Good Guys to push Samsung’s N310 netbook

Samsung Electronics Australia has picked the Good Guys to sell its N310 (pictured) mini netbook at the recommended retail price of $799.

The hardware vendor picked Japanese industrial designer - Naoto Fukasawa - to lend his minimalist style to the Samsung N310's look and feel.

Emmanuele Silanesu, national product and marketing manager - IT at Samsung Australia said the Japanese designer has created a mini notebook that provides a "minimalist design edge".

Samsung's N310's minimalist styling and tactile featured a rubberised body in a "robust and ergonomic design", he said.

The netbook weighed in at 1.23kg the Samsung N310 was also 10.1 inches. It also came with an internal microphone, headphone-out connection and an integrated 1.3 megapixel digital motion camera.

The Samsung N310 features a three-in-one memory card reader, three built-in USB ports and optional Bluetooth 2.0.