BenQ Joybook Lite T131 ultra-portable released – BenQ calling it a netbook! (ridiculous)

BenQ has just released a decent-looking ultra-portable, Joybook Lite T131. The T131 comes with a 13.3-inch WXGA display (1280 x 800) and weighs less than 2kg. The weird part is that BenQ is calling this huge beast a ‘netbook’ even though it does NOT has anything netbook-ish. Heck, it does not even comes with an Atom processor. It is available in midnight blue or snowy white and will make its debut in China in the month of June.

“This newest netbook from BenQ reflects the personality and lifestyle of the Internet adventurer – spontaneous, resourceful, daring, and capable of handling whatever comes its way,” said Peter Chen, General Manager of BenQ’s Technology and Product Center. “Visuals are exhilarating and performance is without hesitation, ensuring pure and uncompromised mobile enjoyment of the digital age.”

Note to BenQ: Do not think that the consumer is an idiot!

Benq to launch AMD Neo-based netbooks in Spring

Benq, third largest netbook maker in China, is planning to introduce a number of thin notebooks based on AMD’s Neo and Intel’s CULV platforms later this spring. The ones on the roadmap include a 12.1-inch and 13.3-inch netbooks notebooks in May, 2009.

However, nothing more is known about the notebooks at this moment. That said, if they stick to the Sempron U210 processor, the price of the notebooks is going to be affordable.

BenQ Joybook Lite U101 reviewed

Folks at laptopmag have recently reviewed the highly anticipated netbook by BenQ, the Joybook Lite U101. While they were quite impressed with the bright display and artistic lid of this netbook, they were not so happy with the cramped keyboard and sub-par battery life. Laptopmag says, BenQ valiantly tries to make a splash in the [...]