The Korea Times is reporting that Samsung might pull a Dell, and switch to AMD chips from Intel in order to help bring down the price of their Q1 Ultra-Mobile PC. Estimates are that a 42% price reduction may be in the offing – down to $742, from the current $1272 price.
That’s good news, and more in keeping with the original Microsoft price range of US$599-$999 for UMPCs, but still above the anticipated $500 MSRP low end price point. …they probably can’t do anything about those other complaints, such as the battery life (low) and the keyboard (lack thereof).
AMD to Supply Chips for Samsung UMPC – Korea Times, 06-02-2006
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October 27th, 2006 at 7:46 pm
If it were $742 I’d buy one without hesitation. There would be no second thoughts about it. That’s a great price for such a device, however if a person(ahem… me ahem) has no credit, $1000 in cash is a bit harder to come across. If $800 after tax is the final price, then I could easily pay that and it would become a “need to own” rather than a “want to own” device. <br />
-Bobby