Samsung Q1 Ultra's form factor is excellent. I've been using one on a daily basis for months now and I'm extremely satisfied with it*. Though I'd love to have been luckier on the purchase date and could get the Q1 Ultra Premium version, it's heavier but has 9 hours of battery life (mine is 4).
* It's very important to know that the device itself (without the USB full-size keyboard) is not suitable for blogging, typing a lot of text, etc. IT'S NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR LAPTOPS or even sub-laptops. IT IS A READING DEVICE BASICALLY. But the small keyboard is A MUST because I use a lot of keyboard short-cuts while reading things (including surfing, PDF, Zinio) and I hold the device in both hands. Actually using keyboard short-cuts makes things way easier in Windows. But of course if you want to type noticeable amounts of text you can plug the USB keyboard.
In my opinion Samsung has got it right because: - Screen size is 7" and any smaller than 7" (1024x600) would make it really hard to read, and some Windows interface fonts are hard to enlarge. Some webpages gets messed up (overlapping text and ...) when you enlarge the font size too much. - non-sliding keyboard is very practical for entering website addresses, renaming files, keyboard short-cuts... - has enough grip space at the sides to hold the device comfortably. - STAND is a very important feature, I put the device on the stand while it's on a table. Gives me a great viewing angle. - 4 hours of battery life has proved to be sufficient for my daily usage. When I'm at home laying back in the armchair I plug it in. - (if I remember correctly) ~680gr is very conveniet to hold in both hands (of course lighter would have been better). - touchscreen (most of the umpcs has it if I'm not mistaken)
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Samsung Q1 Ultra's form factor is excellent. I've been using one on a daily basis for months now and I'm extremely satisfied with it*. Though I'd love to have been luckier on the purchase date and could get the Q1 Ultra Premium version, it's heavier but has 9 hours of battery life (mine is 4).
* It's very important to know that the device itself (without the USB full-size keyboard) is not suitable for blogging, typing a lot of text, etc. IT'S NOT A REPLACEMENT FOR LAPTOPS or even sub-laptops. IT IS A READING DEVICE BASICALLY. But the small keyboard is A MUST because I use a lot of keyboard short-cuts while reading things (including surfing, PDF, Zinio) and I hold the device in both hands. Actually using keyboard short-cuts makes things way easier in Windows. But of course if you want to type noticeable amounts of text you can plug the USB keyboard.
In my opinion Samsung has got it right because:
- Screen size is 7" and any smaller than 7" (1024x600) would make it really hard to read, and some Windows interface fonts are hard to enlarge. Some webpages gets messed up (overlapping text and ...) when you enlarge the font size too much.
- non-sliding keyboard is very practical for entering website addresses, renaming files, keyboard short-cuts...
- has enough grip space at the sides to hold the device comfortably.
- STAND is a very important feature, I put the device on the stand while it's on a table. Gives me a great viewing angle.
- 4 hours of battery life has proved to be sufficient for my daily usage. When I'm at home laying back in the armchair I plug it in.
- (if I remember correctly) ~680gr is very conveniet to hold in both hands (of course lighter would have been better).
- touchscreen (most of the umpcs has it if I'm not mistaken)