CNet had a look at the Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile Personal Computer recently and decided that the lack of a keyboard, the unit’s low battery life and the high price were grounds for a lack of an endorsement on their part.
Other reviewers have similar complaints and a positive review of the Q1 is a rare commodity. Walt Mossberg picked on the same things as CNet. David Pogue at the New York Times disliked the screen size, the battery life and the lack of a keyboard and an internal DVD drive. And Rob Pegoraro over at the Washington Post echoes all of the above comments, and throws slow boot up into the fray.
These reviewers do protest too much, methinks. The Q1 is being judged as a notebook, whereas it probably belongs in the entertainment-with-some-light-computing niche.
Samsung Q1 Ultra Mobile PC – CNet editors’ take, 5/1/06
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They probably were a little too negative, but lack of a keyboard and low battery life are big sticking points.
I agree that it’s not fair to judge something not meant for computing as a computer.
This screen size is tough. It’s too small for certain things, and unnecessarily big for others.