Toshiba NB520 has a Sexy New Look with Harman/Kardon Speakers

By Nicole Scott
1 Dec, 2010 8:04 pm

Toshiba has a new netbook and man is it sexy, it’s a design change from any other netbook on the market with Harman/Kardon speakers integrated into the palm rest. The textured finish on the hood with a brushed metal feel makes the netbook seem very sophisticated. Under the hood we’ve got the Intel N550 Dual Core processor, 1GB DDR3 RAM, 250GB shock absorbing drive.

Running Windows 7 starter its got a few features that are a nice touch like sleep to charge and sleep to listen to music which is something I haven’t heard of before. We’ve also got an assortment of colours with warm brown, lime green, sunlight copper, turquoise. It’s going on sale in Singapore for $599 Singapore Dollars which is $450 USD.

While at the IT Month 2010 Preview we were able to snap a few shots of it and actually have plans to spend some time with it tomorrow to shoot a proper hands on video. For now these shots will have to do.

Via BootStrike

TAGS: 10" netbook, Elitegroup.ECS T10IL, Harmon/Kardon Speakers, netbook, toshiba NB520

Anonymous

Question is… where do you rest your hands?!

Looks like it’s based on the Toshiba AC100 smartbook design at least the inside bottom half. Same keyboard, too.
http://netbookupdates.com/ shcboomer

You’re right it does look about the same, I guess you just rest your hands on the speakers? Just don’t use it while using the speakers?
Carl

No!

As with anything in life, one can do anything that one wants, but “can” never means “should”. If you care about your body then you should NEVER “rest” any portion of your hand on any portion of your computer, especially your wrist. It’s bad for the health of your nerves, muscles, tissues, and joints throughout your upper extremities. Pretend as if you’re a great pianist and keep only finger contact with your device. Otherwise, don’t pretend like you’re surprised when you have arthritis everywhere. Maybe buying a netbook with nice speakers located where you’d normally be compressing your ulnar nervers would be the perfect incentive for you to break this habbit.
http://www.netbooknews.com Nicole Scott

Totally a great point, I was also wondering about the build quality, one of the first things to go on a computer is always the finish on the palm rest!
Anonymous

I think ergonomics class ended 15 years ago…
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Anonymous

Stupidest conceivable place to put speakers.
Johann Rizal Alexander

its 2013 and I would really like to get my hands on one! Where do I find the Toshiba NB series in Singapore? Any ideas?

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