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click to enlarge First the all important dimensions it is 22.5x12x3cm. The screen is 15.5x9cm and this displays at 1024x600 and should you not be a fan of the stylus then there are mouse controls either side of the screen. It has a full copy of Windows...
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A brief look at the Samsung Q1 Ultra I had my hands on a Samsung Q1 ultra for a couple of days earlier this month and I thought I?d share my impressions. Im sure that most of you will have seen Matts Q1 Ultra unboxing video so here is my quick heads...
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too small for a laptop, too large for a PDA: The Ultra Mobile PC, or UMPC for short, is a breed of computer that is like a small laptop without a hinged screen. Or, if you prefer, like a large handheld computer. Either way, it is...
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Can Samsung crack the Ultra-Mobile PC market with its third attempt?...
Vista in your hands, bright screen...
Awkward to use, slow to load...
It’s a brave new design that improves usability but we’re still left wondering who will actually use it...
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Samsung has to be commended for its continued support of the UMPC (Ultra Mobile PC) format. This is the third iteration in less than twelve months and is the second major design overhaul. The obvious difference between this model and the original Q1 is...
Good looking , Packed with features, Good display...
Quite pricey, Awkward to use at times...
The task of kick-starting the UMPC generation has inadvertently fallen to the Samsung Q1 Ultra. After a flurry of Vista-powered UMPCs from leading manufacturers including Sony, Asus and Nokia, the world has been waiting for that one device that sweeps...
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Baby steps inch the UMPC concept forward, with the Q1 Ultra the best version yet. But its still undeniably niche. When we saw the first UK sample of the Q1 Ultra back in June (web ID: 114332), we were by turns both pleased and disappointed. The evolu...
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Samsung has undoubtedly improved the design of the Q1 Ultra, which is a sleeker and more usable device than its predecessor. Unfortunately, Windows Vistas heavy footprint more than cancels out the hardware improvements, leaving this a seriously under...
Compact and lightweight, Plenty of interaction options on both the touchscreen and the system itself, Sleek design, Supplied with standard and extendedlife batteries...
Miniature keyboard is too small for anything but minimal text input, Underpowered for Windows Vista, Currently lacks 3G/HSDPA connectivity, UMPC format has little to offer over existing platforms...
Samsung has undoubtedly improved the design of the Q1 Ultra, which is a sleeker and more usable device than its predecessor. Unfortunately, Windows Vistas heavy footprint more than cancels out the hardware improvements, leaving this a seriously under...
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The Samsung Q1 Ultra is a well-designed UMPC (ultra-mobile PC) thats full of potential. Unfortunately, much of the Samsung Q1 Ultras potential remains unrealised. See our Laptop Advisor website for expert reviews of today’s best laptops, plus read...
Samsungs Q1 Ultra is intriguing, but more for its potential than its reality. Ideally, UMPCs would be media powerhouses that would be comfortable for light business tasks such as editing documents and for web browsing and email. However, the Samsung...
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The jury's still out on whether Microsoft's ultra-mobile PC (UMPC) form-factor is the next step in the evolution of mobile computing or just a development dead-end sandwiched somewhere between notebooks, PDAs and PMPs. For now, all we can do is judge w...
Like the first-generation iPod, Samsung's Q1 is an expensive bragging tool. Unlike Apple's gadget, the UMPC simply isn't ready for primetime, even if the price comes down. Samsung's design isn't bad but there are few hardware issues and the software n...
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When we saw the first Australian sample of the Q1 Ultra earlier in the year, we were by turns both pleased and disappointed. The evolution of the hardware interface together with Vista’s greater touch-friendliness was encouraging, but simply not...
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Our Korean isn’t great but, judging by the new Q1 UMPC, ‘ultra’ must translate to something like ‘keyboard’ in Samsung’s native tongue.The big new addition to the disappointing original is split either side of the Ultra...
Handy size. Great screen. New keyboard is a big plus...
Keyboard still not perfect. Poor battery life.
