Samsung's Solar Powered Netbook Goes Russian

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It's summer! Go outside and play... Farmville?

In May we learned that Samsung had made a solar-powered netbook called the NC215S for the African market.

The machine itself is quite low-power to begin with, packing either an Intel Atom N570 or N55 CPU at 1.6 GHz with GMA 3150 graphics. The NC215S has a 10.1-inch LCD at 1024x600, 1GB of RAM, VGA out, mic in, headphone out, an Ethernet port, three USB, and a 4-in-1 card reader. Storage choices are either a 250 GB or 320 GB HDD.

All of that weighs in at 1.3 kg or 2.9 lbs and will retail for 13,999 rubles (or around $479).

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Marcus Yam
Marcus Yam served as Tom's Hardware News Director during 2008-2014. He entered tech media in the late 90s and fondly remembers the days when an overclocked Celeron 300A and Voodoo2 SLI comprised a gaming rig with the ultimate street cred.
22 Comments Comment from the forums
  • nebun
    why don't they just call it a netbook?
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  • JamesSneed
    or SolBook?
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  • lassik
    It'll be the 'Firebook' if you leave it in the sun for 14 hours.
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  • Ciuy
    Just leave it on bench, go to work and when you return its Fully Charged as the Tesla Troops in RA3 say :)
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  • liveonc
    Just needs to use ARM, Win8, & transflective LCD.
    Reply
  • Pyree
    CiuyJust leave it on bench, go to work and when you return its Fully Charged as the Tesla Troops in RA3 say
    or found it missing LOL
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  • docken02
    In Soviet Russia laptop charges you.
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  • cleide
    why they only make it in netbook not in all devices like laptop and packet pc or etc....
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  • vaughn2k
    In Russia? There is barely a sunrise there..
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  • milktea
    Using the solar netbook out in the Sun? No thanks, I don't want to get a sunburn! :)
    Reply