"Samsung also plans to release the Q1b, a version of the UMPC that uses a 60GB hard drive, 1GB of RAM, and more significantly Via's C7-M processor"

This has just been posted up in some Q1 news at Cnet UK

This was a rumor a while back and we have it in our watch-list.

Samsung Q1 with VIA processor.
This one is strictly a rumor (that no-one has formally denied yet!) I really cant imagine Intel (or Microsoft) letting Samsung simply drop a VIA onto the same UMPC motherboard and letting them compete head to head. No-one, even Samsung, is going to benefit from that. Its possible Samsung could remove some of the interfaces (VGA, Ethernet) and make a stripped down 20GB version I guess. We'll have to wait and see.
Probability 25%
Our guess on specs: Late summer release. $750. Via processor. Reduced Q1 specs.

I'm doing some further investigating...back soon.

Picked up through eagle-eyed Ultranauts.com.

Steve / Chippy.

tags: samsung, q1b, umpc, via