Samsung Company Official made declaration that Samsung is going to release a low-cost, Via-based UMPC by the end of this year. They did not mention the UMPC model number, but they did say the price must be low-cost, slightly over $700, or less than half of Samsung's own Q UMPC.

We're still a few hundie above that $500 sweet spot, and we still have to wait and see what this new Sammy packs for specs and if that's Korean or US pricing they're referring to. Still, with prices dropping and that Media Center Extender on the horizon, well, we won't abandon this fledgling platform just yet.