Samsung Unleash A Monster 19″ Notebook

Posted by Mike Slocombe on 31 August 2005 at 4:48 pm | Tagged as: Platforms, IFA, Components

Thanks to Samsung’s PR for getting in touch with us to clarify facts on this story.

Samsung Unleash A Monster 19inch Notebook Samsung will be debuting the world’s first 19″ notebook, the Samsung M70, on 2 September at the IFA Consumer Electronics Show in Berlin.

Despite sporting a multiplex-threatening 1680 x 1050 TFT display, the 19″ monster is no slouch in the speed stakes, with Samsung claiming a 10m/s response time, 600:1 contrast ratio and a “brightness and depth of shade not known in previous notebooks of 280cd/m.”

Samsung insist that it’s not just about size though, and to prove it they’ve added a clever removable screen widget.

Samsung Unleash A Monster 19inch Notebook This lets users detach the laptop’s screen and place it in a dock to give the appearance of a conventional desktop.

Anyone who has spent hours slumped over a laptop screen should welcome this innovation as the screen dock affords a far more comfortable viewing position - and there’s also a handy DVI interface on the docking station for external appliances too.

Powering the monster screen will be a Nvidia chipset, with the laptop promising to have the “fastest mobile processor” onboard (most likely an Intel).

Samsung Unleash A Monster 19inch Notebook Despite the added complexity and enormous screen size, Samsung have claimed that the laptop will weigh no more than their current 17-inch notebook so it should be vaguely portable (if you work out at the gym).