I use my zero weight keyboard (zwkb) software on my Q1UP touchscreen. I love the Q1 umpc form factor. I take my pc with me everywhere and I’m always productive. My only issue at the moment is the hot hard drive, running at 60 to 75 celsius, when the toshiba mk8009gah drive’s specs say 60 is the max temp. Be sure to back up always! I have an otterbox too.

Samsung should sell a version of their SPH P9200 tri fold UMPC in the US/Europe. To me the reason why there were a weak 350k UMPC’s sold in all of 2007 was the form factor not price,and what others whom own one try to say. The reality is we are talking full windows. Nobody wants to thumb input or pen input into full windows people want a touch type keyboard. Samsung could make huge UMPC sales releasing that SPH P9200 that was a Korean only wimax device if they sold in in the US and Europe. That form factor is strong enough that without the wimax I would buy one! I would not buy a Q1 no matter what tweaks you do to it. It is too big and has no touch type keyboard.

Hi Kevin!

The Q1U-CMXP (The “new” version with HSDPA) is being sold since late 2007, not only in the U.S., but in Europe too. I had one in my hands when I was in Monaco this January, in a FNAC store. The only reason I didn`t buy it then, was because of the AZERTY keyboard, that they use in France. And the “new” Q1UP-V was reported by you guys in April! What I expected to see was a new version of the Q1 Ultra Premium featuring a 64GB SSD (since prices dropped so much lately, and Samsung manufactures it) and an internal 7.2 Mbps HSDPA card for that price. It`s a shame they didn`t introduce that today. I would like to buy the parts and upgrade the first Q1UP myself, but since I live in Brazil, I don`t have the same access to these parts, like the HSDPA card and the SSD, as you have in America. I guess I`ll have to wait for the real new model then… Congratulations on your very good work! Regards,

This is a great device IMHO, can’t see why added the HSDPA is so expensive, they already had the connector built-in to the Q1U, they are just adding the card. You could also add a Sprint U727 USB for the same service and it is probably cheaper. I heard that you could actually open up a U720 and remove the board, pop open the Q1U and insert it in the slot. Haven’t been able to get my hands on a U720, bidding goes to high for me on ebay.

hey Kevin,
I’m sorry i guess what i meant to say was that i would like to see your take on this netbook, so my previous comment was incorrect. The only reason that i would recommend any one to this netbook over other ones is maybe that it runs g os or its small size and prize tag

Thanks Juan. Why would you recommend the Sylvania over a newer Eee, MSI Wind, Acer Aspire One or other netbook?

Great. I have a regular Q1U EL and might just want to install one of these ATT cards (I have an Iphone 2)

This would mean it would be supported at least.

Any ideas on how to go about this?

I know there’s been plenty of hacks, but it would be great to make it stock (or close to it)

…..without the outrageous markup

You’re right Gavin, it works well for my needs, but my cloud-computing challenge shows that other devices could work just as well. Although I’ve sold my original Asus Eee PC, I’m looking at a netbook purchase to see if it can do the same job in the same environments.

At this point, I don’t see slate devices running a full version of Windows ever becoming adopted by the mainstream consumers. Even MIDs will have a challenging time due to solid smartphones and netbooks. Just my take at this point in time.

Kevin

Do you still see a future for the UMPC form factor? I know yours suits your needs well but maybe Samsung is slowly giving up, hence the lack of progressive changes?