The ups and downs of the BenQ P50: now they add Skype

By Ryan Block

Despite the bad rap it's been garnering around here at
Engadget HQ, in the interest of remaining fair and balanced on the BenQ P50 (look, we're really trying—we want to like it as much as you do) we do have to admit our little $800 friend is certainly starting to pull itself out of the mire. First we hear it's going to support the
Cingular/AT&T Wireless/T-Mobile-backed UMA standard
out-of-box, and now we've been informed they're planning on putting that
integrated WiFi to good use: BenQ's launching the P50 pre-loaded with Skype. We know, we know, it's free software, but if BenQ even thinks its going to get away with what they've
been doing with the P50, they're going to have to keep piling up value-adds like nobody's business. Value-adds like UMA and Skype, that is. Keep 'em coming, BenQ, keep 'em coming.

P.S. You go, Skype.

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