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Samsung is gearing up for an exclusive launch at Best Buy stores nationwide this weekend. Expect to see the new Q430-11 laptop, along with the upgraded R580-11 laptop and N150-11 netbook.

The standout machine of the Samsung trio is the new Q430 laptop. On paper, this notebook isn’t all that different from the R580 (pictured above), as both have Windows 7 Home Premium OS, a 500GB hard drive, 4GB of DDR3 1066MHz memory, a very basic 0.3-megapixel webcam, HDMI support and a 3W stereo speaker. The R580 even has a few things better than the Q430, like the slightly larger display and the Blu-ray optical drive.

But with a marginally lower weight count, the Q430 packs more power into within that brushed aluminum casing, including a Core i5 CPU and advanced NVIDIA 3D graphics processing.

Given that there are many more specs to go over, here’s a breakdown of each one starting with the netbook and going up from there:

N150-11

• 10.1-inch LED-backlit, WSVGA non-glare display (1,024 x 600 resolution)
• Intel Atom N450 Processor
• Windows 7 Starter OS
• Intel GMA 3150 graphics
• 1GB of DDR2 667MHz memory
• 250GB hard drive
• 3W stereo speaker
• 0.3-megapixel webcam
• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
• Connectivity: Three USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet
• Island keyboard
• 9-hour battery life
• Dimensions: 10.5- x 7.4- x 0.97-inches
• Weight: 2.73 lbs.

R580-11

• 15.6-inch LED-backlit glossy HD display (1,366 x 768 resolution; 16:9 aspect ratio)
• Intel Core i3-350M Processor
• Windows 7 Home Premium OS
• Intel HD Graphics
• 4GB of DDR3 1066MHz memory
• 500GB hard drive
• Blu-ray optical drive
• 3W Stereo Speaker
• 0.3-megapixel webcam
• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
• Connectivity: Three USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, HDMI
• Island keyboard
• Dimensions: 13.5- x 9.4- x 1.20-inches
• Weight: 5.45 lbs.

Q430-11

• 14.0-inch glossy LED-backlit glass HD display (1,366 x 768 resolution; 16:9 aspect ratio)
• Intel Core i5-450M processor
• Windows 7 Home Premium OS
• 4GB of DDR3 1066MHz memory
• 500GB hard drive
• NVIDIA GeForce 310M graphics with 512MB of DDR3 memory
• DVD dual-layer optical drive
• 3W Stereo Speaker
• 0.3-megapixel webcam
• 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi
• Connectivity: Three USB 2.0 ports, Ethernet, HDMI
• Dimensions: 13.5- x 9.37- x 1.04-inches
• Weight: 5.25 lbs.

Pricing starts at $349 for the N150 netbook, then bumps up to $849 and $899 for the R580 and Q430 laptops, respectively. All three of the Samsung computers mentioned here will be available tomorrow at Best Buy. So if you’re looking for a very last-minute gift for dad, there’s a few more options now.

I bought the Palm Pre Plus in February and was pleased with the webOS 1.4 update, but then in March at CTIA the Sprint HTC EVO 4G was announced and I posted that my Verizon Palm Pre Plus was likely headed back to the Verizon store. However, with the EVO 4G not coming out for a few months and my mobile device history starting with Palm in 1997 I just couldn’t return the Pre Plus and ended up keeping it.

I have now come to another decision time after purchasing my own Sprint HTC EVO 4G and considering the Pre Plus, EVO 4G, or new Apple iPhone 4. I was able to knock out the Palm Pre Plus this weekend and just paid the extremely high Verizon ETF to end that contract. I also just read an excellent article on Android Central that compares the Sprint EVO 4G and Palm Pre from a couple of long time Palm users, Craig Froehle and Don Ferguson.

They go into quite a few details about the various aspects of the devices from a users point of view and the comparison just confirmed that my decision to cancel my Palm Pre Plus contract was the right choice. I do think that Palm’s webOS is very intuitive and user friendly, but going head-to-head with Android showed me that I prefer a more customizable and feature packed operating system.

I still have a few more days before the iPhone 4 is available and I do have a reservation at my local Apple store. At this time I am leaning heavily towards sticking with Sprint and the HTC EVO 4G. I already have an iPhone 3GS and can eventually load it up with iOS 4 so the need for the iPhone 4 is not as great. I know the hardware of the new iPhone will be excellent and pretty compelling, but I think I will miss the customizable home screens with glanceable information, easy WiFi tethering, superb Gmail support, included Sprint services, outstanding free GPS navigation solutions, and more found in Android.

I will continue to consider the EVO 4G and iPhone 4 this week and we will see what happens on Thursday.