The Toshiba N305 is a 10 inch netbook that comes with incredibly amazing looks and nice features. This product is a great success for Toshiba and it is one of the best in line. The netbook is a successor of the NB200 model and this NB305 was designed to eliminate the negatives of the former entry. The netbooks are those electronic machines that are most essentially used as a “Net book”, that is, any netbook finds its wide application in accessing the internet for browsing for their science projects, updating the status or commenting on the photos and such stuff in social networking sites, for downloading your favorite songs and lots more. The netbooks are seriously good for all the light users generally. But is this netbook, the Toshiba NB305 up to any good? Check it out from our review on the Toshiba NB305 Mini notebook.

Toshiba NB305 Netbook

Design:

This Toshiba NB305 10.1 inch netbook is really pretty looking attracting all the users who cast their eyes on it. This model is available in different colours like the nice brown and stylish blue. The screen is 10 inch wide and of the type TruBrite LED backlight display. The backlit displays are generally preferred because the backlight would help the user in seeing what is on the screen pretty clearly even when it is dark outside. The viewing angles are quite good and when tilted upto a certain extent the machine delivers the contents on the screen clearly. There are also nine interesting LED lights for indicating, Power, on/off, charge, SD card reader, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and few other lights. However, nine is quite a big number.

The native resolution of the screen is 1024 x 600p. This resolution though good for a 10 inch netbook, is a slight disappointment. The NB305 is seriously a light-weighted netbook. The dimensions are 266 mm in length, 192.3 mm in width and 24.2 mm to 36.4 mm in height. The weight of the netbook is only 1.33 Kg. This means that the netbook is easy to carry to places and would not be burdensome. The aesthetics of the machine is good and it has to be mentioned here that Toshiba has indeed taken good efforts while designing the device.

Keyboard:

The keyboard of the Toshiba NB305 netbook Computer is a really cool chiclet or island style keyboard where the keys are individual and separated at an equal distance. It is a real pleasure to see the keyboard and even more nice to type on it. The silver coloring makes the keyboard look classy. It does not have the numeric keypad integrated but then, 10 inch netbooks mostly do not support them. It is a near full-size keyboard which means that the size of the keys would be pretty adequate for typing.

Touchpad:

Right below the keyboard is the comparatively bigger touchpad. This trackpad is quite big for a 10 inch netbook and it is seriously appreciated. The area covered by the pad is wider there by helping the users to conveniently work with it. Since the space between the keyboard and the touchpad is very small, often we might tend to place our palm on the touchpad unknowingly and this might result in a serious trouble. For rare users of the touchpad, they can turn the pad on or off when they need it. This touchpad is a multi-touch gesture supported one and multi-touch gestures not only make it easy for navigation but also viewing photos will be much more fun with the swiping and pinching actions.

Microphone, Camera and Speaker:

The integrated speakers are good and though they do not support the bass effect, the quality of the audio is excellent. The microphone and the Camera are in-built on the top bezel of the screen. So you can chat with your friends or do video conferencing at any time you want. Crystal clarity can not be expected from a camera of a 10 inch netbook, and if you know this, you would definitely not be disappointed, for the image and video quality are pretty acceptable.

Toshiba NB305 Netbook Multiple Views

Ports:

For a netbook you must forget some features in many of them, like most of the netbooks would not have the optical drive and the HDMI port also absents itself. But these are not going to be of much use for a ten inch netbook particularly when it does not support HD. On the left are the ports, the VGA for connecting to any external monitor, RJ45 Ethernet port for LAN connection, USB 2.0 port and a 3-in-1 media card reader for reading the data from the cards like the SD, SDHC and MMC. On the right are the Kensington lock port, AC power adaptor, two USB 2.0 ports, headphone and microphone jacks. So this makes a total of three USB 2.0 ports, of which one is a sleep and charge port. Now this is a really useful port because when you are traveling our phones would cause so much of trouble with the charge line indicating low battery. All you have to do is connect your phone to the USB port and it would start charging even when the netbook is not on.

