http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/ Engadget Comments for Samsung Q2 UMPC revealed! http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Nov 10th 2008 4:59AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Jan 9th 2009 11:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Sep 22nd 2009 9:11AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
I had the original Q1 and could not get used to the touch screen - having a real keyboard is awesome!

I never knew they were working on a successor.]]>Mar 7th 2007 11:03AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
iChat AV on a portable like that would be incredible.
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Price and availability?]]>Mar 7th 2007 11:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
The device needs to be distinct from a tablet pc, and there are a couple ways it can do that and still serve a very important purpose. It needs to be small, as small as possible with as big a screen as possible, 7" seems to be the nice median.
All input should be with a stylus and fingers.

What these really need to be targeted at is students. Using the pen input you could have a completely digital notebook, plus the internet at your disposal for reasearch as needed. And hell, eventually eBook textbooks.

I really think they are going in the wrong direction with these devices. They need to hit the $500 they talked about with 6 - 8 hr of battery life for a full class day. Then you could get colleges to subsidize them for students to use and they would really take off.
Unfortunately, as I'm sure this is a forbearer of things to come, there will be little purpose for this over a 12" tablet that will be much faster and just a bit bigger, and hell maybe cheaper :/]]>Mar 7th 2007 11:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
You're not alone in your desire for a lack of keyboard. Currently, the smallest form factor that has a truly usable keyboard is the Fujistu P1610 - the rest of the devices (UMPCs included) that have "alternate" keyboard implementations (split, buttons, membrane, etc.) simply don't provide enough bang for the real-estate buck that the keyboard requires. One of the biggest issues is that the operating systems and applications currently available just aren't efficient or effective enough in handwriting input to make people forget about the perceived need for a keyboard. Great strides in this area, combined with *very* low cost and effective docking solutions will be necessary to properly address the current niche.

-todd]]>Mar 12th 2007 9:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
Has Samsung increased the battery life to at 6 hours?

What other accessories are available?]]>Mar 7th 2007 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 11:49AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/]]>Mar 7th 2007 11:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 11:40AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
Yes, it really does need a keyboard. If you have ever used one you will realize the touchpad is a terrible input device. Keyboard MUCH better.

It is supposed to be less than $800 - 4 hr battery std, 6 hrs optional ]]>Mar 7th 2007 11:41AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 11:58AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/But yeah--OS X please! ;)]]>Mar 7th 2007 12:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 3:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
Still, it looks like an awesome product, even it it costs up to $1500.

Also, a touch screen (not touch pad) is not a terrible input device. You just must want to type a zillion words a minute. That's not what a touch screen is for. That said, I'd still take a tiny keyboard like the one pictured on my next UMPC.


Hamster, yes the images do look fake. Probably because most of them are designers renderings of the product that's not yet done.]]>Mar 7th 2007 12:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 12:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/That QWERTY layout looks like they took a page from Pepper.]]>Mar 7th 2007 12:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 1:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 1:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
It's pretty cool that this thing runs with Vista, but I have to wonder how much faster it would run with a smaller OS. How easy do you think it would be to install Linux on it?]]>Mar 7th 2007 1:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 3:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 8th 2007 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 3:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 5:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 6:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
Seems an evolution rather than revolution of the current model. Keyboard adding was a must have & no- brainer. However I'd have preferred a sliding screen or better still a clambshell (why are there so few clambsell umpcs?)]]>Mar 7th 2007 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
Anyway, NO, UMPCs don't need a keyboard and NO, your are not supposed to use the touch screen for input. The Touchscreen is ONLY for navigation folks, not inputing anything. The whole concept behind them is to be used as much like a PEN and PAPER as possible. You pick up your pen and "input" information onto a piece of paper that you then do something with (file it, share it, act on it).

Writing something down is the most natural way that humans have communicated (after speaking) since recorded history. In meetings you take notes. In class, you take notes. When you need to jot something down, you "make note of it."

