Samsung's Q1-SSD UMPC now with NAND: only $2,430

We understand, and are even tempted by Samsung's new Q30-SSD laptop announced today flaunting that hot but pricey 32GB of solid-state NAND flash drive action. But slapping that pup into the Q1 UMPC for any reason other than the rights to another "World's First [insert product category]" placard to prop-up at trade-shows is just, well, overkill. Yeah, the Q1-SSD's instant-on media feature should now be faster (not exactly instant  judging by reviews) but is that really worth the bump from an already expensive $1200 US green equiv in Korea to $2,430 -- nearly five times the target price for this market segment!? Still, these high-capacity flash drives with lower power consumption, better shock protection, and faster data access are indeed the future of ultra-portable computing. Golf-claps all around Sammy, for this glimpse into the future.

[Thanks to everyone who sent this in]

[David @ May 23rd 2006 7:31AM]

Nice! This new NAND drives may be the "catch" that these UMPC's are looking for. I want reviews on battery life and "instant-on"! I can now see lugging this thing around and not having to wait for it to boot up. A step in the right direction.

[Asiaphile @ May 23rd 2006 7:36AM]

They should've used a hotter model. She's pretty ordinary.

[ebob9 @ May 23rd 2006 7:49AM]

Is this drive a 'Flash' drive, or a RAM drive with a battery?

'Flash' drives have a limited number of writes in the lifetime of the drive. It's not a small number, and it has gotten much larger than a couple years ago. However, running an operating system like Windows XP on a Flash drive is still a bad idea! All of Windows uses swap files, which write to the drive constantly! Unless there is some special voodoo in the UMPC version..

[Erika @ May 23rd 2006 8:36AM]

Agreed. The UMPC is sexy and expensive but somoene has to launch the market. I'm waiting until they sell for about 500-600 each.

[Intrepid @ May 23rd 2006 8:44AM]

Why sell it for so much. They have the edge for a change, why not use it to gain market share?

[Finished.Law.School @ May 23rd 2006 1:52PM]

They need models who are more attractive...

[Matt @ May 23rd 2006 2:45PM]

"7. They need models who are more attractive..."
I agree. Better yet, don't use models at all.

[OyoyoY123 @ May 23rd 2006 4:09PM]

man~ that thing is HUGE

so is her face.........

[c.Lake @ May 23rd 2006 6:41PM]

Asiaphile don't be an ASS, nobody is looking at the girl. She's just some chick who works at Samsung, not an LA bimbo, booth babe. There are REAL girls in world too.

[Ayrkain @ May 23rd 2006 7:03PM]

I'd hit it.

I mean the Q1.

No, really.

[ric @ May 23rd 2006 10:08PM]

sigh

ALWAYS when there is a picture of an asian women...loser asianphile white guys comment

Q1 is overpriced Palm

[E @ May 24th 2006 2:34PM]

She should be hotter.

Ric - SUCK IT.