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BenQ R100 Android tablet hits China

BenQ is probably best known in the US, for making computer monitors, but overseas the company has been offering netbooks and other computers for a while, and now BenQ is selling a 10 inch Android tablet in China. It’s called the BenQ R100 and it runs around $470. The R100 has an 833 MHz Samsung S5PC100 processor, 512MB of RAM,…

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March 10th, 2011, 1:12 pm by Brad Linder | No Comments »

BenQ set to launch an Android tablet

BenQ is the latest PC maker to throw its hat in the Android tablet ring. While the company’s computers don’t often make it to the US, you can pick them up in Taiwan, China, and sometimes other locales. According to PC World, BenQ will launch an Android tablet in China and Taiwan in early 2011. The BenQ R100 tablet will…

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December 24th, 2010, 10:39 am by Brad Linder | 1 Comment

BenQ has an Android tablet too

BenQ is probably best known for producing computer monitors and related devices including projectors. But the company has been dipping its toes in the netbook space for a while, and now BenQ is introducing an Android tablet called the BenQ nReader R100. The tablet will have a 10.1 inch, 1024 x 600 resistive touchscreen display and an HDMI output, as…

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September 1st, 2010, 12:54 pm by Brad Linder | 5 Comments

BenQ launches Joybook Lite U103 Pine Trail netbook

BenQ is the latest netbook maker to throw its hat in the Pine Trail ring. The company’s new Joybook Lite U103 is a 10.1 inch netbook with a 1.66GHz Intel Atom N450 CPU. That all sounds pretty familiar at this point, but there are a few things that make the Joybook Lite U103 stand out from the crowd. First up,…

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January 4th, 2010, 10:44 am by Brad Linder | 3 Comments

Benq Joybook Lite 121 Eco captured on video

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BenQ is getting ready to launch its new 11.6 inch laptop, the Joybook Lite 121 Eco, in China and Thailand soon. It’s not clear yet whether this model will be available in other parts of the world, but Netbook News got to spend some hands-on time with the notebook and they were pretty impressed. As previously reported, the most intriguing…

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July 20th, 2009, 12:31 pm by Brad Linder | 6 Comments

BenQ introduced Joybook Lite U102 10.1 inch netbook

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BenQ is adding another netbook to its lineup. The latest member of the BenQ Joybook clan is the Joybook Lite U102 which sports a 10.2 inch, 1024 x 600 pixel display. Here’s a quick rundown of the rest of the specs: CPU: 1.6GHz Intel Atom N270/1.66GHz Intel Atom N280 Chipset: Intel 945GSE with integrated GMA950 graphics Operating system: Windows XP…

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June 30th, 2009, 3:39 pm by Brad Linder | 1 Comment

BenQ to introduce Google Android netbook in 2010

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BenQ plans to add a Google Android powered netbook to its mini-laptop lineup next year. The company will also be launching a smartphone running Google’s operating system, but I personally find that a lot less interesting, since Google Android was designed to run on phones, after all. BenQ already has a few netbooks on the market in some parts of…

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June 5th, 2009, 3:31 pm by Brad Linder | No Comments »

BenQ launches Joybook Lite U121 Eco 11.6 inch mini-laptop

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BenQ is introducing a new mini-laptop in its Joybook Lite lineup. The U121 Eco is the first member of the Joybook Lite family to sport an 11.6 inch, 1366 x 768 pixel display. It also features a full sized keyboard, although the touchpad looks like it could stand to gain a few millimeters. The Joybook Lite U121 can handle both…

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June 3rd, 2009, 11:58 am by Brad Linder | 13 Comments

Netbooks to account for 37% of all notebook sales in Taiwain this year

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It’s no secret that a huge proportion of the laptops and other computers sold around the world are produced in Taiwan. But what about the notebooks that sell in Taiwan? According to BenQ Taiwan president Danny Yao, 37% of them could be netbooks by the end of the year, putting Taiwan way ahead of the curve. You might want to…

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April 16th, 2009, 2:11 pm by Brad Linder | 4 Comments

New models coming from BenQ this year

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The BenQ Joybook Lite U101 may not be the most distinctive netbook available. But it’s a decent looking little machine that is reportedly stress resistant. And according to DigiTimes and the Chinese language Economic Daily News, it won’t be the last netbook from BenQ. The company is expected to release new netbook, camera, and LCD TV models this year as…

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February 3rd, 2009, 2:18 pm by Brad Linder | 1 Comment

BenQ Joybook Lite reviewed, keyboard found wanting

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The folks at Laptop Magazine have posted a full review of that BenQ Joybook Lite U101 netbook they picked up the other day. The mini-laptop is one of the few netbooks to ship with 1.5GB of RAM and one of the first to sport a true 16:9 aspect ratio, making it ideal for watching HD movies. But Laptop Mag gives…

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December 31st, 2008, 5:53 pm by Brad Linder | 5 Comments

BenQ wants a bigger piece of the netbook pie

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Acer and Asus may be the dominant forces in netbook sales today, but the netbook market is just a little over a year old. There’s plenty of time for some major shakeups. And BenQ isn’t even looking for a major shakeup, just a minor one. The company says it wants a 5% share of the netbook market in 2009. In…

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December 8th, 2008, 4:52 pm by Brad Linder | 1 Comment
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