You learn the darndest things when you go to wedding shows. I got married about nine months ago, and when I went to register for china at William Ashley – the biggest china shop in Toronto – I had to tote around a clipboard for writing down what I wanted. In fact, one time I was holding a brown clipboard, and the manager at the store got his panties in a bunch because it wasn’t the transparent plastic kind, and it looked uncouth. Seriously.

Fast-forward one year, and William Ashley has grown by leaps and bounds. Rather than a clipboard, they’re using the Nokia 770 internet tablet. You can write down what you want and it automatically updates your registry in real time. While you wait for your spouse-to-be to stop ogling the silverware, you can check your e-mail and surf to your heart’s content. I wouldn’t suggest looking at porn, lest your future marriage partner get as angry as a bull in a… well, you know.

Samsung showed this sexy, lovely little lass in their massive booth, and I had to elbow my way through many a geek to get a closer look. The Samsung Q1 tries to be a tablet PC, mp3 player, video/media player, pda and more in a handheld package, and seems to do so nicely. Tack on voice over IP and optional GPS navigation and you’ve got a true, all-in-one computing device.

The model on the show floor had a Pentium M processor with a gigabyte of DDR2 RAM, and seemed to be running Windows Vista perfectly, which got many a geek’s panties all in a bunch. The screen, a 7″ WVGA (800×480) was vibrant and shiny, and even the smallest text was legible. The Q1 has both 802.11bg and Bluetooth built in, and with wifi running can run up to 3.5 hours before needing a recharge.

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