AMD gained 4.6% in market share while Intel ceded about 4.7%, implying that AMD has managed to steal some of their competitor's customers. That's not quite what happened.

AMD's numbers were bolstered by a jump in overall desktop processor sales, something that Intel also benefited from, but that AMD took greater advantage of with its discounted, if somewhat outdated, processors. Overall netbook processor sales were way down, mostly because big buyers have built up a sizable stock of Atoms on account of slowing sales. A decline in netbook processor sales is effectively just a decline in Atom sales; AMD still isn't a player in netbooks, and is therefore immune.

So there you have it. AMD temporarily sold cheaper desktop processors than Intel, and hardware manufacturers and resellers had plenty of Atoms for the time being. Unfortunately for AMD, that sounds an awful lot like a fluke. [PCWorld]

Besides the 3.5-hour battery life on a 4-cell battery (6.8 on a 6-cell), there's the QWERTY keypad and full screen viewing of web pages by "pen flicking"—a method similar to the flicking on the iPhone. There's also a cool fingerprint reader, a video chatting camera, a bright 1024x600 screen, HSDPA, WiBro, and DMB.

If everything turns out as great as the specs, this could just be the UMPCs for people who don't really think they need a UMPC. – Jason Chen

Slashgear at CeBIT: Everything you want to know about [Slashgear]

Samsung Q1 Ultra UMPC coming at CeBit [UMPCNews]

For a quick refresher, the Q1 is a UMPC with a 900MHz Celeron Mobile process, 512MB of ram, 40GB hard drive, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and a 7-inch touchscreen. Check out all of our coverage of the Q1 here. – Travis Hudson

Product Page [Woot]

Doesn't this make the UMPC just a little bit less "UM" if you have to lug along a keyboard and set it up like a laptop whenever you need to use it? Perhaps they should go back to the drawing board and fix the usability of the dial keys instead of fitting a kluge on top of a faulty system. – Jason Chen

Samsung's keyboard-less computer gets an, um, keyboard [Stuffmag.co.uk]

One thing he discovered while installing the device was that the USB cable has integrated syncing software.

When you plug it in to the Q1 and then attach the other end to a host PC's USB port, both machines fire up software called "SuperLink". SuperLink gives you a basic two-pane view between the two machines so that you can move files or folders between the two computers via a speedy USB 2.0 connection. You can't automatically synch files with this tool, just manually move them.

Very interesting. Adding proprietary software to custom USB cables may be a way for companies to add value to their MP3 players or cellphones. We look forward to seeing more news about the Q1 as it rolls in. – Jason Chen

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Samsung Q1 USB cable has integrated synching software! [jkOnTheRun]

Sigh.

Turning a Miniature Into a Lightweight [WashingtonPost via MobileWhack]

On a hopeful note, there are sketchy rumors of Samsung introducing a sub-$700 UMPC later this year, so there's that.

Samsung UMPC to ship worldwide 1 May [Reg Hardware]

After so much Origami hype, we feel depleted and down. And this isn't doing much for us. The best UMPC accessory would actually be a usage model that doesn't presuppose we have some pressing need for a small, tablet-esque PC.

Samsung Unveils Accessories for Q1 [PaperbackPC]

Here you go. The our first video of the much-hyped UMPC from Samsung. Asus is next.

Cebit: Samsung shows its first Origami device [Macworld]