BenQ launches a slew of Joybees

We're glad BenQ's not trimming the fat on their portable audio division the way their optical drives business got the boot this week (it was bought by LITE-ON), but a couple of their new Bluetooth-enabled Joybees are definitely hat-tipping BenQ-Siemens as possible accessories. So let's get to the players, already (clockwise from top left): the E520 (no, not that BenQ E520) with Bluetooth / call features not dissimilar from Samsung's SBH-300; their ET50 with the same Bluetooth call features, but also a data transmission profile, presumably for file swapping (so it'd probably be OBEX / FTP); the Game Boy Micro-esque EG10, which comes bundled with ten Sega Game Gear and Master System titles (like Sonic Blast and Columns) and an SD slot; and finally the E105 (no, not that E105) clip-on MP3 player. No word on when or if these'll be States-bound, so keep those fingers locked and loaded on your favorite importer.

[Via The MP3 Players]

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 12th 2006 12:43PM]

Wow, didnt expect the lil gameboy micro thing there. Granted, the sms wasnt even popular in the states, but in europe it was the bomb. Wonder if it will support the open source community.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 12th 2006 12:45PM]

Yo dudes. It comes with 10 Game Gear games and an *SD slot*.

Please connect the dots on this and tell me this thing does what I'm hoping it does.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 12th 2006 2:27PM]

Looking good!

[PEZ Posted Apr 12th 2006 2:47PM]

Wow, that little gaming number looks cool :)

now how about that pPSP (pocket psp)?

NIiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiee :-P

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 12th 2006 4:58PM]

I really hope that the EG10 has some form of opensource backing because that would be really sweet. Especially since the GP2X has a really bad joystick which really taints a person's experience with one. The only problem that I see is a lack of buttons and no real specs as of yet.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 12th 2006 5:20PM]

That's pretty cool. Looks like a mix of the PSP (sleek, black design), GBAMicro (micro-ness), and a GameGear (the game...?).

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 13th 2006 12:38AM]

oh YEAH~, I miss my geamgear soooooooo much.
I jsut hope BenQ is planning on releasing more games (LOL).

OH and PSP + 1GB duo= $200 +$50, so if they set the price of this "gamegear" too high...........

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 13th 2006 5:35AM]

#5 indeed, i'm hoping that it would be possible to run some from of linux (Or any other opensource OS for that matter) and an emulator. Load some roms on the sd card and play.

[(Unverified) Posted Apr 13th 2006 11:49AM]

I would definatly be interested in seeing one of these and seeing if you can add other games somehow.