BenQ's "Treo-Killer" P50 will appear this spring

Colin Dunstan · 01-08-2005, 09:16 AM

BenQ announced that its P50 will be appearing this spring, with or without a mobile carrier, for somewhere between $650 and $800 street price.

You haven't heard of the P50 yet? The P50 is a quad-band GSM keyboarded smartphone, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular networking, and a 1.3-megapixel camera. It packs an Intel Bulverde PXA272 processor and am SDIO expansion slot, too. It's a bit longer than the Treo, although the keyboard is very similar to the Treo 600's, with similar domed keys.

TadW · 01-08-2005, 02:01 PM

$650-$800? Is it just me or does that seem quite PRICY? I can easily combine the best of smartphones and PDAs, buy a Treo and a Dell X50v, and stay under $800.

hacker · 01-08-2005, 04:28 PM

Convergence is bad, and they just added another reason to the pile: price!

sUnShInE · 01-08-2005, 08:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by TadW

$650-$800? Is it just me or does that seem quite PRICY? I can easily combine the best of smartphones and PDAs, buy a Treo and a Dell X50v, and stay under $800.

Yea, I saw this on engadget the other day and said pretty much the same thing. Hopefully it won't be as f'd up as the 650 either.

01-08-2005, 09:16 AM	#1
Colin Dunstan Is papyrophobic! Posts: 1,926 Karma: 1009999 Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: USA Device: Dell Axim	BenQ's "Treo-Killer" P50 will appear this spring BenQ announced that its P50 will be appearing this spring, with or without a mobile carrier, for somewhere between $650 and $800 street price. You haven't heard of the P50 yet? The P50 is a quad-band GSM keyboarded smartphone, with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and cellular networking, and a 1.3-megapixel camera. It packs an Intel Bulverde PXA272 processor and am SDIO expansion slot, too. It's a bit longer than the Treo, although the keyboard is very similar to the Treo 600's, with similar domed keys.

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TadW Uebermensch Posts: 2,583 Karma: 1094606 Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Italy Device: Kindle	$650-$800? Is it just me or does that seem quite PRICY? I can easily combine the best of smartphones and PDAs, buy a Treo and a Dell X50v, and stay under $800.

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