Tuesday, May 2, 2006

Samsung debuts minitablet

Samsung brought its Origami tablet to the United States on Monday, announcing that the device would go on sale at Best Buy's online store next week and will show up in some of the retailer's outlets this summer. <A HREF="http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9584_22-6066978.html?tag=zdnn.alert">The Q1 minitablet,</A> with its 7-inch screen, built-in Bluetooth connectivity and Wi-Fi wireless capabilities, will sell for $1,099. Optional add-ons include an extended-life battery and a travel case with a built-in keyboard. Samsung's Q1 device, which was first shown at the CeBit trade show in Germany in March, uses Intel's ultralow-voltage Celeron, running at 900MHz, has 512MB of memory and runs a version of Windows XP Tablet PC edition that is customized to enable typing via an on-screen "dial" keyboard.

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