Why don’t Samsung ever give people information directly? I’ve just looked to check for new devices on my local comparison engine and there, staring me in the face, are 18 online resellers offering the VIA C7 based Q1b with HSDPA support. Or should I say, the Samsung Q1B Pro 770 Barto HS (NP-Q1BV001/SEG.) Samsung, your naming is getting stranger and stranger.
The device has been listed for 6 days now and the price is sitting at a minimum 1270 Euro. One supplier has even dared to give a delivery time – 5th April 2007.
Remember that this has the LED-backlit version of the Q1 screen and battery life runs easily into the third hour. Some of the specifications mention the Intel GMA900 GPU but I’m guessing that’s an error. I thought the C7 only had VIA V4 bus available which means VIA chipsets only. I could be wrong though.
- 7″ WVGA SuperBright Touchscreen Display, 800×480.
- 1024 MB DDR2-RAM
- 60 GB HDD 1.8″
1300 Euro isn’t bad for a full HSDPA-equipped PC. Consider that the Windows Mobile 5 HTC Advantage is 900 Euro and that the Flybook V33i broadband and P1610 are near the 2000 Euro mark. 1300 is a very good price and as a knock-on effect, the original 60GB/1024MB Q1 price has dropped by 100 Euro. I wonder if we’ll see this appearing in T-Mobile/Vodafone shops at a subsidised price with a 24-moth HSDPA contract. I guess we’ll find out from the Samsung stand at CeBit tomorrow.