It may be a watering down of the UMPC concept, but that’s exactly what Samsung needed to bring the best out of its Q1 computer...
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Samsungs YP-Q1: visually very attractive For our money, the Q1 is one of the most visually attractive MP3 players on the market. Sleek, svelte and housing a 2.4in, 320 x 240 screen in a smooth and curvaceous body that measures 98 x 50 x 11mm and weig...
The Q1 continues the Samsung tradition of turning out MP3 players that produce a really top-notch sound. This really is one of the best-sounding players about, at least once youve bought a decent pair of earphones. Unfortunately, far too much attenti...
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The project formally known as Origami, officially known as Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), has materialised in the form of the Samsung Q1.Sitting between the notion of a PDA and a Tablet PC, it comes loaded with Windows XP Tablet Edition, but instead of a digi...
Good build and battery life...
Sluggish operation...
The project formally known as Origami, officially known as Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), has materialised in the form of the Samsung Q1.Sitting between the notion of a PDA and a Tablet PC, it comes loaded with Windows XP Tablet Edition, but instead of a digi...
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If Bill Gates has his way, Samsung’s Q1 will be your next computer. After more than half a century of computing, the next great leap forward is a Windows-powered tablet with a teeny seven-inch screen and no keyboard. Modern miracle of miniaturisatio...
Touchscreen, 40GB hard drive, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi. Stacks of connections including two USB ports, 3.5mm headphone jack, Ethernet, TV-out and Compact Flash.
Pretty heavy, lacks battery juice and the vast majority of software isnt designed for touchscreen. Lack of a keyboard is maddening.
Give us back our keyboard Samsung! The Q1 is destined to become a textbook example of innovation without a cause...
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T3.com Updated:
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Dont call it a tablet PC, or a laptop. This is Project Origami in the flesh - the first Ultra-Mobile PC (UMPC), combining PDA, MP3 player, hard drive and PMP.Everything is designed around its seven-inch touchscreen, with a finger-friendly interface...
Windows XP in your hand, Good screen...
Too fiddly, Too heavy, Too pointless...
Samsung has done a great job with the design, but if you can find a decent use for this, email us and let us know.
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Windows in an ultra-mobile format may be a good idea but it doesn’t live up to expectations – better stick to your notebook...
Small, Windows XP...
Poor battery life, bulky design...
Windows in an ultra-mobile format may be a good idea but it doesn’t live up to expectations – better stick to your notebook...
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theglobeandmail.com Updated:
2016-03-27 22:37:54
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NEW YORK ? Looking for a great PC that runs a fully fledged version of Windows XP but weighs less than two pounds? Well, its here ? at least if you can live without the "great" part. The Samsung Q1 is one of the first computers made to Microsoft Corp...
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Ultra Mobile PC, the first of a new breed: Theres a new class of computer on the market: the Ultra Mobile PC. That, at least, is what Microsoft and Intel would like you to believe, and what Samsung, the purveyor of the first of its...
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A promising debut for umpcs, but the controls are tricky to master Samsung wasnt only one of the first to announce a UMPC, but also the first to get us a fully working unit. Amazingly, it survived our torturous benchmark tests without overheating, bu...
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expertreviews.co.uk Updated:
2016-03-27 22:37:55
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Samsungs Q1 is the first Ultra Mobile PC to be released in the UK. Its small and cute, but the Q1 suffers from too many limitations to justify its very high price. Samsungs Q1 is the first Ultra Mobile PC to hit the UK. The UMPC is the brainchild...
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Imagine our excitement when a brand-new Q1 from Samsung – one of the much-hyped Origami devices that have been in the news so much recently – arrived at . Using the Tablet PC Edition of Windows XP, we were itching to put the Samsung through it...
Kudos to Samsung for being the first to put an Origami device on sale. However, it has plenty to do to make the concept attractive enough to shift a significant number of units, and it certainly isnt going to do so at this price. There are also desig...
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EISA.eu Updated:
2016-03-27 22:37:55
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Featuring full compatibility with Microsoft Windows XP and the ability to touch, write, or type, the Samsung Q1 is a highly compact companion PC with 40GB HDD that lets you communicate and stay entertained wherever life takes you. Take your music, pho...
