Compact UMPCs like the Samsung Q1 take a more extreme approach to the size/weight issue by completely ditching 'non-essentials' like a keyboard and optical drive. Of course, the optical drive is usually one of the first components to be sacrificed too in the name of portability for a thin and light notebook but to do away with the keyboard also? Well, we haven't seen such a notebook yet but it is precisely such a move that allows UMPCs to go below 1kg in weight. Hence, one could see why the UMPC could possibly start eating into the traditional domain of thin and light notebooks very soon since they are essentially chasing the same group of users - mobile information workers..



Link: Hardwarezone