Samsung's Handheld Windows XP Tablet from 2007

Thanks to Akamai Connected Cloud for sponsoring this video!

Back in the late 2000s, the world was introduced to a new type of personal computer - the UMPC. Intended to fill a spot somewhere between PDAs and laptops, they were typically small handheld devices with a touchscreen. And I recently found one from Samsung that's never been opened before. So let's change that!

Chapters
00:00 - Introduction & Backstory
02:18 - Unboxing
03:52 - Checking out the hardware
05:43 - Checking out the software
14:52 - Half-Life (of course)
20:49 - Outro

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"By the Fireplace" from the YouTube Audio Library

Outro Music: Silent Partner - Bet On It

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[hulk]

Don't make fun of McAfee. I found my gaming PC is way too fast, McAfee helped bring it down to a much more stable Pentium 3 speed.

[kabirwastaken]

you honestly deserve more love and recognition from the retro community

keep making great videos

[andresbravo]

Portable PCs has come a long way even I liked Windows XP more than ever.

[hclnet]

About 12 years ago I bought a used Q1Ultra P which was the last model and has a 1.2ghz core solo cpu. Gave it a boost in power over the atom based ones. I upgraded it to Windows 7 and used it as a network troubleshooting device. Wifi Radio scanners and such software. I used it for that for almost 10 years before retiring it for a smaller one of those pocket size PCs that were trendy a few years ago. Surprisingly it still carries a charge on the battery. As a handheld pc that I could map out wifi signals and having physical ethernet port for doing things like packet sniffing when troubleshooting networking gear it worked great. It has an extra slot that was meant for a cellular modem. I installed an upgraded wifi card and modified it with external antenna ports. Someone commented that I looked like a ghostbuster with a pke meter when I was doing a site survey once haha.

[Kalphalus]

Michael MJD, if you see this, thanks for being on the YouTube platform and giving years of entertainment! I have been watching for over 3 years, and your content always gets my interest, causes me to click it, and I always enjoy it. Thanks for making videos, thanks for being on the platform, and thanks for being awesome

[allanalmeidapa]

The grandfather of Steam Deck, those umpc were designed to capture the pocketpc / palm on business side but failed on my opinion due to price and notebook with higher specs that were flooding at the time. Thanks for the video and keep up the good work.

[funey]

love tablets like these! so surreal to think that a tablet would have fully fledged xp!

[airtaxi]

9:25 "Etiquette mode" was a kind of proper noun in South Korea in the 2000s that referred to Silent Mode.
It seems it was translated as it is when it was released in North America

[aliteraldumpsterfire]

This guy is the guy i come to when I need that weird/interesting tech fix

[DaviDeXtA]

What is astonishing is this was almost the best UI MS could come up with using touch while Apple was months away from announcing the first iPhone when this was announced.

[FakestLoogi]

I discovered UMPCs a few months ago and they've fascinated me ever since. I find the concept of mushing a laptop into a pocket size really interesting and I liked to see how different manufacturers made these, especially with Sony's UMPCs. Unfortunately there's not many videos on Youtube covering these types of devices, so it's nice to see you release a video with the full unboxing experience, showing off everything!

[lazyboyghrol]

Super cool device and kind of like a proto- SteamDeck or ROG Ally. I miss some of the old form factors, like qwerty phones, so it's super thrilling to see them come back, even in a limited way.

[irontron]

I remember my dad worked in IT for a while and while at the company they would frequently throw stuff out and he got to take stuff home that they were just gonna toss and we had like 2 or 3 of these tablets. Been trying to figure what they were for years now so I'm glad this video came out lol.

[pancheezey]

I got this right out of highschool in 2007/8ish after doing hours of research to find something that suited what I needed. I had an early AT&T 3G dongle too and felt like I was living in the future considering this predated smart phones and tablets by years. This machine turned so many heads and was such a great investment back then. Saved me from so many hours of boredom because it was capable of so much in terms of media and gaming. Thanks for highlighting this little obscure slice of history with this wonderful video!

[Trevor_]

These are pretty rare nowadays. Can't believe you found one brand new!

[WinPC]

Hey man! I’ve bought several (and broken several) of these. For the battery, with it plugged in, remove and reinstall the battery. Make sure to slide the latch to lock it. I’ve gotten every one of my new in box ones to charge this way, even if they were stubborn.
Beware that rear camera when removing the bottom. I have had a couple of casualties due to those…

[ShoalFox]

I have one of these in my collection. Replaced the old tiny hard drive with an mSata to 1.8” IDE adapter and maxed out the RAM so it feels a lot better to use now. The thumbstick ain’t half bad for games either!

[LoneWanderer]

man, the customization on this thing was WILD. I miss having that much control, especially over the hardware stuff like buttons.

[hgbugalou]

I get that the Windows experience did not translate well into mobile, but I still get annoyed how Microsoft gets little credit for mobile and tablet computing. They were doing this stuff way before apple. Apple perfected the user experience for sure, but the hardware and general concept was done by MS and PC makers for years before the iPhone or iPad.

[MrDeejayNASA]

You could very much basically jump start the battery. Most of batteries I come across on older devices that are dead and show no charge it's likely from the BMC of the battery shut off due to low cell voltage. I've charged the cells themselves (by opening partially the battery) to access the leads and raw charge the cells to atleast 3.7v then plug the battery back into the device and try and charge. It's worked most of the time for me