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While anxiously waiting for ION-based netbooks to finally show up in the market, Korean giant, Samsung, has already made it available for a pre-order, with its latest N510 netbook machine, which is expected to go live in Europe somewhere around September, priced at €499 (about $718), packing  an 11.6-inch 1 366 x 768 display, along with Atom N280 processor, 6.5 hours battery NVIDIA’s ION chipset, paired with 9400M graphics, to handle 1080p high-def videos smoothly. Other specs include expandable 1GB of RAM, 1.3 megapixels webcam, 3 x USB 2.0 ports, an HDMI output, WiFi 802.11b/g/n connectivity, Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR,  3 in 1 card reader slot and  160GB SATA II HDD. Stay tuned for more to come.

Update1: Apparently, Samsung’s desirable N510 ION-based netbook  will make its way Stateside somewhere around September for a whopping price of $599. Sometimes, you have to pay to be one of the first, experiencing top-notch technologies, eh?

Update2: The good guys at Netbooknews.de were kind enough to share with us some real photos of the ION-based Samsung N510 netbook they got to play with, moments before it goes life in Europe. But if images are not your cup of tea, they also added a short video preview, showing the powerful wonder sitting side-by-side next to another Samsung phenomena, the legendary NC10. hit the jump to take a look.

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Samsung is on the prep with its latest 11.6-inch N510 netbook, which suppose to make an official appearance somewhere next month with Nvidia ION chipset inside, along with some other goodies, including a 1.66 GHz N280 processor, GeForce 9400M graphics, an HDMI output, 1GB RAM, 160GB hard drive, 802.11b/g/n WiF/ Bluetooth connectivity, 3-in-1 card reader, a 6-cell battery and that 11.6-inch 1366 x 768 WXGA display we earlier mentioned. Price is yet to be determined, although rumors claim it will run for around €570 ($799), which is clearly an expropriated tag for any netbook machine alive. Stay tuned.

[via netbooknews]