As earlier reported, the Samsung N150 netbook is being added to Verizon’s lineup of 3G-enabled mobile devices, and it is currently up for pre-order for as low as $29.99. Pre-orders made in Verizon stores will have the netbook priced at $49.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new 2-year contract. Nothing fancy is being added to the Samsung N150 netbook’s list of features; it still comes with Windows 7 Starter Edition pre-installed and its usual specs which include a 10.1-inch screen, 1GB of RAM, 160GB hard drive and 6-cell battery.

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We recently heard that a new Samsung N150 had been spotted with support for Verizon’s wireless service but, at the time not much more information was available. We can now confirm that the netbook is indeed headed to Verizon and is due to be released through Verizon from July 8th. The netbook will also be available from Best Buy before then. Unfortunately pricing is still unknown at the moment but, we do have information on the specs.

Unfortunately they haven’t made the move to release the N150 Plus model, so this netbook will feature the 160GB hard drive. It does however come with Windows 7 Starter and the Intel Atom N450 PineTrail CPU. Other specs include 1GB of RAM, 10.1 inch display as well as Bluetooth and WiFi support and of course, now mobile broadband support.

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What’s this? Another Samsung N150 model? Yes, indeed. It looks like Verizon Wireless and Samsung has secretly got into an agreement for Verizon to release another version of Samsung’s most popular netbook to date.

The Samsung N150 with 3G module under Verizon Wireless has just showed up on Samsung’s mobile site. Unfortunately, spec-wise nothing much has been introduced for this new netbook except of course for the 3G module.

So as a review, the Samsung N150 features Intel Atom N450 CPU, Windows 7 Starter Kit, 10.1-inch screen, 3-in-1 memory card slot, 3 USB ports and 7-hour battery life.

No words yet on when this will be available. But if you’re interested, you’d be better off checking out Verizon Wireless.

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While talking about their highly popular and in-demand Snapdragon mobile processor, Mark Frankel, Qualcomm’s VP of product management managed to sneak in a few of his thoughts regarding the Apple iPad and one of its major flaws: the lack of 3G connectivity on the standard model.

Frankel was quoted as saying, “What’s a tablet without [3G] connectivity? What’s the sense in carrying round such a light, thin product if you have to search for the internet hotspots to connect?” I have to say, I agree wholeheartedly with this man’s sentiments.

Going forward in the interview, he hinted that there will be similar products to Apple’s iPad in the future, but will be better, faster and most of all, sport 3G connectivity. Read other highlights of the interview via the link below.

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Netbooks have struggled to take off in India, despite the population. It’s estimated that this year will see 300,000 netbooks sold compared to last year’s 40,000, which is an improvement but, based on the population, of around one billion, Liliputing describe this number as being “peanuts”. To change this trend, India will be the next country to bundle netbooks with 3G data plans. Asus and Dell are currently working with wireless carriers to make this possible in India.

Over the course of the contract, the netbook can end up costing more than buying it up front but, you also get the data usage and some consider it a way to pay for netbooks in instalments.

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A hack and instructions on how to perform it, show users how to add 3G into their Samsung NC10. The downside to the hack however is that you use the WiFi. The WiFi adapter is switched for a 3G modem instead. The hack is very easy to perform though and WiFi can be replaced with a USB WiFi dongle, giving you the best of both worlds, espcially if you find you use both a lot.

The hardest part is taking the case off and opening it up. Once inside the WiFi adapter can be popped out and replaced with the 3G modem. Additional modification could also be made on the netbook, to allow easy SIM swapping by making a small hole in the bottom and soldering the 3G modem in, as jkkmobile have done to a Dell Mini 9. You can view the steps here.

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Rumors of a subsidized 3G-enabled 10-inch Acer Aspire One going on sale through Costco have been floating around weeks ago. Now, we have even more evidence in support of these rumors. By way of leaked internal documents, it has been revealed that Costco employees are currently being trained for an upcoming launch and the reportedly, D-Day will be on May 11th. That is, when the 10-inch netbook will finally be available, not only on Costco’s kiosks, but also on AT&T’s stores. There’s no word yet on a final price, but it shouldn’t be too far from how much the subsidized 3G-enabled 9-inch model is selling these days, which isn’t much, if you don’t count the obligatory 2-year contract.

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It was already a good deal when it was first announced a few weeks back, but now the $99 3G-enabled Acer Aspire One only costs $79 from RadioShack. There’s no catch, only the same obligatory 2-year contract under AT&T, but besides that, the $79 AAO is all yours for the taking in case you’re interested. We’re not sure if this means we’ll be seeing free netbooks from the likes of AT&T any time soon in the U.S., but it sure is a nice prospect. Besides, they’ll find it hard to sell old models especially now that the new ones are all over the place, anyway.

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A while back we reported on a hack which enabled HSDPA on the Sony Vaio P. The hack only worked on US models of the P and with AT&T and T-Mobile sim cards. Today we can report that, thanks to DC-unlocker and Conics.net, non US models can also be hacked. The hack allows the Globetrotter MO40x modem to be unlocked and display the connected sim as being connected through HSDPA. For the time being, the DC-unlocker hack only works on non US models, as the US Vaio P’s contain a different chipset.

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Many phone companies now a days, as an incentive to go for that deal and network offer a free gift as part of, usually a longer contract. The freebies can range from DS Lites, to PS3s and not forgetting netbooks. But what happens when the customer doesn’t pay their phone bill? Usually the customer gets a high priced goody which they can still use, even if their phone use is limited. This seems set to change though with the introduction of the “kill pill”. The kill pill can send a signal out to the netbook’s modem, to shut the netbook down, effectively making the netbook useless according to Ericsson.

US carrier AT&T as well as other 3G network carriers elsewhere will have this module installed. Associated Press however, think that carriers will be reluctant to use this technology, but the technology is there for it to happen.

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