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Wednesday, August 15, 2007

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Samsung Q1 Ultra - Just an Okay UMPC??

There has been lots of talk about the Samusng Q1 UMPC - some like, some dislike. I had a chance to play with one for a little while and even did an unboxing on UStream for everybody to see. I liked the device, but I didn't really like the keyboard layout - maybe I just didn't have it long enough to get a good feel for it. PC magazine has a review in the newest issue (original review on the site is older), and they don’t speak very highly of the machine. It is a good machine but I agree with some of their points, and one I really don't agree with...

Their Pros: Nice pointing stick and mouse buttons, compact, Sweet screen

Their Cons: Keyboard needs work, CPU power and Vista performance, Still Pricey

The screen - coming from the R2H, I didn't like the screen. I personally had issues with the vectoring because I and used to the R2h screen that I can rest my hand on while writing.
Price - I think with any UMPC, if they would get the price point down a little they would take off faster - they suggested $500 - $600 would be good

One item I really don't understand is the comparison they listed for Performance Tests. Samsung Q1 Ultra vs. Lenovo x60?? I don't understand how you can compare an 800 mhz ultra mobile processor with a 2.0 ghz Dual Core machine... $1000.00 machine vs. $2,699.00 machine... 29-Wh battery vs. 75-Wh battery... Wouldn't it be a little better to compare with another UMPC or the OQO Model 02? I mean, you are comparing this to a full sized Tablet PC. What do you think? Are they being fair? I think that the UMPC has been around long enough to get a review compared against a similar machine.

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8/15/2007 8:36 PM MST

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Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:08:13 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

The fact that the Ultra has 1024x600 makes the screen massively superior to the older version. The fact that it has a touchscreen that doesn't require a special stylus is both a big advantage and a big disadvantage depending on what you like. Personally I don't rest my hand on the screen (I hate smudges of any kind) so vectoring isn't an issue.

The screen quality and resolution = sweet screen. 800x480 is the biggest thing wrong with every other UMPC.

The keyboard... haven't tried it, but I'd categorize it as something to be used to tap in a web page address or a very brief bit of text here and there. Thus it becomes pretty unimportant... for any kind of text entry I'd just get an external keyboard.

cr0ft

Thursday, August 16, 2007 4:28:54 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

These reviews have got to be kidding asking for a $500-$600 UMPC at this stage. Most smartphones cost more than that!!

Nicholas

Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:46:31 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Alas they are not kidding. The reason the n800 does so well critically and comercially is that in many ways it is closer to the original UMPC vision than most UMPCs.

vm-01

Thursday, August 16, 2007 5:46:47 AM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Great level of stupidity the comparison.

ctitanic

Thursday, August 16, 2007 12:22:55 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

I also thought that the comparison with the X60 was really dumb. Unfortunately more mainstream organizations tend to do that a lot. I have read several reviews of devices (cant remember any specifics off the top of my head) that complain that a UMPC isnt as fast as some full featured laptops.

Xedden

Thursday, August 16, 2007 2:26:09 PM (Mountain Daylight Time, UTC-06:00)

Personally, I don't think that comparing UMPC's to laptops is dumb at all.

While some here would carry multiple devices, not only don't I thin a lot of people want to do that, I also think that many would like to carry fewer. Thus, the comparison between something that people somewhat know -- a laptop -- and the new class of devices is a way of stating "do you still need a separate laptop"?

Cuhulin

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