This is a follow up on my previous comment above. I did an exchange with Amazon and the new unit suffers from the same screen problems as the first. The built in screen protector as I am calling it is ill-fitted on both units, causing it to bulge outward on the left side, causing taps and double taps not to register properly or not in the correct location. I can’t express how annoying this is in actual use, especially as their thumb mouse is aweful, leaving the device without a decent pointing device. In addition, my unit has developed an odd problem where I will hear the windows “device detected” noise, usually immediately followed by the camera taking a picture. My hands are nowhere near the shutter button when this occurs. I’ve seen this second issue noted elsewhere. It seems like Samsung has some real production issues with the Q1 UP.

I recently purchased a Q1 Ultra Premium new from Amazon and it seems to also have the same issue as others here have reported with the screen. It feels like there is an ill fitted screen protector over the top of the actual resistive touch panel. This is quite annoying in several ways. I often find myself pressing on the screen without it registering, because I haven’t pressed hard enough to cause the outwardly flexed protector to flex in and make contact with the digitizer. I also find that even when properly calibrated, the touchscreen accuracy isn’t that great, as the tip of the stylus likes to slip when trying to press hard enough to deform the screen protector. Has anyone figured out whether this protector is removable in some way? Should I be returning my unit to Amazon in the hopes of getting a better unit?

hi there, I am experiencing a very weird problem with my samsung q1up, my screen suddenly goes black when I am working with it, the music/video still played tough…but when I restart or put in sleep mode then turn on again, the screen goes normal again…it has happened a couple times…what happened to my samsung q1up, it was just 1 month old…

Great info guys, I actually just bought a Q1U-V. There is a lot of talk about HID drivers here and there, but I am a little confused; does Vista have the problem with the HID drivers that many people have been talking about in XP or is this an XP exclusive problem. If so, what is the best course of actions for someone on Vista, would floattip.exe be an option or new HID drivers from eGalax? Thanks a bunch, and by the way, this site is fantastic.

I can only speak to the WiFi on XP at the moment because I won’t be installing Vista until I’m done reviewing the Q1U-P with XP Tablet.

I see no CPU spike or other issue with WiFi usage, turning it off/on, etc… The Atheros AR5007EG is using the 5.3.0.92 version of the Atheros driver. I believe that this is the driver that came with the device because I checked my Windows Update history and don’t see any updated Atheros driver installed. I’ll watch for this after the Vista installation.

Shame Samsung didn’t get it all right this time around.
How’s the wear level of the battery? Battery drain was my biggest gripe from the original.

Most of you are talking about Vista, but there are also issues with XP and the Atheros driver.
I downloaded every XP driver I could find and continued to have issues with video playback over wifi (but fine over EVDO/LAN). I just tried driver .92 and my Slingbox played fine. Now I need to go back to .67 and verify Slingbox still stutters.

thats because it depends on the card/chipset, mode of operation, & even the AP. the problem is enormously widespread, Atheros has acknowledged it & after at least 1/2 dozen updates still cannot resolve it. so it doesnt look good.

people who dont have the problem consider yourself VERY grateful. it spikes the CPU to 100% making the machine completely useless. in all my years of coding it was 1 of the worse bugs i have ever seen.

rolling back to the default MS driver will resolve it, the only real drawback is that the range is decreased. but it is a very worthwhile tradeoff.

This bug is specific to the Q1U.

The wifi driver listed on Samsung.com for the Q1UP-XP is 5.3.0.92 vs the Q1U-XP at 5.3.0.67 so there is hope.