV processor, 1GB RAM by default (4GB max) and 64GB or 128GB SSD options. The keyboard comes with an anti-bacterial coating. Samsung decided to exclude optical drive for features like 3 USB ports, VGA, HDMI, LAN, Wi-Fi, card reader, Bluetooth 2.0 and 1.3mp camera.

The X360 comes with 6-cell battery which is expected to last around 6-10 hours and is slated to release somewhere in October.

[Via Register]