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zdnet.co.uk Updated:
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Samsungs Q1, the first Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), lacks the portability of a handheld and falls short of the functionality of a notebook. Unfortunately, it doesnt add anything that would compensate for these failings.
Compact and lightweight, Passive touchscreen, Integrated WiFi and Bluetooth...
Short on USB ports and other features business users require, Lacks an integrated optical drive, Hardware design fails to take full advantage of Windows XP Tablet PC Editions screen rotation capability, Performance and battery life are both moderate...
Samsungs Q1, the first Ultra Mobile PC (UMPC), lacks the portability of a handheld and falls short of the functionality of a notebook. Unfortunately, it doesnt add anything that would compensate for these failings...
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So. What is the Samsung Q1? Well heres what it isnt: It lacks the portability and most importantly the 3G connectivity of a Windows Mobile Smartphone. It lacks the sheer power of a modern XP laptop. It doesnt have a removable disk drive so you can...
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gcn.com
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2011-08-15 00:22:45
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The Q1U-CMXP is an interesting system that might not be perfect for everyone, but anyone looking for a portable teleconferencing and communications system that just happens to have access to a full operating system might just fall in love. And did we...
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Outside: first impressions First impressions and appearances reveal significant differences in the new Q1 compared to the original version. Perhaps most noticeable immediately is the QWERTY keyboard split on either side of the screen near the top. On...
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As a follow up to my Samsung Q1 Unboxing video, I shot a full video review talking about my experience with the device. The long and the short of it is that it has potential, but without a memory card slot, and with only a 40 GB hard drive and a slow C...
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Video Review: Its a cross between a laptop, tablet and PDA. Does this portable mini-computer from Samsung live up to its intriguing design?...
Sleek design, bright 7-inch LED WSVGA touch screen display.
No built-in optical drive, impossibly small keyboard, still a bit pricey.
Its a cross between a laptop, tablet and PDA. Does this portable mini-computer from Samsung live up to its intriguing design?; Wi-Fi; bluetooth; gadget; gadgetstv; internet tablets; samsung; Its a cross between a laptop, tablet and PDA. Does this po...
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Its a cross between a laptop, tablet and PDA. Does this portable mini-computer from Samsung live up to its intriguing design?...
Sleek design, bright 7-inch LED WSVGA touch screen display.
No built-in optical drive, impossibly small keyboard, still a bit pricey.
While Samsung has gone a long way to improve the original Q1, the role of UMPCs in-between laptops and PDAs remains questionable. The impossibly small keyboard and lack of a built-in optical drive prevent the Q1 Ultra from reaching its full potential...
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siliconrepublic.com Updated:
2011-08-15 00:22:46
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If there’s one thing we’re not short of it’s tech companies telling you how they’re going to change the world with a new product, often just before they launch something that’s more of the same. You saw this in the PC busines...
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Microsoft created a ton of fuss with the launch of a version of Windows tuned for palmtops and other keyboardless PCs. But the devices that utilized it—code-named Origami—couldn’t live up to the prelaunch hype. The initial Windows XP–powered Ultra-Mobi...
Great screen, good battery life, and improved stylus input.
still bad for the fingers; slow performance in media apps.
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Samsungs Q1 Ultra is a vast improvement over its predecessor, but its still not clear whether theres a huge market for superportable PCs...
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When we reviewed The Samsung Q1, Samsungs first UMPC-- in fact, the first UMPC available in the US, it showed promise but was hobbled by a few flaws including a low resolution display that was sometimes too small to show entire dialog boxes, the lack...
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For frequent travelers who need full PC functionality but dont want to carry a laptop, the Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC is an option to consider—albeit not a very good one. While the design and components have improved from the original Q1, we we...
Beautiful screen; eye-catching design; very light; full QWERTY keyboard...
Expensive; cramped keyboard is difficult to use; painfully slow performance; short battery life...
