Benq got an early start on CES this week. They showed off a 10″ tablet this week which they are planning to sell in China nad Japan. The R100 has a 1024×600 touch screen, Samsung 833MHz CPU, 8GB Flash, a SD card slot, HDMI out, WiFi, and Bluetooth. There’s no price mentioned, but Benq are [...]
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BenQ K61 now available in Taiwan
October 2nd, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news, Sipix
I almost missed this one. I thought that everyone was finally catching up to the launch of the K60, but no. This is a new model. BenQ announced a new e-reader for the Taiwan market. The K61 has much the same specs as the K60 (Sipix screen, 2GB Flash, Wifi, SDHC card slot, touchscreen, browser, [...]
Inside the BenQ K60
September 17th, 2010 · 2 Comments · hardware news, Sipix
The EE Times have just posted an analysis of theBenQ K60, the first e-reader with a Sipix screen. The article confirms a number of details we already knew (Wifi b\g, capacitive touchscreen, microSDHC card slot), but they also pointed out a couple details that I didn’t know.
BenQ just demoed an e-reader equipped with a solar panel
August 31st, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
Digitimes are reporting that BenQ showed off a new e-reader prototype at their 2010 Global Distributors’ Meeting yesterday. The prototype is based on their latest e-reader, the K60. They added a solar panel built into the cover which can recharge the e-reader without the need to plug it in. It should be launched in 2011.
BenQ launch limited edition e-reader in Taiwan
July 26th, 2010 · No Comments · benq, hardware news
Digitimes are reporting that BenQ have released a limited edition e-reader, the nReader Young Guns. Only 200 will be sold, and they will come with the Young Guns comic book series preinstalled as part of a deal with the publisher. Retail has been set at NT$9,600 (US$300). The e-reader hardware is BenQ’ s latest model, [...]
Benq join Ubiquitous Town project
June 10th, 2010 · No Comments · benq
Digitimes is reporting that e-reader maker Benq has contributed a number of Wifi equipped nReader K60 e-book readers to patients at a rural area hospital as a part of a pilot program.Their contribution signals Benq’s participation in the Ubiquitous Town project. I know that’s not much in the way of news, but the interesting thing [...]
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BenQ to release nReader K60 in August
June 5th, 2010 · 4 Comments · conferences & trade shows, hardware news
Digitimes is reporting that BenQ plans to launch their e-reader in August and eBook Taiwan, their ebookstore, in September. They expect to sell around 300k e-readers in 2010. There’s something a little odd about this. BenQ announced the device in November of last year and the ebookstore back in January. Weren’t those early announcements a [...]
BenQ launch e-book platform
January 27th, 2010 · No Comments · hardware news
I can’t find an original source on this, so here is what DigiTimes had to say: BenQ has announced the launch of eBook Taiwan, an online integrated digital content platform for e-book readers, in the Taiwan market. The company also recently launched the own-brand nReader K60 at a recommended retail price of NT$8,990 (US$281). BenQ [...]
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