Connectivity:

The NB305 10.1 inch netbook comes with both wired and wireless connections so that you will have the internet following you everywhere and anywhere you go, be it a café or at home. There is the RJ45 ethernet port that helps you get the wired internet connection while there is the fast wireless connection with the protocol 802.11b/g/n. The N draft wireless means that the connectivity range is much farther than what a ‘b’ or ‘g’ can cover. The connectivity is good and you can surf the net for any long hours you want. For bluetooth lovers, it is good news from Toshiba, since it supports the connectivity.

Memory, Operating System and Processor:

When it comes to netbooks, their capacity is always less than what the notebooks can exhibit, particularly in terms of the memory. It comes with a 1GB of DDR2 RAM and it can be upgraded to a gracious 2GB if desired. The hard drive capacity is 250GB and this is really good, again, for a netbook. The Toshiba NB305 netbook comes with the Windows 7 32bit operating system that is doubtlessly user friendly. Intel N450 is the processor that has been included in this 10 inch netbook. The speed of the processor is 1.66GHz and that is pretty good.

Battery:

The NB305 comes with a 6 cell Lithium ion rechargeable battery. The battery is neither really heavy nor does it protrude too much at the back making it uncomfortable for some users. Instead, this netbook has a battery that is really light and very convenient when fixed in the machine. The battery life is really good. Though these netbooks never reach the promised time limit of battery survival, this Toshiba product has done justice. The promised 11 hours of battery is not attained, but the netbook lives for hours slightly lesser than that and that time in turn depends upon the tasks that the netbook has to handle. When the netbook is doing its maximum, the battery life drains down to nearly 6 hours, it can do much better when it is used only for browsing or working on your word document. So this netbook is a great piece of kit to carry while you are traveling, because you will never feel bored and the netbook would entertain you making you forget that you are on a tiresome travel.

Performance:

The NB305 is a netbook that carries value for the money spent. The ports are good and are suitably placed. The netbook has the integrated GMA 3150 for graphics. Integrated graphics means that gamers will have to pull a long face. Moreover, the resolution is a clean 1024 x 600p and this completely rules HD out of choice. Other than these two negative points, the netbook is all plus. We would be benefited if we consider what it has rather than pondering over what it does not hold. For what the NB305 has, it is a rocking performer and one of the best netbooks in the market.

Warranty:

The NB305 has one year standard warranty for all the services of the parts and labour.

Verdict:

The Toshiba NB305 is a neat 10 inch netbook with really nice features. There are lots of good stuff in the netbook, like its amazingly attractive looks, good features, acceptably fast processor and high speed connectivity. Few minor disappointments here and there about the product do not really matter. For those who give importance to reasonable money, looks as well as the performance, you would not regret buying the Toshiba NB305. It is your time to decide now.

Toshiba NB305 Netbook – Technical Specification Table

Manufacturer Toshiba
Model Name Toshiba NB305
Dimensions: (L x W x H) 266 x 192.3 x 24.2~36.4 mm
Weight 1.3 Kg
Type Netbook
Display
Screen Size 10.1 inch
Screen Type TruBrite LED backlight display
Screen Resolution 1024 x 600p
Internal Components
Processor Intel Atom N450 ( 1.66GHz)
RAM 1GB DDR2 (Extendable up to 2 GB)
Hard drive Up to 250GB (Extendable up to 250GB)
Keypad Easy to work keyboard with good response of the keys
Touchpad Yes
Multimedia
Chipset and Graphics Intel NM10, Intel GMA 3150
Speakers Built-in stereo speakers
Communication Setup
Wireless support WLAN 802.11 N
Memory card slot SD card reader built-in
Connectivity 3 USB 2.0 ports, 3-in-1 memory card reader, 1 VGA video output
Other Details
Warranty 1 Year complete warranty

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