Q1 Ultra Premium XP (Intel Core Solo ULV CPU U1500 Processor, 1 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Windows XP)

List Price: $1,299.00 Discount Price: $1,294.71

Features:

• Box Contents - Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC, Lithium-ion Prismatic Battery, 100~240v AC power adapter, Stylus, USB Transfer/Sync Cable, Wrist Strap, Slip Cover, Software Bundle - Microsoft Windows XP Tablet Edition, McAfee Virus Scan 30-Day Trial, 1-Year Limited Warranty
• Intel Pentium Ultra Low Voltage U1500 1.33GHz Processor
• 2MB L2 Cache, 533MHz Bus speed
• 1024MB DDR2 (PC2-5300) RAM
• 80GB (4200RPM) 1.8 Hard Drive

Customer Reviews:

GREAT MACHINE, though mine has one annoying defect.. [Posted on 2008-03-06]
Edit: 3/26/08 - Five Stars *****
Replacement unit is working perfectly!
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After a week of ownership I'll say this device does exactly what was expected and at a reasonable speed. Hard drive could be a little faster during bootup, but is responsive during general use. Given the tiny keyboard, don't expect this to be a laptop replacement.. rather a very portable computer for those not requiring lots of data entry.

I planned to use mine for couchtop browsing, light email, portable media entertainment, and to perform mobile wireless surveys for my occupation. By many accounts the previous gen Q1's and OQO's A110 cpu is underpowered, so I chose the Q1UP with a Core Solo processor.

PROs: ---

Processor is well matched to the machine (no speed demon but not slow either). Programs start quickly, DVD rips play without stutter.

Beautiful and bright screen, web pages fit nicely width-wise and buttons make scrolling easy. Small fonts are extremely clear and readable (though some may have trouble with this). DVD rips and photos look great. (A remote would be nice!) Passive digitizer works well, and unlike my other tablet's active screen I love being able to use my fingers, reducing stylus usage somewhat. Haven't really done any inking so can't comment on palm-on-the-screen issues. You can play Solitaire with a finger!

With it's PSP-like shape it looks like it will be fun to play games. Mouse can be switched to joystick mode with a button press. Don't load Oblivion though.. its not meant for high-end 3D games.

Rear camera quality (1.3mp) is surprisingly good, at least as viewed from the screen. Front facing camera (0.3mp) is of decent quality and more than adequate for video chat.

Split-Qwerty thumb-keyboard: fine for short entry like URLs, filenames and short emails. Thank goodness this is the improved kb, as anything less would be quite difficult. Button size is similar to that of my Treo 700. I wasn't expecting to get much typing done this way but its so much better than always having to do tablet entry. Included is a program called 'Dialkeys' which throws a larger thumb-board on the screen and is better for longer entries.. it does eat up some screen space. Being left-handed, I like the mouse on the left.

Battery life seems good given this model comes with the extended battery. Watched a 2 hour DVD rip with screen on full brightness and still had 3+ hours of regular usage left. Rated life is 7.5 hours.

Comes with a USB cable for transferring files between computers. Plug both ends in and Voila', a file-manager-like program appears on both machines allowing easy transfer of files. No software installation necessary, it just works.

CONs: ---

None really, except for an annoying problem with my unit: (Update: Unit replaced, problem gone!)

When picking up or otherwise handling the unit, the 'Play Camera' program starts and takes a picture. (Should only happen when touching the shutter button) Subsequent handling causes many pictures to be taken and after 5 minutes I might have 50 pics that need to be deleted. No use killing the program, as it will usually start up again. The shutter button moves freely and isn't bound up, so I don't understand why the slight case flexing causes it to take a picture. Oddly it doesn't always happen, but 75% of the time does. I'm hoping its a defect with my particular unit as I plan to swap it for the same model.

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