Monitors with E-Ink displays are expensive… like really expensive. But BenQ has a simpler, cheaper solution: some of the company’s latest monitors have an “ePaper mode” that lets you switch to a black and white view for a distraction-free reading experience. Sure, you don’t get most of the benefits of a true E Ink display, […]
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BenQ F55 smartphone packs a 4K display
The smartphone screen resolution arms race has led to a growing number of phones with 2560 x 1440 pixel displays. But there aren’t a lot of phones that go much further than that. Last year Sony introduced the Xperia Z5 Premium with a 4K display, but it’s not available in the United States. Now it looks like BenQ […]
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BenQ Smart Display is a touchscreen PC monitor that runs Android
BenQ’s CT2200 Smart Display is a 21.5 inch monitor that you can use with or without a PC. Connect the 1920 x 1080 pixel screen to your computer and you can use it as a monitor. Or you can tap a button to switch over to Android and use the Smart Display as a large […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Benq Joybook Lite 121 Eco captured on video
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 […]
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BenQ introduced Joybook Lite U102 10.1 inch netbook
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 […]
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BenQ to introduce Google Android netbook in 2010
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 […]