Beautiful, featherweight design; decent-size screen; multiple methods to navigate menus and input text; plenty of networking options; dual-mic array.
Lacks keyboard; poor performance; short battery life; weak speaker sound.
The Samsung Q1s sleek case is definitely eye-catching, but we expect better performance and battery life for a couple of thousand of our hard-earned bucks.
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...
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...
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. ...
Abstract: 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 ...
Abstract: 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...
Abstract: 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...
Abstract: 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...