Original URL: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/06/15/toshiba_nb250/
Toshiba readies full-keyboard netbook
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Posted in Laptops, 15th June 2010 11:59 GMT
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Toshiba has introduced a netbook with a "full-size" keyboard for mini-laptop owners fed up of tapping away on tiny keys.
The machine is the NB250 and its spec is otherwise netbook standard: 1.66GHz Atom N455 [1] processor, 1GB of DDR 3 memory, 250GB hard drive, 10.1in 1024 x 600 display driven by the integrated GMA 3150 [2] graphics core.
The NB250 is the same physical design as the old, slower NB200, which last year won Reg Hardware's Top Netbook of 2009 [3] award. You can read our NB200 review here [4].
Toshiba said it will offer the NB250 with a choice of three- or six-cell battery. The netbook weighs in a 1.12kg or 1.33kg depending on which battery option you pick. The six-cell power pack extends at the back, adding a couple of centimetres to the machine's depth.
The Toshiba [5] Mini NB250 will go on sale at the end of June, but Toshiba didn't say how much it'll cost. ®