CNET made a hilarious article about a comparison between Samsung Q1 and Apple Newton, and as you can guess, the result is even more hilarious. It is a very extensive and long article, they check their components one by one, and you can learn a lot of from it:
Unlike the Windows-based Q1, the Newton runs a rock-solid OS. Few users have seen what the Newton OS looks like when it’s crashed. Plausibly, an application could bring the system down, but it’s rare. Obviously the Newton has the advantage here because it’s dealing with a whole lot less legacy code than the Samsung.
The Newton has no known viruses, while the Q1, which runs Windows, has around 60,000. The Q1 is also susceptible to spyware, keyloggers and rogue diallers; the Newton is vulnerable to none of those things.
I see this kind of opinions everywhere and i’m very curious : Looking through UMPC perspective, would you rather take a ultra-crippled and ultra-solid OS or “endless possibilities” OS? Think of Nokia 770 or PepperPad. I guess their’s are a bit solid OSs, but they can’t even run the last version of Flash? You can’t even see some websites as they meant to be etc. And beside their OSs, they have longer battery life as an advantage too. What would you rather have?
