BenQ to hit the market with a Froyo based tablet called the nReader100: low on cost as well as features !
This season has seen a lot of consumer electronics companies jumping into the tablet industry. The latest addition in BenQ devices is a froyo based tablet: nReader 100. (BenQ sells and markets technology products, including consumer electronics, computing and communication products. Its principal products include TFT LCD monitors and televisions, digital projectors, laptops, netbooks, All-in-One PCs, digital cameras, computer keyboards, mice, optical drives, optical discs and mobile phones. The head office is located in Taipei, and the company operates worldwide. BenQ owns and operates five branch offices in Asia Pacific, China, Europe, North America and Latin America, and employ over 1,400+ individuals. The “BenQ” brand is present in more than 100 countries worldwide. BenQ was originally spun off from Acer in 2001 to provide a separate branded channel.)
BenQ is a very well-known Taiwanese manufacturer of computer screens, LCD monitors and projectors. Now the company has decided to jump into the tablet industry also (these days almost all consumer electronics company is doing that) and introduced a tablet computer that is running on the Android 2.2 or the Froyo operating system. Although only very little has been known about the new tablet here is what the tablet boasts around with.
The tablet has been named as the BenQ nReader R100 and has some really good features. The tablet will be powered by a 667MHz Samsung ARM-based processor, and is capable of running Android 2.2 Froyo, though it wasn’t confirmed if the device will be shipping with Android 2.2 from the get go. Other features of the nReader R100 include a 10.1-inch 1024 x 600 pixel resistive touchscreen display, HDMI output, 12-hour battery life, Wi-Fi and 3G support.
The device shall support the latest 3G capabilities and the WiFI will be compatible with of 802.11 n kit. The tablet (not confirmed) shall sell with two versions one that will have all the functionalities and the other that shall have some truncated features (this can include the WIFI and 3G capabilities) both of them though will definitely carry the other basic features that are described above.
So what’s the catch? That big beautiful touchscreen is resistive, which means lugging around a stylus and no multitouch. It is due out in Q1 2011 in Taiwan, China, Japan and more countries as the year drags on. The WiFi version is said to be 1/8th of the iPod’s price, which could be enough to make up for the somewhat-crappy display. Though we are not saying that the iPad will be getting a competition it is just that there is another player in the tablet market. There it is all the specs have been cleared and the loopholes have been caught another tablet computer is getting ready to hit the industry. What do you think? Do you find BenQ reliable enough are the features attractive enough to lure you into buying this tablet do let us know in of your viewpoints in the comments section below.
