At Cebit today my IDG News Service colleague, Dan Nystedt, managed to snap a picture of the Samsung Q1, a portable computer based on Microsoft's Origami technology.
The device is basically a tablet PC running Windows XP. It measures about 15cm by 20 cm, or half the size of a sheet of copier paper, and is known officially as an ultramobile device. Samsung's product, called the Q1, runs on a 900MHz Intel Corp. Celeron microprocessor and has 500M bytes of RAM.
The Q1 which was on show at Samsung's Cebit booth a day ahead of the show here in Hanover. It boasts both WLAN (wireless local area network), 802.11 A/G and Bluetooth connections, and uses touch-screen controls. It runs an instant-on multimedia player so users don't have to launch the full XP operating system to watch a video.
The device is in the final stages of development and it's not known exactly when it will be available or at what price. It will be discussed further at Cebit press conferences on Thursday by Intel and Microsoft.
Come back for some better shots tomorrow, when the show officially opens.
UMPC an important step twords a fanless battery-backed replacement for the noicy tower PC. Connect external 19" LCD, keyb. and mouse.
BUT - reading the users manual page 33, the Q1 LCD cant be turned off when using an external monitor.
My GOD - they spend millions to develop the Q1 and this basic feature is not included !
Call me back when this "BUG" has been fixed !
What we realy need is a fanless "black-box" PC, based on the Pentium Centrino 733 1GHz, more than sufficient for 90% of the users. Equiped with a standard poly battery for backup in case of power cuts.
I/O?s:
- VGA out
- 1 x serial
- 1 x parallel
- Minimum 2 x USB
- RJ45 with 10/100 Ethernet
- PC Card II slot
- Speaker stereo
- Mic and headset
- One slot for a HD or DVD drive
When can we have this please ?