03-20-2004, 12:00 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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BenQ Coming Out With Treo-Like Pocket PC Phone?
"We just spotted BenQ's new P50 Pocket PC Phone here at CeBIT, and, well, let�s just say that the Treo 600 has some competition. The new P50 is about the same size as the Treo 600, and has a large LCD screen, WiFi, Bluetooth, a 1.3 megapixel camera (with flash), and best of all, a mini-keyboard. Oh yeah, and it's supposed to run on the new and improved version of the Pocket PC Phone operating system that Microsoft isn't announcing until next week."
I can't believe it -- at this rate, the MPx, the iPAQ 6xxx, this unit, and who knows what else is scheduled to hit the market within the next year! :mrgreen: Now, how to decide? :dilemma:
Update: I put up a pic. Thanks for the link, slugnut!
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03-20-2004, 12:17 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Jul 2003
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More info on eBizAsiaLink
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BenQ P50 comes with the following features:
Microsoft Windows Mobile for Pocket PC Phone Edition Software,
Elegantly rounded exterior, full keypad and large LCD screen,
Quad-band,
Bluetooth, GSM/GPRS/WCDMA technology and built-in WiFi 802.11b, and
Ability to remotely control all home entertainment gadgets such as DVD players, TVs and audio players through IrDA.
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03-20-2004, 12:22 AM
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03-20-2004, 12:28 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Dec 2003
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Re: picture
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Originally Posted by slugnut
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Shame they didn't work on the styling before taking it to a trade show. Even with the POS and crappy screen, the Treo 600 is still my favorite Smartphone.
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03-20-2004, 01:07 AM
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Pupil
Join Date: Sep 2003
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looks good, but one of the links posted here says 300k camera (640x480) and the other one says 1.3 megapixel...
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03-20-2004, 04:34 AM
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Ponderer
Join Date: Jul 2003
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Re: picture
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Originally Posted by dh
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Shame they didn't work on the styling before taking it to a trade show. Even with the POS and crappy screen, the Treo 600 is still my favorite Smartphone. |
OK, I give...what's wrong with the styling? I also own a Treo 600, and I'm sitting here comparing the two based off of this photo. The only thing I see that I'd change right away is the directional/game pad on the BenQ.
I'm hooked on the Treo's keyboard on a Smartphone. I just wish many times that I had the PPC OS on it. I own an iPaq 4350, and it's one heckuva PPC...but it's too big to carry everywhere. If this runs the newest PPC OS (with great performance, of course), and was available right now...I'd buy as is.
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03-20-2004, 05:48 AM
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Thinker
Join Date: Aug 2006
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Oh my, oh my! MPx, Benq P50.. Hmmmmmmm! Decisions decisions!
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03-20-2004, 07:15 AM
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Pontificator
Join Date: Mar 2004
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My my... this looks very nice! Wow, it would be nice to only have to carry 1 device in my pocket instead of 2. Plus, it's a Pocket PC!
Seriously though, this is the kind of product I've been waiting for. A Treo 600 with Bluetooth, WiFi, and WM2003. Too bad I already have a 4155.. 
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03-21-2004, 01:17 AM
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Mystic
Join Date: Aug 2006
Posts: 1,632
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Now this is what I've been looking for! Here's one that could possibly sway me back to the PPC from the Smartphone 
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03-21-2004, 03:07 AM
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Linear Mode
