Samsung Q1U

Samsung Q1 ultra review

The built in keyboard is pretty useless, the screen keyboard is much more practical. Some people swear by the handwriting recognition, which really does work well and even Putty supports it, but I can't see using it full time.

I can't get used to the mouse pointer, but the touchscreen works great, even without the stylus. Some things are just a lot more fun to use with a touchscreen; flicks (on screen gestures) are also quite handy.

For extended typing I bought a small Logitech NetPlay keyboard, which works quite well; q1u has a built in tilt stand that makes for a nice workstation setup.

http://zooid.org/~vid/pics/q1u-netplay-samui.png

The performance of the q1u is pretty good. I didn't get time to install Linoox before departing, but once I turned off Vista's visuals I can run multiple apps, including Google Earth (which is fun to use with the GPS logger, though immediate connected support is a pay option I haven't explored), with good performance.

Just for fun I even set up Eclipse on it, and it was completely usable(this unit has a low power 800mhz chip and 1 GB of RAM).

Battery life is about 4 hours at most, and it recharges quickly. The extended battery wasn't available since it's a new device.

With its 60 gb hard disk, it's good for storing media, and we also carried a number of movies, which look great on the bright, crisp 1024x600 screen (1024 width being essential for web browsing). Of course we use VLC. :)

The built in cams (front and back) are not great quality, but still handy for sending quick videograms. Maybe I could tweak the settings for better quality, but it's nowhere near the Macbook Pro's cam quality. Still, you can use it as a computer based camcorder, with wireless internet it could be quite neat for roaming videoconferencing. Funnily enough almost ten years ago using my lil Fujitsu B series (touch screen notebook) we used an external web cam to record video, even in the Louvre. People must have thought it was very high tech, though it was pretty awkward. This is much more practical.

It also mostly works quite well using Skype for VOIP to places around the world, it has dual mics so is noise cancelling. Skype is quite convenient and economical.

We were able to share the net using Bluetooth, which is great for hotels that charge exhorbinently for each connected computer. (hmm, I know I spelled that wrong, why is Firefox's spellchecking not working?)

All in all it's a lightweight device that does everything you need a computer for, you can carry it on its own and it is compact and weighs very little, the power supply and keyboard add just a bit more making it very practical.

It's now for sale! $1100 CDN. Contact me - vid_q1 -at- zooid.org.

http://www.samsung.com/Products/UltraMobilePC/UltraMobilePC/NP_Q1UA000SEA.asp?page=Specifications

http://www.umpcportal.com/livelinks.html?id=105

U models - 1024x600, front and back camera (some), 1.5lbs

Slower processor!

~~But not available yet?~~ ordered on June 24, 2007.

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http://blogcritics.org/archives/2007/06/04/124854.php

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http://artsalive.ca/en/dan/meet/bios/artistDetail.asp?artistID=15

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Toronto 43° 39' 12.53" N, 79° 23' 2.16" W Arts Dance Person Asian Origin

Lata Pada is a Canadian choreographer and Bharatanatyam dancer of Indian descent. Pada is the Founder and Artistic Director of Sampradaya Dance Creations, a dance Company that performs South Asian dance. She is also the Founder and Director of Sampradaya Dance Academy, a leading professional dance training institution that is the only South Asian dance school in North America affiliated with the prestigious, UK-based Imperial Society for Teachers of Dancing.Pada founded the dance company in 1990 because she wanted to showcase Bharatantyam dance as an art form throughout the world.

Pada, who attended Elphinstone College in Mumbai, trained under the gurus Kalaimamani Kalyanasundaram and Padmabhushan Kalanidhi Narayanan.Pada lives in Mississauga, near Toronto. Pada married geologist Vishnu Pada when she was 17 years old.

In 1985 Lata Pada and her family decided to take an extended vacation to India. On June 23 of that year Vishnu Pada and daughters Arti and Brinda died in the bombing of Air India Flight 182. Lata Pada was not aboard since she left on an earlier date to tour India for Bharatanatyam recitals in Bangalore and across India; Lata was in Mumbai rehearsing for her tour, while her husband and daughters stayed behind in Sudbury, Ontario because Brinda was graduating from high school; afterwards the three flew on Air India 182. Lata Pada became a spokesperson for the families of the victims. After the crash she created the dance piece "Revealed By Fire" in remembrance of the incident. Pada received a master's degree in fine arts from York University in 1997.

Pada married Hari Venkatacharya in September, 2000. Venkatacharya is an entrepreneur and was Managing Director of Nytric Business Partners and is the Immediate Past President of TiE Toronto. He also serves on the Boards of the Ontario Science Centre and Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences. They both met while founding the South Asian advisory committee at the Royal Ontario Museum in 1995, where they raised over $3 million Canadian dollars for Canada's first permanent South Asian Gallery.

In December 2008, she was made a Member of the Order of Canada for her contributions to the development of Bharatanatyam as a choreographer, teacher, dancer and artistic director, as well as for her commitment and support of the Indian community in Canada. Lata was also recently appointed as Adjunct Professor in the Graduate Faculty of Dance, York University, Toronto.

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