Samsung has announced the latest version of the venerable Q1 UMPC, the Q1 Ultra Premium. The Ultra Premium is largely the same hardware-wise with the exception being bigger keys on that split QWERTY thumboard on the sides of the screen. From the Samsung press release:
Aimed at the commercial market, as well as to those individuals thattravel frequently and thereby looking for the smallest PC-compatibleform factor, the Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC advances Samsung’s Q1 Ultra lineby delivering enhanced performance, extended battery life and superiortext entry. Fueled by a 1.33GHz ULV Intel Core Solo U1500 Pentium CPUrunning at a clock speed of 1.33 GHz, along with 1 GB of high-speedDDR2 system memory, the Q1 Ultra Premium UMPC is a no-compromise,high-performance mobile computing solution that offers full PCfunctionality in an ultra-light, sub 2 pound package. Powering thisadvanced platform is a 57.7 watt hour Lithium Ion polymer 6-cellbattery that will provide up to 7.5 hours of battery life.Additionally, this new model features the split-QWERTY keypad – Version1.5 – which provides larger, improved keycaps making text entry eveneasier now. With these advances, combined with the UMPC’s enhancedfeatures and ultra-portable form-factor, the Q1 Ultra Premium is acompelling solution for those mobile applications that require ano-compromise, PC-compatible, ultra portable solution.
Samsung is also producing new accessories for the Q1 Ultra Premium, a docking station, USB keyboard, organizer case and a GPS receiver. The new Q1 will retail for $1,399 and Samsung says it will reduce prices on the older models as a result of this release. Interestingly, and Microsoft can’t be happy about this, Samsung will put Windows XP Tablet Edition on the new Q1.
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