A UMPC (or TabletPC) is geared for the most natural way of interacting and capturing information - writing. It is supposed to be like using a notepad and pencil, that is the intended design purpose. And it is done in your own handwriting so it doesn't even matter if others can make out your "chicken scratch" since it is your information that you deemed important enough to write down, all electronically stored, sorted, filed and searchable to your heart's content.

My two cents anyway. (BTW, I do own a convertable TabletPC that I use mostly in slate mode like the above mentioned pen and paper 90% of the time.)]]>Mar 7th 2007 7:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
US702: http://ultramobilize.com/blogs/main_news/archive/2007/01/22/us702-umpc-is-convertible-with-keyboard-tablet-style.aspx
Videos: http://ultramobilize.com/blogs/main_news/archive/2007/01/22/videos-of-us70x-series-umpcs.aspx
Pics: http://ultramobilize.com/blogs/main_news/archive/2007/01/21/photos-of-us700-umpc-at-ces.aspx

-techSage]]>Mar 7th 2007 8:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 9:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 9th 2007 7:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 7th 2007 10:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
Cheap flash memory like in USB drives is VERY SLOW and unusable as hard drives. It will be countless generations before these people can even have an idea how current flash technology works and where its applications are.

Banks of current cheap-o flash memory as a HD? Keep dreaming!]]>Mar 8th 2007 3:44AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 10th 2007 8:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
2) Optical drives - the idea is light and long battery life. An optical drive adds .3 to .5 lbs and drains battery like a vampire in a blood bank. They do offer a fairly compact and light external - so if you really need it, you can bring it with you. I'd rather have the option not to.

3) Movies - the idea is to rip or download movies and music and then synch to the UMPC. 60GB can hold at least 10 typical movies ripped directly from the DVD and many more if recompressed. DVDShrink is your friend.

4) Objects of desire - if the earlier poster is right, $800 for a 1024x600 res UMPC with a graphics chip that can handle Aero Glass (which is what it looks like) and gets 4-6.5hr battery life should be a player. I'll be waiting for it.

5) US70x - yes these are lovely - but no one is carrying them yet and they may never get to North America. So, as much as I'd like one - at the moment, they're a non-issue. Samsung, on the other hand, does sell these in North Am.

6) Fake? - Really it's a non-issue. Either it's fake or real. If it's fake, then we'll see what new UMPCs show up in the next few months. If it's real, then we'll see what the final units look like and cost. Personally, the pix look a lot like the kind of promotional materials that come out of Korea and Japan, so that's not an argument either way.

7) CAD - for those of you still stuck back in 1998 - control-alt-delete on NT class Windows (ie: 2000 and later) is a quick key that takes you to either a maintenance menu or to the task manager (depending on how you have it set up). It hasn't been a reboot key sequence for about 7 years now. Do try to keep up.]]>Mar 8th 2007 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 8th 2007 2:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
Samsung should be removing buttons not adding them. This atrocity looks more like a pepperpad than an "Origami".]]>Mar 8th 2007 3:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/
A great deal of the "information" about how inconvenient these devices are seems to be coming from people with no hands on time, or who have spent at most, minimal time with the devices refusing to meet the moderate learning curve and simply writing them off closed mindedly as "impracticle".

I'll agree that for casual computer users, this is not the device they should be using. But at the right price, the market is there.

And word around the campfire is pricing will be under $1000. ]]>Mar 8th 2007 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Mar 14th 2007 1:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Does the GPS is included or an add-on?]]>Mar 17th 2007 12:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/]]>May 29th 2007 6:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.samsung.com/us/consumer/detail/detail.do?group=computersperipherals&type=ultramobilepc&subtype=ultramobilepc&model_cd=NP-Q1UA000/SEA]]>Jul 24th 2007 11:10PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/07/samsung-q2-umpc-revealed/Nov 26th 2007 7:37PM