BenQ is rolling out its G900W worldwide, a 19-inch monitor for PCs. You’ve got resolution of 1440 x 900 and 800:1 contrast, D-SUB and DVI ports. Response time is 5 ms. Price and another shot below.
The X835 digital camera from BenQ has an 8MP sensor, packs in a 3x optical zoom and can handle sensitivities of up to ISO 2000 during still image capture. The ISO sensitivity during video capture is set at a maximum of 6400. The addition of such functionality comes at a price; the noise in the captured images will probably be enough to cause an avalanche in the Alps from an 800 kilometre distance.
BenQ was hitting the floors of IDF showing off a new UMPC (although they call it a ‘mobile internet device’). While it may look like just a poor attempt to capture iPhone/iPod touch hype, it was surprisingly running Linux. Could we be moving towards a non-Microsoft based ultra-mobile future? [JKKMobile]
We’ve seen phones with lots of crazy features, but in my opinion BenQ’s fat-measuring phone beats them all. The alleged phone keeps track of your pudge by shooting out a micro-current that travels through your body.
When you touch two separate electrodes on the phone, a special chip will measure the electrical signal and before you know it, you’ll be dropping those Twinkies in no time flat. I think the idea is pretty far-fetched—the last thing anyone wants is a phone telling them when they’ve had one too many Doritos. – Louis Ramirez
Body Fat Measuring Phone from BenQ [Unwired View]
BenQ Siemens jumps onto the shiny clamshell bandwagon with its SF71, not wanting to get left behind by its rivals at LG with its latest Shine phone, that LG VX 8700 clamshell launched on Verizon last week. But this tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) + UMTS cellphone doesn’t have that elegant brushed aluminum look of the LG clamshell. No, its design incorporates the shiny chrome of a ’57 Chevy with a face that looks like the front of that Honda Aibo robot’s helmet.
The SF 71 has mildly respectable specs that could’ve been reflected from the burnished aluminum of its LG counterpart, where it’s just about the same height, has Bluetooth and microSD card support, a 320×240 screen and a 2-megapixel camera. It does take a baby step further with an additional VGA camera, but it’s got a bit of baby fat, too, at 19mm to the LG’s svelte 13mm thickness. Follow us inside for a peek at the SF71 opened up for all to see.
Nobody’s talking about when the BenQ Siemens SF71 will be available yet, or at what price. –Charlie White
BenQ Siemens SF71 [Unwired View]
