There’s been a rush of mini-keyboard info over the last week. Here’s a summary post if you’re looking for some options. Jezlyn from “Late to the Party.” has been out and snapped up a few of them to test. There’s plenty of pictures and a final conclusion on which she finds best. Is it the Logitech or is it the Solidtek? Take a look.   Steve / Chippy View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

A Carrypad reader, Mr Anonymous (!), spotted that the Q1b manual is already online here. Sure enough, on page 3, there it is in black and white. The disk and memory specifications are slightly different to what was released for the UK market (1GB/60GB) but I guess its a manual written for multiple English language markets. A quick scan of the manual doesn’t reveal any battery life details unfortunately. [Update. The Q1b will use the VX700 integrated north/southbridge chipset. A slight advance on the shipset used on the VIA C7-M based […]

I knew there had to be one out there somewhere. The Founder Mininote has been available for some time in Asia so after an hour or so of searching and translating I managed to find a review of the Pentium version of the Mininote on a Chinese website. As far as I know, this is exactly the same as the TabletKiosk eo i7210 so it will give some good pointers as to what to expect when the device is released here. The review is very hard to read but I […]

Have you ordered a TabletKiosk eo 7200 series UMPC? If so, you’ll be happy to know that the target release date looks like it will be met. How do I know this? Because I’ve been badgering the supplier for info! This time next week, the first devices will be dispatched for local distribution. That means 1st week of Sept for customers as promised. In the meantime, how about some naked eo i7200 pictures and comparison shots with the Q1? Click the pics for three review pages for the equivalent Lucoms Solo M1 at […]

CNet just ran an article [url=http://crave.cnet.co.uk/laptops/0,39029450,49282956,00.htm]talking about the Samsung Q1 SSD[/url] which is the flash based version of the Samsung Q1.

We have had some good
[url=http://www.origamiportal.com/modules/newbb/viewtopic.php?topic_id=543]Samsung Q1 SSD info and specs[/url] posted in our forums by jsnorman who picked his up from a Korean store and has been using it for a few weeks.

The article also talks a little about the Samsung Q1b which CNet claims will be released in October and will have a 60GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM and will be replacing the Intel based chip with a Via C7-M processor. They are hoping that by using this chipset they will be able to pull off more battery life.

Earlier there were also reports of an
[url=http://www.origamiportal.com/modules/news/article.php?storyid=122]AMD based Q1[/url] so the VIA sounds like it may be coming true, releasing an AMD Q1 would let everyone pick their favorite processor.

UMPCBuzz have got hold of pictures of the planned extended battery for the Q1 by Mugen Power. It looks bigger than the 6-cell version from Samsung. Could be a 9-cell part perhaps. No detailed specs are available at the moment. UMPCBuzz have more pics. Update: Ctitanic confirmed that its three times the capacity of the normal battery. Steve / Chippy View details of all Ultra Mobile devices in the ultra mobile PC product database. From N800 to Flybook V5, its all there!

Following on the from the previous Q1b news, the info has also been posted on UK-based Personal Computer World Samsung is also bringing out a Q1b model in October which uses Via’s C7-M processor, and slightly improved disk space and Ram: 60-byte hard disk and 1GB of Ram. It will cost £899. This puts it above the existing Q1 in terms of price. Are they touting the VIA C7-M as the best processor for a high-end system? If they’ve combined the best of Samsung tech with a good design and […]

“Samsung also plans to release the Q1b, a version of the ultra mobile PC that uses a 60GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, and more significantly Via’s C7-M processor“ This has just been posted up in some Q1 news at Cnet UK This was a rumor a while back and we have it in our watch-list. Samsung Q1 with VIA processor.This one is strictly a rumor (that no-one has formally denied yet!) I really cant imagine Intel (or Microsoft) letting Samsung simply drop a VIA onto the same ultra mobile […]