If youre looking for an extremely portable PC that will attract attention at the airport, office, or your favorite hotspot, the Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC fits the bill—but if you actually want to get work done on the road, skip this ultralight and buy a...
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Samsungs second crack at the new Ultra Mobile PC category is a light (1.5 pounds) and bright touch-screen machine with Intels new A110 processor and full handwriting-recognition, wireless Web-surfing, and Windows Vista capability. It may look like a...
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Like its distant cousin the Tablet PC, the Ultra-Mobile PC has had a very tough go in the market. The idea of squeezing a pen-enabled Windows PC into a handheld form factor seems like a technical marvel, and it is. But many of us still wonder whether t...
QWERTY keyboard, Easy to carry, Improved graphics...
Sluggish, Screen resolution tight for a touchscreen...
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Intels new Steeley processor and McCaslin platform make for a solid UMPC...
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Samsungs Q1 Ultra is a well-designed ultramobile PC (UMPC) that is full of potential. The problem, however, is that much of its potential is unrealized. The first generation of UMPCs was released last year by Samsung and a handful of other vendors. T...
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It's always encouraging when a company takes comments and criticisms onboard in an effort to improve the next generation of products. I say it's encouraging, because more often than not, this doesn't happen. Most of the time big companies are so sure that...
The Q1 Ultra is a big improvement over the original Q1. The screen is superb, the interface far more intuitive and the whole package is simply more usable. Despite this, I'm still not convinced about the UMPC platform itself, and I fail to see why anyone...
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One of the best things about high-tech products and services is that they can improve quickly. In the high-tech world, failures are viewed as learning experiences, and even negative consumer reactions are taken seriously and internalized immediately. S...
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Businessweek.com Updated:
2016-03-27 22:37:54
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The NP-Q1 works like a dream for multimedia, and its flash memory puts it on the cutting edge. But businesspeople might want to look elsewhere...
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justanothermobilemonday.com Updated:
2016-03-27 22:37:54
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Now that I have concluded my series on the Samsung Q1 UMPC, I thought it would be appropriate to share a few closing thoughts. I had the device for a little over a month (actually, from Thanksgiving to New Years). In that time, I had an opportunity...
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Today well take a look at Q1, Samsungs vision of an UMPC. With excellent screen, multimedia capabilities and just about everything user needs (note: just about everything), Q1 is really "something else". IF you were to appear somewhere with Q1 in you...
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If we gently ease Apple into an out-of-mind drawer then it becomes fair to say that the award for most anticipated hardware of the year goes to the UMPC, March’s Origami campaign for which persuaded some, at least momentarily, that Microsoft was hip...
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Courtesy of Timlechat!A few weeks after its announcement at CeBit 2006, this Q1 hit the stores all over the world, and thats a good move from Samsung for expats all over the world. Here are some pictures of the unpacking process of the Q1:The packagin...
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Jack of all trades, master of some...
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v3.co.uk Updated:
2016-03-27 22:37:55
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Microsofts future of mobile computing may only appeal to select users...
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The Ultra Mobile PC (code named Origami) is the result of Microsoft and Intels collaboration to create a new kind of computing platform. Its not a notebook, though it can do anything a notebook can do, its not a PDA since its considerably larger a...
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So, we are finally starting to get some feedback on the much-hyped Origami platform. As it turns out, Samsung Q1 UMPC reviews are starting to trickle in, and what we knew would be the case seems to be true. According to the Washington Post, The Q1 is...
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With Samsungs novel Q1 device ($1,099 direct), the much-hyped UMPC platform by Microsoft and Intel has arrived. First developed as part of the Origami project, these new, tiny Windows-based PCs are supposed to redefine how you compute on the go. In...
Good speaker sound quality. Full-blown Windows XP operating system. Very portable. Resolution toggle button.
No keyboard or optical drive included. Not very good for writing extensively. PDA-like stylus. Slow processor and nonupgradable RAM.
Just another slate tablet that cant replace a true PC, but it makes for a nice portable media player that would be more attractive if it werent so pricey...
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