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Philips new Xenium X550 and X810 are, as usual, battery champions

by Chris Ziegler, posted May 18th 2009 @ 9:57PM

You might remember that reasonably attractive -- but EDGE-impaired -- Xenium X800 full touchscreen phone out of Philips last year, and it looks like they've got a successor lined up nearly a year later. The X810 (pictured top) looks a whole lot fresher than the model it replaces and adds a sliding numeric keypad, EDGE (we would've preferred 3G, admittedly), and is said to feature a 3.2 megapixel camera and WQVGA display. Like all Xeniums, it takes battery performance to the extreme with a claimed one month of standby time. Moving downmarket, the X550 candybar shares some of the X810's styling cues and also features the 3.2 megapixel cam, but loses the touchscreen for a standard QVGA unit; like its big brother, it'll allegedly go for a month on a charge. It seems the X550 can be yours with a quick trip to China, while you'll find the beefier X810 hanging out in Russia, Ukraine, and Turkey. Book your flights, folks.

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Philips goes touchscreen with Xenium X810

by Darren Murph, posted Mar 20th 2009 @ 7:02AM

While the recent flood of Xenium handsets aren't apt to hit American shores anytime soon, we may actually hop a flight to toy with the Xenium X810. Unlike most of its siblings, this here device is actually intriguing, boasting a 400 x 240 resolution touchscreen display, 3.2 megapixel camera, FM radio, 45MB of built-in memory, a microSDHC card slot, Bluetooth, quad-band GSM connectivity and a USB port. As with all Xeniums, this one also goes for days and days without a recharge; in fact, it should last up to a solid month in standby mode. So, has anyone else wondered why no other major cellphone maker is utilizing these miracle-working batteries?

[Via UnwiredView]

Philips Xenium X700 ain't too fond of its AC adapter

by Darren Murph, posted Mar 19th 2009 @ 9:22PM

The word Xenium immediately sets off thoughts of frolicking in Dutch fields for days without nary a care in the world with respect to battery life, and the cute little X700 aligns perfectly with those whimsical thoughts. The latest flip phone in Philips's growing arsenal of longevous devices can reportedly last a full month in standby on a single charge, and furthermore, it boasts a 2.4-inch QVGA display, 3.2 megapixel camera, FM radio, microSDHC card slot, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0 and quad-band GSM connectivity. Of course, the call time is just 450 minutes, but hey, all the more reason to just hit "silent" time after time.

Philips' Xenium X530 treats batteries with kid gloves

by Chris Ziegler, posted Mar 11th 2009 @ 4:42PM

We're not sure what's up with Philips' aversion to 3G, but the EDGE trend apparently continues with its latest, the Xenium X530 flip. Per usual for the Xenium series of phones, the X530 features gorilla-like battery endurance that'll supposedly give you some 850 hours of standby time and 8 hours of talk time -- and otherwise, the specs are all as good or better than what we're used to seeing out of Philips including an honest-to-goodness QVGA display, a 1-inch OLED on the outside, Bluetooth 2.0, FM radio with RDS, and microSD expansion. No word on a release date, but considering the lack of GSM 850, North Americans can just go back to their battery-destroying smartphones and their stupid wall outlets.

[Via Unwired View]

Philips Tapster stereo Bluetooth headset loves your voice, needs your touch

by Tim Stevens, posted Feb 20th 2009 @ 10:26AM

While they may not have an particularly desirable impact on your image, wireless Bluetooth headsets are convenient, and their continually dwindling size gives us the hope that some day you could wear one without anyone noticing. But, smaller size equals smaller buttons, an issue Philips is looking to dodge entirely with its latest stereo Bluetooth headset, the Tapster. It relies on touch inputs, not moving ones (other than a wee power button), meaning you'll be able to administer a gentle stroke to adjust volume or a light tap to answer a call. It all sounds quite intuitive and convenient -- providing of course the thing doesn't start dialing when someone bumps into you on the subway. No word on price, but if all goes well you could be pairing these over Bluetooth 2.1+EDR A2DP, AVRCP, HSP, and HFP by the end of the year.

[Via Shiny Shiny]

Gallery: Philips Tapster

Philips' Xenium X710 swallows 1900mAh battery whole

by Chris Ziegler, posted Dec 29th 2008 @ 1:59PM

If there's one thing Philips' Xenium line is really good at, it's ridiculously long claimed talk and standby times; and if there's one thing it's really bad at, it's 3G. Personally, we'd rather recharge an HSPA phone once a day than an EDGE phone once a week, but for those who don't share our love of high-speed data -- particularly those in Russia -- we give you the Xenium X710, complete with dual SIM slots and a respectable 3 megapixels of autofocus power. It's got Bluetooth, an integrated FM radio, and microSD expansion, too, not to mention an unabashedly clean, simple look that does a pretty good job projecting its low-end aspirations.

[Via Unwired View]

Philips intros snazzy Xenium 9@9q Dragon / Phoenix handsets

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 29th 2008 @ 12:03AM

Philips' Xenium line is known for being able to last an incredibly long time without a recharge, and the outfit's newest duo continue the trend. The special edition Xenium 9@9q mobiles -- dubbed Dragon and Phoenix -- both feature rather snazzy designs and can reportedly last up to a month in standby mode. The most fantastic aspect is probably the subtle light-up indicators on the outside of the clamshell, and yes, we're serious. Still, a phone with such longevity might actually be worth 4,999 rubles ($172), but only if you place an inordinately high amount of value on the aforesaid indicators.

