BenQ Siemens Hermes B is now the E61

More details (but not many) have emerged about the BenQ Siemens Hermes B musicphone that we saw last month, including the fact that it's shed its mythological moniker in favor of the shorter and snappier E61 (no relation to the "Nokiaberry" of the same name). The E61 will sport a rather ho-hum VGA camera (seriously, what's the point?) and miniSD slot, but a rather innovative set of media controls that sit on the top of the handset, allowing for easy in-pocket operation. Sorry, that's all we got for you- but we have a feeling that you probably ended up here accidentally while searching for the much-hotter Nokia model anyway, so no biggie.

[Via Slashphone and Phone Arena]

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2006 9:08PM]

cool, how much will it go for ?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2006 10:37PM]

What's with all the name sharing? Is it really that difficult for them to come up names for their phones? I wonder which is newer, HTC Hermes or BenQ Siemens Hermes B.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2006 11:02PM]

The controls may prove difficult to handle. Interesting design, though.

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 6th 2006 11:45PM]

Is this a real contest I have never found anything on the web thats is actually real?

[(Unverified) Posted Mar 7th 2006 3:47AM]

Seriously - what the hell is so difficult about coming up with a new name? I mean, OK if you actually had to use a real word - I guess there are only so many cool/mythological/modern/retro names which don't mean something awful in another language, but E61 is the best they could come up with? Then the SE guys call their phone M600 after there are 2 (or 3) other M600 devices out there?!
Does someone actually get paid for coming up with these names? That's got to be the easiest job in the world.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 26th 2007 3:24PM]

I used to have that phone before it got nicked in school..to tell you to the truth, i was glad to see it go.