Well we understand that the UX series is not an UMPC, but this is a PC that is really Ultra Mobile. Akihabara News has a good review of this device with the 16 GB flash drive and they are comparing it with the UX50 and with UX 90.
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25Jul2006
eweek reports that Samsung means business with its Q1.
… Despite a less than warm initial reception for the diminutive PC category by analysts—ultramobile PCs are small, keyboard-less handheld computers capable of running Microsoft’s Windows XP—Samsung said its Q1 UMPC has exceeded its expectations, particularly for businesses.
And now it’s raising the bar.
Samsung, which had not sold a Samsung-brand PC in the United States for several years before the May 2006 launch of the Q1, expects to announce soon at least one deal to sell quantities of the $1,100 UMPC to a corporation.
Meanwhile, depending on the success of the device, its future plans include at least one Q1 follow-on and possibly offering Samsung-brand notebooks again in the United States.
“What we’ve seen is that once people are actually holding a UMPC, they start to see the possibilities. Seeing pictures or reading about it doesn’t do it justice,” said David Nichols, director of product marketing for Samsung Electronics’ Information Technology Division, based in Irvine, Calif.
“Let’s face it. This product in terms of specs doesn’t line up well with some of the more traditional notebooks out here,” he added [...]
Samsung Means Business with Its Q1 UMPC - Via [eWeek]
21Jul2006
Video Comparison of Samsung Q1 & TabletKiosk eo
Posted by Joe in Analysis, Reviews, Specs and Videos. 1 CommentHugo has played a main role in evangelizing the Tablet PCs and UMPCs. He now shows a great video comparison of the Samsung Q1 and the Tabletkiosk eo.
Part 1
Part 2
21Jul2006
Remember the speculation about the UMPCs with AMD, MobilityToday reports about an anonymous photo(shown here) which is running AMD. The image says Windows xp and no Tablet PC! What could be it? The much awaited Haiku, Argo/Zune or an UMPC?
We received this picture from an anonymous member from Korea. The only information we received was that it is running an AMD GeodeTM LX800 with 256MB RAM. You tell us what do you think this could be?
UPDATE: Beta News reports that the much rumored Music Player / iPod Killer from Microsoft will be launched as early as next month, and the image here shows the date of August 10, 2006 - So is it the one they are talking about? Well nothing is confirmed yet - Read the news here
Is this the first UMPC under $700?? - Via [MobilityToday]
20Jul2006
We should acknowledge that all those mp3 & mobile video players from iriver were designed well, may be it’s just that iriver joined the game very late. Now looks like they want to make up a fair share with the UMPC. dapreview reports from one its forum about this new device from iriver dubbed the “*some*10″ is an UMPC (Tablet PC) that is getting ready.
The D10 (pictured here) was only released in asia, so I wouldn’t be holding your breath for a European or US release. The other and more interesting model’s letter cannot be revealed right now, but its model number will be 10.
Reported features/specs:
- smaller than W10
- Talblet PC or UMPC
- DMB
- maybe a camera
- Wibro support
- GPS built in
Once again, I’m going to have to say that this probably will not become available outside Asia.
If this is true, We’d welcome iriver with whole heart. You know, we need & like to have choices like the Averatech AHI for instance.
