Samsung Q1 Ultra to square off against the Asus Eee?

March 19, 2008 2 Comments

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Okay, so Samsung has now decided to join the OLPC fray by announcing a Q1 Ultra that will be education-focussed, and sell for only £399 (approx. $800), to compete with the ‘Asus Eee effect’, when it launches in the UK later this month.

The Q1 is a drastically different device, but it does have a touchscreen, and the new model will run Windows Vista.  Curiously, the Q1 that has already launched in the UK is priced at around £2000, so that’s quite the price-cut.

How and why this device would compete with the Eee is beyond me, since it doesn’t appear to have the form-factor or the price point that would cater well to children or developing countries, but sure, let’s keep our eye on it, shall we?

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  • Postman

    It looks like that the Asus is getting a lot of competitors for its Eee pc. I feel that the Eee pc might not sell well this year because of the competitors.

    The things that I think won’t do for Samsung O1 because it is currently running on Vista which is having a lot of complains from users all over the world. The price is also too high to compete with its competitors.

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