Today Samsung unveiled a Series 5 Chromebook with Intel’s bugdet processor. The unknown Celeron CPU in 2nd gen Chrome OS-based mini laptop replaces the Atom N570 chip used early. Samsung said the battery life will be comparable to the original Atom-powered Chromebook and that computing performance will be significantly increased.

The new Series 5 Chromebook design gets a new matte lid finish instead of the old glossy one. Samsung Chromebook retained its old 12.1-inch screen size and 16GB of internal storage, as well as Wi-Fi and optional 3G connectivity.

It’s scheduled for release in second quarter with a price of $399 for the Wi-Fi model and $449 for the 3G version.

Great news for Samsung lovers. This Korean company has announced their first ultrabook. The 13.3-inch Series 5 ultrabook is 14.9mm thin and weighs 1.4kg. It’s powered by Intel’s Core i5 ULV processor and comes with a 128GB SSD drive or a 500GB/16GB HDD/SSD hybrid, with up to 8GB of RAM and Intel HD integrated graphics onboard.

Samsung’s ultrabook features ExpressCache technology, enabling booting from hibernation in “7 seconds” and to wake up from sleep mode in just “2 seconds”.

The Series 5 ultrabook will be available in South Korea by the end of this month. It will be priced from $1,125 to $1,298. There’s no info on pricing and availability in other countries.

Also, Samsung has relased a similar 14-inch laptop. Sammy Hub reports that it’s an ultrabook, but it doesn’t match standard ultrabook specifications. As you know, ultrabooks have a screen diagonal of up to 13.3 inches. Measuring 20.9mm, it’s slightly thicker than maximal 20mm for ultrabooks and weighs 1.8kg, breaking 1.4kg ultrabook limit.

The 14″ Series 5 will be priced from $1,167 to $1,341.

Samsung has officially unveiled its first tablet device, named Galaxy Tab.

Besides a 7-inch 16:10 1024X600 capacitive multi-touch display and Android 2.2 “Froyo” OS, the Galaxy Tab features a 1.2GHz ARM Cortex A8-based Samsung S5PC110 processor, 16GB of Flash memory (up to 32GB), 802.11n Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1, 3G connectivity, a 3.2MP web camera, an SDHC memory card reader, and a built-in accelerometer. It has its own e-reader app, but, depending on mobile operator. The default color is white, but will be also available in other colors.

The tablet weighs 370 grams (0.8 pounds). The battery life is more than 8 hours. The Galaxy Tab will be available in Europe in October, and will be sold through mobile operators.

The Samsung X360 13.3-inch laptop, featuring Intel Centrino 2 technology, arrived to US retailers.

The X360-34G laptop comes with the Intel Core 2 Duo SU9300 processor at 1.2GHz and a 120GB hard drive, whereas the X360-34P ships with a 1.4GHz SU9400 and a 128GB solid state drive. Both laptops include 3GB of DDR3 memory and Intel’s GMA 4500MHD integrated graphics that manages the 1280×800 LED backlight display.

The new laptop sports a 1.3MP web camera and fingerprint reader, stereo speakers, 802.11 a/b/g/n wireless, Bluetooth, and Ethernet LAN connections, HDMI and VGA outputs, three USB ports, an ExpressCard slot, and 7-in-1 media card reader.

The new Samsung X360-34G and X360-34P are priced at $1,799.99 and $2,399.99.

Samsung will pull out of the laptop market within three years unless it can triple sales, according to a senior manager.

Sukyong Hong, senior manager of overseas sales and marketing at Samsung, claimed that the company needs to ship 11 million laptops in 2011 in order for its notebook division to remain “sustainable”.

The Korean manufacturer currently enjoys 1.7% of the global laptop market, but will need to more than triple that to 5.7% within three years.

“We should meet the target,” claims Hong, explaining that a move into the US market and an as yet unnamed European country is expected to bring with it substantial sales growth.

Unusually for a laptop manufacturer, the company fabricates 80% of laptop components in-house, including hard disks, batteries, TFT panels and optical drives.

The company also manufactures TFT panels and memory for several large manufacturers, such as Apple and Acer.