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Currently being previewed at CeBIT, BenQ's new P50 will feature Windows Mobile 2003, a 1.3 megapixel camera, integrated thumbboard, 18-bit colour screen and more.
Joining the manufacturer's previously announced P30 WAN handheld, based on the UIQ platform, BenQ is currently offering visitors to the CeBIT fair in Hannover a sneak peek of an upcoming model from the company to be powered by Microsoft's Windows Mobile 2003 for Pocket PC Phone Edition platform. To be dubbed the P50, the new device features a wide range of advanced features, including the first integrated thumbboard to be found in a GSM-based Windows Mobile device.
Powered by Intel's Bulverde processor, the P50 will offer quad-band GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz connectivity, complete with GPRS Class 10. Additionally, integrated Wi-Fi 802.11b and Bluetooth support will be present, as will expansion by means of an SDIO capable SD/MMC Card slot. Multimedia-conscious users will be particularly pleased to find the 2.8", 18-bit TFT screen of the P50 offering up 262,144 colours, while its integrated 1.3 megapixel camera represents a first for WAN handhelds.
Furthermor, the P50 also offers support for phone-centric technologies such as MMS, WAP 2.0 and J2ME MIDP 2.0, whilst claiming talk and standby times of up to 5 and 200 hours, respectively. These features have been crammed into a package measuring a minute 12 x 6 x 2 cm, at a weight of approximately 150 g.
BenQ representatives declined offering further information concerning the expected pricing and availability of the P50, due to the product still being in the early stages of development.
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Posted: 2004-03-21 16:32:39
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BenQ’s P50 Pocket PC Phone (their Treo 600 clone with the mini keyboard, integrated 1.3 megapixel digitial camera, and built-in WiFi), which is a pretty encouraging sign that they’ll actually introduce it in europe There’s also something or other about Taiwan building a nationwide WiFi network that cellphones like the P50 will be able to use to make wireless Voice over IP phone calls. But we’re mainly interested in the fact that the P50 is gonna be sold here.
Specs:
General Network GSM 850 / GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900
Announced 2004, 1Q
Status Coming Soon
Size Dimensions 120 x 60 x 20 mm
Weight 150 g
Display Type TFT touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 240 x 320 pixels
- Wallpapers
Optional Ringtones
Vibration In phone
Languages
- Polyphonic ringtones
- Downloadable ringtones, pictures
- USB port
- Build-in handsfree
Memory Numbers in phone Yes
Call records 10 dialed, 10 received, 10 missed calls
- SD/MMC card slot
- Intel Bulverde processor
Features GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots)
Data speed 32 - 48 kbps
Messaging SMS, MMS
Clock Yes
Alarm Yes
Infrared port Yes
Games Yes
Colors
- Build-in 1.3 MP camera with video
- OS Pocket PC 2003, Phone edition
- Bluetooth
- Java MIDP 2.0
- MP3/MPEG-4 player
- WAP 2.0
- Handwriting recognition
- Photo Album
- iTap
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Posted: 2004-06-02 21:38:31
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OMG the keyboard... How to type on it?
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Posted: 2004-06-02 22:38:53
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BenQ P50 Pocket PC phone to be released commercially this month?
it will be available commercially (at least in Taiwan):
Danny Yao, managing director of BenQ Taiwan said that this month BenQ will introduce four cell phone models to the local Taiwanese market including one top model with camera resolution of 1.3 megapixel.
Coincidentally BenQ P50 features exactly 1.3 megapixel camera and on top of that...
... it is a full Pocket PC phone with built-in keyboard, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and since its keyboard is not sliding but fixed it resembles Treo smartphones powered by Palm OS operting system.
This phone has a quad-band GSM, so it would be usable also in USA perfectly and is powered by next generation Intel processor (not the old genaration as in MDA III / Xda III) ! To see many photos and technical details about this excellent Pocket PC phone click here.
Conclusion: it is not certain yet if BenQ means P50, but one is for sure: BenQ should release P50 Pocket PC phone by the end of this year, or later it will be too late to compete with established brands...
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Posted: 2004-09-07 17:08:22
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Edge on any of these? Anyway these are good phones i hope.
This message was posted from a T610
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Posted: 2004-09-07 17:20:05
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looks really clunky, and uncomfortable to use.
but specs are impressive.
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Posted: 2004-09-07 17:48:48
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A bunch of new pics of it have turned up just in time to remind us of why we were so crushed out in the first place. The specs are hot (Bluetooth, WiFi, 1.3 megapixel digital camera, a large LCD screen, mini QWERTY keyboard), but they’d be even hotter if BenQ would hurry up and get the P50 out before the Treo 650 walks on stage and makes us forget all about this thing.
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Posted: 2004-10-08 17:06:28
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There has been some really nice PDA designs lately, and that one is VERY nice. Sleek, simple, and still with huge functionality.
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Posted: 2004-10-08 17:17:03
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is there a full web browser in it or is it wap only? it would seem a complete waste of time without a web broswer.
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Posted: 2004-10-08 18:11:00
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i also wonder if there is a full web browser, and what about java?
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Posted: 2004-10-09 06:06:39
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