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BenQ FP92V: A Monitor Coated for Color and Resilience

BenQ’s new 19-inch LCD is covered in Adamantium a hard candy shell that helps contrast and brightness, while giving it a coat with a rating of 3.0 on the Mohs’ hardness scale. That means it’s not quite as tough as a penny, but will scoff at incoming fingernails. (If you’re going to go insane staring…

Tech News Brian Lam

Low End Theory

A Mystery for Our Times By Brendan I. Koerner Okay, I’m not gonna lie to you: the mystery referenced in the title of this week’s column isn’t exactly a Top Tenner of all time. In fact, it’s probably several thousand places behind such timeless headscratchers as “Who shot JFK?” and “Why is water wet?” (the…

Gadgets Brendan I. Koerner

BenQ to Ship Blu-ray Burner in August

BenQ decided it didn’t want to let those other weasels steal all the thunder, so it decided to finally release its own Blu-ray burner next month. We saw the model BW1000 back in April—a shiny, strange toaster-like device which will be able to burn BD-R discs at 2x, and will also handle most flavors of…

Tech News Charlie White

BenQ PB8263 DLP Projector

For a true home theater experience, lots of folks insist on using a projector-based video system. Offering up to 1080i, just shy of “true” high definition (knowing full well that many people’s definition of “true” HD varies), the BenQ PB8263 is an impressive DLP projector currently making the rounds in Korea. With a brightness of…

Tech News Nicholas Deleon

BenQ-Siemens M81 Outdoor Cellphone

BenQ-Siemens is rolling out the M81, an outdoor-themed GSM cellphone for people who find that their cellphone often takes a little damage. Encased in a synthetic rubber, the M81 is designed to absorb all of life’s shocks and jolts as well as give the phone a decent grip. A 1.3 megapixel camera enables you to…

Gadgets Nicholas Deleon

BenQ DMP300 Digital Media Player For Viiv

There are a few ways to stream video from your computer to your TV. Among them are the Windows Media Center + Extender way and the wireless media streaming way. Add to these the DMP300 Digital Media Player way for Viiv. https://gizmodo.com/the-dsm-520-d-links-high-def-media-player-160400 By hooking this up to your TV via composite/S-Video/component/HDMI, you can stream MPEG1/2/4,…

Tech News Jason Chen

BenQ-Siemens A58 and A38 Economy Phones

BenQ-Siemens released two lower end phones, one for business customers and one for the cost conscious. The A58 has a sleek black finish, with no camera, making it suitable for sensitive business environments. This phone comes with 6.5 MB of built in memory for taking up to 60 minutes of dictation. Syncing contacts and settings…

Tech News Jason Chen

BenQ EF91 FCC Approved

The BenQ EF91 we mentioned earlier this month is not only landing in Europe, it’s also coming to the land that brought you Knight Rider, the good old USA. https://gizmodo.com/benq-to-deliver-first-super-g-phone-170988 Our FCC just approved the EF91 in all its HSPDA, Super 3G glory. The phone still has a 3.2 megapixel camera and a 2″ display…

Tech News Jason Chen

Motorola Buys BenQ R&D Facility

Motorola announced yesterday that they plan to acquire BenQ Mobile’s research and development center in Denmark. The facility features high-tech measurement facilities such as antenna chambers and environmental laboratories. “This transaction provides Motorola with another highly skilled R&D team and high-tech facility with a proven product track record,” said Ron Garriques, president of Motorola Mobile…

Tech News Travis Hudson

BenQ to Deliver First “Super G” Phone?

If 3G cellphones just aren’t fast enough for you, BenQ Mobile is reportedly about to release the first handset that works with Super 3G, otherwise known as HSDPA (high speed downlink packet access). This new standard speeds up downloads by using a clever combination of multiple antennas and cool coding techniques. BenQ’s EF91 is expected…

Tech News Charlie White

BenQ BW1000 Blu-ray Writer

BenQ just unveiled its BW1000, a Blu-ray writer that is also able to read and write the ancient optical disc formats, CD and DVD. The drive will be available in both internal and external models judging from photos, with the external model potentially doubling as a mirror given its high glossiness. As far as burning…

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BenQ Adds Players to Joybee Line

BenQ announced a few new members of its Joybee portable music player family, including the E520 (left), an MP3 player with a built-in Bluetooth module. Link it up with your cellphone, and it can stop music playback when a call comes in. It has a 65K color OLED display and supports MP3, WMA and AMV…

Tech News Charlie White

iPod Phone All But Confirmed?

