Samsung Q1

The Samsung Q1 was one of the world's first ultra-mobile PC when it launched in 2006. Since that time the Q1 has undergone various upgrades and minor modifications with the latest version running on Windows Vista as opposed to XP Tablet Edition.

At its core the Q1 is a very small tablet laptop that emphasizes portability above all else. The touchscreen is 7" and runs at a native resolution of 800x480. There is a button that changes the resolution on the fly to 800x600 and 1024x6800 but these simply scale the image instead of increasing the actual resolution. The native resolution is adequate for most tasks and fits standard definition video perfectly.

Alongside the Windows software Samsung includes a bundle of programs suited towards the UMPC experience. One program is an embedded version of Windows that boots quickly and performs only basic multimedia tasks which lets you watch movies and listen to music without fully powering the system.

Samsung does not include a keyboard or mouse built in. Mouse functionality is accomplished through the touch screen, while virtual keyboard software is used for text entry. Scrolling is achieved through two independent scroll buttons. A button-wheel has four programmable buttons that can be used to launch programs or mimic key combinations such as ctrl-alt-delete.