Samsung NP-Q1UAP01/SEA 7-inch Ultra Mobile PC (Intel Core Solo U1500 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business)

by Samsung

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3.9 x 11.3 x 7.5 inches ; 4.2 pounds
• Shipping Weight: 4.2 pounds
• Shipping: Currently, item can be shipped only within the U.S.
• ASIN: B00180O31S
• Item model number: NP-Q1UAP01/SEA
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,434 in Computers & Accessories (See Top 100 in Computers & Accessories)
• Date first available at Amazon.com: July 7, 2004

Product Description

Imagine staying in touch with everything and everyone without having to lug a heavy laptop around. The Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium is the latest version of the world's bestselling Ultra Mobile Personal Computer. Weighing less than 2 pounds, it features an ultra bright 7" touch-screen and the latest Intel's Ultra Low Voltage CPU. So you can run all your Windows software, open all your files, check your email and open all your attachments, watch movies, play music, update your presentation, take photos, have a video chat, etc. With a Q1 Ultra Premium, more choices mean you never have to settle. The Q1 Ultra Premium reflects the latest in mobile technology integration by showcasing its new ultra-bright LED backlit touch-screen LCD featuring 1024 x 600 native resolution. With the touch-screen you can just tap the icons to open up your favorite programs or just use the stylus to take down notes and have them converted into text or drawings. The Q1 Ultra Premium Vista version offers the Windows VistaTM Business with a 2 GB RAM. It offers latest communication technologies with 10/100 Ethernet, 802.11b/g wireless and Bluetooth 2.0 as standard while the microphone allows you to make VOIP or Skype calls. It's the ultimate tool for the road warrior who wants to bring it all without carrying it all. With the Samsung Q1 Ultra Premium, it's not hard to imagine. 7 WSVGA (1024 x 600) Touch-Screen LED Backlit Display Two Webcameras (300P Front, 1.3MP Rear) and Dual Array Microphone Intel GMS945 with 128MB Shared Video Memory Built-in 802.11B/G Wireless Integrated Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR Fingerprint Reader 10/100Base-TX Ethernet LAN 2-in-1 Memory Slot (SD, MMC) 2 x USB 2.0, Headphone out, VGA, RJ-45 LAN

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Incredible device, a little pricey though, September 5, 2008

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Franko Restovic Carvajal "Road Warrior" (Santiago, Chile) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung NP-Q1UAP01/SEA 7-inch Ultra Mobile PC (Intel Core Solo U1500 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business) (Personal Computers)

I am a scientist and due to my work I need a great deal of mobility. I got this device with an extra AC adapter (one for home and one for my lab), because are the main areas where I work and with the 6-cell battery I can get more than 6 hours without wifi. I bought a cheap usb keyboard for paper writing and I can say that I dont need any more. Vista runs smoothly with the 2gb and it handles all what I need in a very satisfying way. The screen is really good, very bright, and although everyone tells me about how small is the 7inch screen, I find it totally aceptable for my work. I already took it to a congress outside my city and to a trip into the US (i'm from Chile) and for the first time I did not miss anything, because I had it all within this device. I had to prepare a results discussion and I did the powerpoint presentation in the plane without any difficulty. I find this device almost perfect. I use foldershare in order to sync both computers, mozy for some cloud computing and the google pack for everything else. For the first time I can consider myself a road warrior. My next purchase will be an extra 6-cell battery, but for now I can say that my expectations are completely fulfilled. I recommend it a 100%.

7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Better then others state, June 17, 2008

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Norm Benz - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung NP-Q1UAP01/SEA 7-inch Ultra Mobile PC (Intel Core Solo U1500 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business) (Personal Computers)

I love this product! No it is not a laptop replacement nor is it a desktop replacement. What it is, is a better functioning smart phone. This is the step between laptop and smartphone. It is designed to write on like a tablet. It then converts the writing to text very easily. I have the Q1 Ultra which is the step down from this NEW faster processor model. I have Vista Ultimate on mine and have no issues. I use outlook 2007 and Onenote (my life for work). I can do EVERYTHING I can do on my local desktop but in a very mobile place and with out the size of a laptop. I dont think this device is for everyone. But if you are like me and travel and go on jobsites and need blueprints and files and email (you know everything at the office) but want it right in front of you but dont want to whip out a laptop THIS IS FOR YOU. One thing this does not come with though that I suggest is Microsoft Onenote 2007 it is MADE for a tablet and it really has brought tru digital organization to my business life.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Nice product., October 19, 2008

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A. Ausburn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Samsung NP-Q1UAP01/SEA 7-inch Ultra Mobile PC (Intel Core Solo U1500 Processor, 2 GB RAM, 80 GB Hard Drive, Vista Business) (Personal Computers)

I really wanted a smaller PC that I could travel with and would be fairly reliable. I mainly do things like use Word or play games.

This is slow out of the box. Tweak it, get the model with XP; do everything you can to get the speed to a point you can work with. With a little work (in my case using vLite to kill some of Vista can do to a system) and some smart software choices, this can be an awesome miniature system.

The major issues I've noticed with this comes from the hard drive and the processor.

The hard drive is just small. 80GB can be enough for some people. I was able to get what I wanted on the system with about 30GB to spare to cycle out games and videos from time to time later on when I start running out of room. Definitely figure out what your storage needs are.

The processor? It's Intel. And yes you can go back and forth about AMD and Intel and this or that, but when it comes down to it I've had better experiences with AMD when it comes to my needs over Intel. So why not choose a UMPC with AMD? I love this pc's design over anything else I saw out there.

Other things to note:
- The battery life (generally 6 hours) is more than adequate for my needs away from a plugin.
- If you're into it, there are some additional items for the UMPC. (Car charger, protective cases, etc.)
- The QWERTY keyboard layout is odd for me to use. It uses a different split on the keyboard than I'm used to (I'm used to the split being where the normal hand placement for the keys should be) so typing is an issue at times (use a usb keyboard for anything more than a sentence or two).

I haven't run into an issue yet with this system and it can really pack a punch if you treat it right.