Friday, May 19, 2006

ABCNews: Ultra Mobile PC, or Just Another Tablet?

The Samsung Q1 comes with Microsoft Windows XP Tablet PC Edition 2005, a 7-inch diagonal display, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, and USB and RJ-45 connections, and it weighs 1.7 pounds. The display's native resolution is 800-by-480, but a scaling button allows you to increase it to 800-by-600 or 1,024-by-600. The Q1 comes with a 40GB hard drive and 512MB of memory. You can plug in a thin full-size keyboard if you choose not to use the touch panel or a stylus.

It may sound as if it's a Tablet PC, but there are some differences. "Most Tablet PCs still tend to be the convertible type, with an attached keyboard and a much larger display," says David Nichols, ­director of product solutions at Samsung.
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