Samsung 'Origami' Device Hits the U.S. Market

Samsung Electronics said Monday that its Q1 Windows-based obile PC is available online through hardware reseller CDW.

The Q1 will retail for $1099 in the United States, slightly higher than the target price named by Microsoft in March. Microsoft collaborated with Intel to create the Origami platform, on which the Q1 and other obile PC devices are based. When it introduced the platform Microsoft said the devices would be priced between $500 and $1000.

The Q1 also was made available in South Korea today for $1264.

What Is Origami?

Origami machines run a tablet version of the Windows XP operating system and are aimed at a market niche between laptop PCs and . The devices allow users to browse the Internet, listen to music, view movies and other video entertainment, play games, and "write" handwritten notes much as they can on a Microsoft Tablet PC device.