Australian tech news site Smarthouse talked to an unnamed executive at Taiwanese cellphone company BenQ recently, who says Apple representatives have been working on manufacturing deals in Taiwan for an iPod phone over the past few months: “An iPod phone is definitely coming. BenQ will not be making it as we are in competition with…

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CeBIT ’06: E61 Music Phone

We talked with some of the folks at BenQ and they’re basically saying that we probably won’t be seeing a lot of these phones in the U.S. this year. For example, you’ve got the E61 with dedicated music keys on top. It comes with 1MB built-in but the phone supports MiniSD for up to 1GB…

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BenQ Rolls Out Two Centrino Duo Laptops

Ben Q rolled out a couple of Intel Centrino Duo Mobile notebooks at CeBIT, the Joybook S73 and Joybook S61. The S73 (pictured at left) has a 14.1-inch screen driven by ATI X1600 graphics, and with its DVI-D output and enhanced speakers, it might find a place in a home theater as well as on…

Tech News Charlie White

CeBIT ’06: We Went There

Joel here. Couple things. First of all, apologies for the poor performance of the site today. We hit little speed bumps all the time, but today’s been a pretty spectacular failure. The good news is that we’re a victim of our own success. We’ll take growing pains over most other problems. We should have everything…

Tech News Joel

BenQ-Siemens EL71 Slider Phone

If you like your phones super skinny and encased in metal, Motorola’s RAZR and SLVR have just gotten themselves some serious new competition in the BenQ-Siemens EL71 slider phone, announced today at CeBIT. Brushed aluminum and magnesium! Only 16.mm thick! A keypad that glides out gently! You’d probably be going out on the town more…

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BenQ-Siemens Announces Six New Handsets

BenQ Mobile’s just announced six new phones at CeBIT ’06, including the P51 smartphone at left. It runs Windows Mobile 5.0 OS, has a 2.83″ QVGA TFT color touchscreen (240×320 pixels), Bluetooth, Push email (like the Blackberry), a 1.3 megapixel camera, USB and an integrated GPS receiver. The first phone in BenQ-Siemens’s new P Class…

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BenQ to Intro Small Wireless DLP Projector

At CeBIT, we ll be looking for what s touted as the smallest wireless DLP projector yet, the BenQ CP120. At 8.5 x 6.7 x 2.4 inches, you’ll agree that it is pretty small for a projector, and it weighs just 2.5 pounds. It has 1024×768 resolution and connects via a the usual suspects of…

Tech News Charlie White

BenQ FP93V LCD Monitor

Mac users will like the 19-inch BenQ FP93V LCD Monitor, a 1280×1024 display that supports Mac standard color, has a nice Mac-matching design, and is plenty fast, too, with an 8ms response time. It also features both DSub and DVI inputs and has convenient wire management holders in the back. Notice the square area on…

Tech News Charlie White

BenQ FP92V: A Monitor Coated for Color and Resilience

Low End Theory

BenQ to Ship Blu-ray Burner in August

BenQ PB8263 DLP Projector

BenQ-Siemens M81 Outdoor Cellphone

BenQ DMP300 Digital Media Player For Viiv

BenQ-Siemens A58 and A38 Economy Phones

BenQ EF91 FCC Approved

Motorola Buys BenQ R&D Facility

BenQ to Deliver First “Super G” Phone?

BenQ BW1000 Blu-ray Writer

BenQ Adds Players to Joybee Line

iPod Phone All But Confirmed?

CeBIT ’06: E61 Music Phone

BenQ Rolls Out Two Centrino Duo Laptops

CeBIT ’06: We Went There

BenQ-Siemens EL71 Slider Phone

BenQ-Siemens Announces Six New Handsets

BenQ to Intro Small Wireless DLP Projector

BenQ FP93V LCD Monitor

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