BenQ Android phone, netbook prepared for 2010
Although it’s not part of the Open Handset Alliance (yet), BenQ has recently unveiled its intentions to launch Android products sometime in 2010. According to a MacWorld report, BenQ plans to release both a smartphone and a netbook based on Google’s open source OS. Sadly, the Taiwan-based company didn’t give further details about the products. [...]
BenQ Royal smartphone wins design award
We may not have heard much about BenQ’s handsets lately, but the Taiwanese company has recently showcased a new smartphone which reportedly won the iF Product Design Award 2009. Called BenQ Royal, the device is a candybar presented by the manufacturer as “a smart phone with powerful functions including a personalized interface and internet live [...]
BenQ Siemens SL98 reverse slider shows up on German E-Bay
It’s been a while since we first heard about BenQ Siemens SL98 phone with a novel sliding screen. BenQ SL98 was clearly an early prototype and with all the financial woes at BenQ Siemens cellphone unit in Germany, I thought that we’ll never see this phone again. Well, we still may not see finished SL98 [...]
The new kind of slider from BenQ Siemens (SL98), Asus and LG
By now everyone is familiar how a slider phone works. You know – push, pull or press a button and a keyboard/keypad hidden behind the big phone screen slides out. There’s nothing really new to be invented for the slider design, isn’t? Well, actually it looks like there is. And a number of cellphone vendors [...]
BenQ Siemens SF71 Armor Plated UMTS Clamshell
BenQ Siemens SF71 mobile phone has been spotted last week on outdoor posters by some diligent forum participants. But now we can bring you more information about this phone. It looks like with the release of BenQ SF71, LG KE970 Shine won’t be the only shiny phone anymore:
Google’s mobile offensive. Sony Ericsson, BenQ, who’s next?
Google appears to be really serious about going mobile. In addition to it’s stand alone mobile search services it is now concentrating it’s efforts on the deals with cell phone manufacturers. Just last week we saw a deal with Sony Ericsson to include Google’s Blogger platform and Search services into their newest K610, K800 and [...]