The Samsung Q1 has been the hot new thing to be reviewing all of the sudden so here are a few more reviews to check out.

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BusinessWeek does a review and says that websites seem to be too big for the screen. Watching movies from movielink is great but downloading them is a pain with the small screen.

[url=http://www.casperstartribune.net/articles/2006/05/03/ap/hitech/d8hckku80.txt]casperstartribune.net[/url] has an article from the Associated Press where the reviewer says the UMPC would be great as a book reader however when switching the screen mode the touch screen didn’t respond correctly.

[url=http://weblogs.jupiterresearch.com/analysts/gartenberg/archives/015194.html]weblogs.jupiterresearch.com[/url] says that they are about to get a full review together but say while using the device they were able to get 3.5 hours of use out of the battery.

Lastly, [url=http://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/04/technology/04pogue.html?_r=1&oref=slogin]nytimes.com[/url] has an in depth article about the who, what, when, where and why of the device.

so check the articles out for a little more info about these devices.

Going though some draft posts I found this article, written on 7th March 2006, that I hadn’t finished. Its about the market segment of the ultra mobile PC and its been discussed many times before. While we are waiting for the first UMPC’s to be marketed though, it still seems a very valid summary.—————– I read this post recently. [March 2006] from Palmaddict. Here’s a quote: Too big to put in your pocket while not big enough to truly replace your laptop or Tablet PC, a device without an identity. […]

A brief bit of news here for our UK readers. We’ve heard from Samsung UK today that the UK release date for the Q1 ultra mobile PC will be 1st June. DigiUK.com have the product available for pre-order at £799. Details on the Sasmung Q1 including review links can be found in the Carrypad product portal here. Steve / Chippy View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

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According to a press release word document on [url=http://video.mww.com/Q1/]mww.com[/url] which is available [url=http://video.mww.com/Q1/media/Q1_US_Launch_Final.doc]here[/url], the Samsung Q1 will be available for purchase at [url=www.bestbuy.com/ultramobilepc ]Best Buy[/url] in the U.S. on May 7th.

The company made the announcement at a San Francisco event today and also stated that the device would be available in retail stores later in the summer.

Sears from the Micorosft Origami Team also [url=http://origamiproject.com/blogs/team_blog/archive/2006/05/01/4345.aspx]updated the Origami Project blog[/url] with some pics and information about the device and the event including info on the price again saying the base price will be $1099. So go check it out.

Thanks Ctitanic for the info!

The full press release can be found below

[url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1955912,00.asp]PCMag.com[/url] just got its hands on a Samsung Q1 and this review is a bit worse than the first one we saw from [url=http://www.origamiportal.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=87]PC Computer World[/url].

It seems the biggest complaints are the lack of integrated keyboard. Though on the plus side they do say the battery life lasted about 3 hours so it should be good for watching at least Lord of the Rings.

Check out the full review and more pictures of the device [url=http://www.pcmag.com/article2/0,1895,1955884,00.asp]here[/url]

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