[Via UnwiredView]

Philips Xenium X620 is ready for those late night break-up calls

by Darren Murph, posted Dec 28th 2008 @ 1:28AM

No one ever said you had to be awesome at everything, and hardly anyone understands this better than Philips. Seriously, the only thing even remotely stellar about the company's family of Xenium handsets is the marvelous battery life, and even though the X620's 2.4-inch display is only QVGA and the USB is only 1.1, how can you possibly argue with a talk time of 12 hours? As in, half a day. Other specifications include a 3.2-megapixel camera, a video record mode, MP3 / WMA player, a microSDHC slot, Bluetooth, quad-band GSM connectivity and EDGE data. As these handsets usually do, this one isn't apt to leave the borders of Russia and China, though there's no mention of price for either of those markets.

Philips intros low-end E100 for bargain-minded music lovers

by Darren Murph, posted Oct 17th 2008 @ 1:58PM

Hot on the heels of the Xenium X500 comes another low-ender from Philips, this one christened the E100. The budget-minded handset boasts a simplistic 1.8-inch 160 x 128 resolution display, GSM / GPRS support, inbuilt FM radio, a whopping 2MB (yes, megabytes) of integrated memory, a microSD card slot and a weight of just 75-grams (2.64-ounces). The brightest news here is the $60-ish price tag, though it's pretty likely that this one won't ever see a stateside release. Ah well, we'll just convince ourselves we didn't really want one in the first place (and we didn't, so there).

Philips offers up Xenium X500, new name, same face

by Sean Cooper, posted Sep 25th 2008 @ 8:10PM

If you happened to catch the oddly -named 9@9k about a year ago, you'll likely notice that the "new" X500 seems like a twin with a minor bit of cosmetic work. The X500 features two-month standby and 16 hour talk time, tri-band EDGE, 1.3 megapixel camera, microSD expansion, and an FM radio with RDS support. The only bit of cool we see going on here is the nifty "Up to 2 months standby" written on the screen, and we expect that's not a feature the phone actually has. The Philips Xenium X500 is set to ship to Russia, Turkey, and Romania, at some point in the future, and honestly, with the care-o-meter registering about zero on this set, we may just never find out.

Philips Xenium X600 brings 2-month standby, little else

by Sean Cooper, posted Aug 2nd 2008 @ 5:55PM

Well, the Xenium has ugly pegged, it also brags 2-month standby time and 16-hour talk time. Philips latest venture in triple band GSM / GPRS sets also packs memory expansion via microSD up to 2GB, a music player, and two displays. Not much else to share here friends, though, perhaps we'll get some pricing info and a release date soon. With that standby time, we're thinking this would be the perfect phone for the we-keep-it-in-the-glove-box set, and yeah, we're looking squarely at you, Mom and Dad.

Philips X800 gets reviewed, GPRS makes it hard to care

by Chris Ziegler, posted Jul 3rd 2008 @ 4:41PM

Reviews of Philips' new X800 touchscreen phone are starting to hit the wires ahead of its release, and while it's a plenty attractive phone with a lovely 2.9-inch WQVGA display, the relic of a GPRS radio -- you know, the same kind your great grandparents used during the Crimean War -- makes it very difficult to care, unless you happen to be in an area without EDGE or 3G, nor the hope of either technology making an appearance in the forseeable future. On the plus side, that very same black mark on the X800's record should lead to a pretty aggressive pricing strategy for a form factor typically associated with the highest of the high end, and we suppose that's a good thing.

[Via GSM Arena]

Philips X800 low-end touchscreen phone details revealed

by Joshua Fruhlinger, posted Jun 6th 2008 @ 5:55PM

We already knew that Philips had plans to release the low-end touchscreen X800, but now we know just how low it was willing to go with this thing. Confirmed are the lack of 3G, EDGE (which still shocks us), and WiFi. Meanwhile, the 2.9-inch, 240x400 screen, only supports 256K colors, and the phone's browser is your basic WAP 2.0/xHTML. It does support Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, though, so that's a plus. Other bits: it will allow for expansion via microSD, support MP3 ringtones, and packs a USB port. In short, not a whole lot to see here. Follow the read link for a full spec list.

[Via BoyGeniusReport]

Philips' 198 and 199: at least they've got games

by Chris Ziegler, posted May 23rd 2008 @ 12:18AM

A far cry from the Samsung Souls and Nokia N96s of the world lie two unassuming new models from Philips. Wow crowds, they won't, but there's a certain elegancy to simplicity that's hard to ignore here. Both the 198 and 199 candybars share 128 x 128 color displays, a miniUSB port, 20 days' worth of standby time, a handful of games to pass the time, GPRS data, and that's about it; the 199 adds an FM radio for those times when the games get a little tiresome. The GSM 900 / 1800 radio isn't going to do much for you stateside, but both should be available in China, Russia, and parts of Europe shortly for 1,000 Czech koruna and 1,100 koruna respectively -- about $63 and $70.

[Via Unwired View and Softpedia]

Philips X800 and X-Connect touchscreen phones go legit

by Paul Miller, posted May 14th 2008 @ 9:26AM

Not one to string us along endlessly, Philips has 'fessed up to its pair of touchscreen phones, the X800 and the Xenium X-Connect. The X800 does it low-end with a 2.9-inch 240 x 400 screen, 2G GSM for data (no EDGE or WiFi!), a 2 megapixel camera, microSD slot and Bluetooth. Interestingly, the phone offers a documents reader and handwriting recognition, but this hardly seems to be that next do-it-all handheld you've been dreaming of, though the battery life is laudable. The Xenium X-Connect steps things up considerably, however, with Windows Mobile 6, UMTS and HSDPA, and a 3-inch display -- which hopefully sports a few more pixels. Still no WiFi, though, and other details like launch price and date are still slim.

[Via Just AMP]