I have always had a passion for gadgets, and it seems that I am always the guy with the newest, most cutting edge device. I have been intrigued by the concept of the UMPC since its inception as the Origami project. I had only once had the chance to play with one and it was the 1st Generation one based upon the Celeron processor. I was not impressed enough to drop my hard earned cash for one. With the introduction of the Samsung Q1P, based upon the ultra low voltage Pentium I decided to go for it. I asked Judie if I could do an unboxing for Gear Diary, and she generously agreed. [Ed. note - it's more like Steve generously offered to do the unboxing, and I happily agreed! ] Since I don’t have a video camera, pictures and a short write up will have to do. Hope you enjoy it.

The device came, as you can see, not very well packaged in my opinion. I ordered from Dell because I got a good deal, but Dell did not get any points with me on packaging.

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