22Jun2006
Though Microsoft has been pushing the UMPC(touch based) and still has high hopes, Samsung just realized that even small devices (however small it is) there is a high demand for the Keyboards and is bundling it with its Q1. Now if you are looking for some alternatives that is cheap yet multi-tasking this might be one of them.
Sodiff’s WiBro which seems to have 4.3″ Screen with slide out KEYBOARD (like the Averatec AHI and Sony Vaio UX Series) and capable of video conferencing. Looks the the device is powered by Windows (we think it might just be Windows CE or Mobile)
Source [AVING] | More Photos of SoDiff WiBro
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21Jun2006
Yes, For those of you who have already bought the Q1 - sorry. From today Samsung announced that Q1 will get a Keyboard along with a carry case(pictured below) at no extra cost. Still not sure if this offer is valid in the US.
Samsung is bundling a plug-in keyboard with its pioneering Q1 ultra-mobile PC (UMPC), the company announced today. It fits into a folding case that can also carry the portable.
The ‘organiser bundle’, as the company calls it, is available now at £799 inc VAT – the same as the launch price of the machine without a keyboard.
Mark Jennings, Samsing’s UK notebook business manager, said: ‘The free organiser bundle and additional range of Q1 accessories, in particular our extended battery and power options, builds on consumer demand for flexibility and mobility in computing devices.’
He said sales of the Q1 had already exceeded expectations. The Q1 is the first ultra-mobile built to Microsoft Origami spec to be widely available in the shops. It has full Tablet PC functionality, which means it has viable handwriting recognition and can be used without a keyboard.
But the inclusion of one is a bonus for people who use the machine for heavy bouts of writing.
Via [Computer Active]
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20Jun2006
Posted by Joe
in Analysis and Samsung.
Looks like Samsung has both negative and positive feedback about its UMPC, but wait looks like the negative is all because of Microsoft’s hype with the Origami Project (atleast according to Samsung) PC World reports…
Feedback from customers who have bought Samsung Electronics’ Q1 device suggests that a pre-launch teaser campaign by Microsoft might have backfired, according to a Samsung executive [...]
“Feedback has been quite mixed,” vice-president of marketing for Samsung’s digital media business, David Steel, said.
A positive or negative response was generally related to how much of the pre-launch Origami hype the person had been exposed to, Steel said.
Over a period of several weeks prior to the platform’s March launch at the Cebit trade show, Microsoft ran a teaser campaign in which it slowly disclosed Origami details. With few specific details released, expectations were quickly raised among IT professionals, bloggers and journalists about what Origami would be. At the same time a price tag of between $US500 and $US1000 for the devices became known [...]
Consumers who had encountered the Q1 with no prior knowledge were generally positive about the device while those who read a lot about the Origami platform prior to seeing the Q1 had been more negative, he said. “Particularly from someone [with prior] understanding of Origami, [they have been] saying ‘We expected this and expected that’ and comparing specification and price with laptop computers,” Steel said.
Via [PC World]
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19Jun2006
We had Best Buy & CDW selling it online and today Samsung made an announcement today that the Q1 will be available in all the 32 Fry’s Stores and in Texas based Best buy Stores. Sweet, Even if you are not ready to buy the Q1, you can check out in person how the product feels and works.
Growing Q1 sales lead company to make device available at all Fry’s Electronics stores plus Texas-based Best Buy stores. Launched May 1 in the United States, the Samsung Q1 is now sold in all 32 Fry’s Electronics stores and soon will be available at various Best Buy stores in Texas
Via [Brighthand]
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19Jun2006
Posted by Joe
in Software.
Hugo(Uber Tablet) talks about this software designed for the UMPC. A company named Apex Software based in US has released the new version of their MobileSketch which now supports UMPCs
I wonder how the Google’s SketchUp will look and work on a UMPC (I guess it would just be as good as any PC)
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