New BenQ E72: the 1 cm thin Smartphone

Benq released a new smartphone model, very small, measuring just 4.3" x 1.8" x .54" and weighting only 90g.
New BenQ E72: the 1 cm thin Smartphone
It comes with Windows Mobile 6 and has quad-band GSM support and WiFi for high-speed connectivity.

The camera is not very powerful, being of 2MP, but it can be used for video capture, on a 2.0" 240x320 pixel resolution screen.
Its MunduIM utility allows you to connect with the ones you like, through ICQ, AIM, MSN, Yahoo!, and Gtalk chat clients.
About the memory we have to mention that the E72 has a microSD card slot for up to 2GB external memory, while the internal flash memory is of 128MB.
New BenQ E72: the 1 cm thin Smartphone
On the E72, you can access a wide range of information through RSS feeds, download your favorite podcasts or access real-time information like weather or currency rates.
New BenQ E72: the 1 cm thin Smartphone
Other features include quadband (GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz), Bluetooth 2.0, speaker, GPRS, PC Sync; SMS, MMS, and Email messaging, MP3 player, WLAN, USB 2.0, and a 900 mAh, Li-on battery for up to 7.5 days in stand-by.

BenQ E72 will be available until the end of this year.

BenQ T80 gets NFC features

BenQ T80 is the first commercially available NFC mobile from BenQ, and it will be soon followed by the introduction if its features in an entire line of such phones that are to be released in the future.

The phone runs on Windows Mobile, thus under the mild-looking case probably rests a very powerful phone. Its slider can be used for a wide range of applications, such as electronic ticketing and payment for passengers of the Taipei transportation system. It will also feature electronic wallet services and access control for private security systems.

BenQ T80 has been announced back in spring at The Computex 2007 event for a release in the second quarter of this year, but now that the device has been upgraded it will be out on the market sometime until the end of the year.

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BenQ Siemens SF71 Shiny Phone

Benq Siemes SF71 Phone


Here are some pics of the BenQ Siemens SF71 phone, which will be released officially in Taiwan very soon. The handset has a nice mirror-effect screen design(or fingerprint magnet). Its keypad is flat and done in metal material. The handset is a 3G phone and has a 2 megapixel camera, a secondary video camera for video calls bluetooth module, A2DP and 2" 256k colors QVGA LCD screen.

Benq Siemes SF71 Phone


Via slashphone.

Benq Siemens Black Box Concept

Benq Siemens Black Box Concept phone
A few days after Benq-Siemens announced the closing of their European mobile division, some shots of the Benq Siemens "Black Box concept" appeared on mobil.idnes.cz. It looks like now the phone will never see daylight, which is a shame, because it looks amazing and the concept is also great.

The Black Box uses a touch screen as its keypad. Depends on the functions you are using, the touch screen change the control layout immediately.

Via engadget.

Benq-Siemens pulls out of Europe

Benq Siemens leaves EuropeYesterday, Benq Siemens made a press release in which they announced that they will cease the financial support of the Europe division, with headquarters in Munich, Germany. This decision will affect about 3000 employees in Germany. Benq announced that the company will continue to produce mobile phones under the Benq Siemens brand, but only in Asia.

Well, so long Benq-Siemens Europe, we won't miss you, beacuse, to be honest, Benq-Siemens didn't present a decent handset in some time.

Read the official Benq press release here.

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