I got the Ram suction cup mount for the Q1 a little over a week ago and I have to say that I’m impressed. Despite being hard to buy, it was dead simple to assemble. (Even though there is a “kit” part number you have to buy each of the five parts separately and you have to buy from a dealer, many of which only take phone orders. GPS City was great for online ordering and had all the parts.)
At the risk of being sued by trained monkeys, a trained monkey with a Phillips screwdriver could put this together. It’s really hard to mess up.
Every part is high quality and much better in person than the photos that appear on the website. The suction cup is not a 90’s “Baby on board” sign holder kind of thing. It’s more like the old super glue commercials where they held a truck above a guy’s head. This something you could play spider man stuck to building holding Kirsten Dunst with. (Hey, I fit Kirsten Dunst into a UMPC post. That should generate some traffic!)
Seriously, this is an industrial strength suction cup with a lock and release lever to activate/deactivate the suction connection. No peeling at this with your fingertips.
The actually Q1 cradle is very sturdy. It’s not going to break taking the Q1 in and out. I was so impressed I did something foolish. I stuck the Ram mount to a tile in our kitchen, inserted Q1 and left it over night. If it had fallen, I would be writing a UMPC eulogy. It didn’t wiggle.
The addition of the Ram mount, restores the Q1 as the primary media machine for me. (The Samsung Blackjack was taking over.) It also highlights one of the differences between slate style and convertible UMPC’s. I can’t see a Ram mount like this for a convertible like the Fujitsu P1610. You may be able to use a small laptop mount but it wouldn’t be the same.
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