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Live from CeBIT 2007 : Samsung presents ULTRA - part 2 of 2 - UMPC March 16, 2007 [mobile PCs (Tablet PC, mini-PC, ...)] | By Edward J. R. Why Samsung should name successor to Q1 a Q2 if it can be called "Q1 Ultra"? ... and thus fit into overall Samsung's "Ultra" strategy !? Instead of giving you photo gallery and call it "hands-on with..." we are presenting here more interesting approach.... so firstly let's take a look at this chart from Samsung that compares old Q1 and 
... where you can see that major improvements are:
Despite the hype that Q1 Ultra is smaller than Q1 (see unfairly sized photos in picture above), in reality they both are more or less the same size: 
Here is the position in which Samsung expects you to hold and use this UMPC: 
Despite the fact that "HSDPA" word was placed in many places at Samsung's stand - in vicinity to Q1 Ultra: 
... and despite the fact that HSDPA is for sure bult-in into this UMPC, not even one unit had a SIM card inside and Samsung was NOT demonstrationg connectivity over HSDPA at all, although in Germany (a place where CeBIT takes place) there are 2 networks that support HSDPA commercially for a long time already! It seems that it could be that Samsung has some issues with HSDPA yet. It was nice to notice that Q1 Ultra is powerful enough to display Aero (glass-like effect where parts of windows on the screen are transparent - after all real-world windows are transparant too, right?) and flip 3D: 
... but Q1 Ultra has no "Windows" button so you can't switch on flip 3D from keypad (the combination is: to hold down "Windows" button and then press "Tab" button) and you must use an icon on the task bar (in right lower part of the screen, 2nd or 3rd icon from the left). We were trying to benchmark Q1 Ultra by using Vista's standard "rate this computer" feature (please note that Aero was switched off by the testing program during the test): 
... but it took so much time: 
... that we have given up. What if the benchmark would say that Q1 Ultra cannot run Aero? In any case this test was taking much more time than even in computers with old Centrino processors. Funny thing was this little hanger attached to one of the Q1 Ultra units: 
... that actually looked like Ultra Micro PC! Conclusion: many manufacturers are releasing UMPC computers and some of them already are getting cellular conectivity. We are merely 2-3 years before miniaturization of UMPC with cellular connectivity will reach this level, when we will be able to talk about Widnows Vista powered mobile phones!  Post your comment (free registration is required to post, but if you register you can edit your posts later) [ 2 Comments ]
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