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Ok. This is a little bit too much and it gets kind of weird. I wrote about the Philips X530 and it was only a week ago. I also wrote about the Philips X700, because come on! When a cell phone is brought in the spotlight, you can’t pretend you don’t see it! You just can’t! And when I thought that it was right about everything Philips could have prepared for us, I’ve been hit with another handset: the X810. I don’t quite understand if something’s wrong or not and why, all of a sudden, we’re given the pleasure to delight our eyes with so many Philips phones.

This time, things are a little bit different. Different from what we’ve been familiar with so far. The X810 comes with a TFT touchscreen display with a resolution of 240x320 pixels and 262K colors and has a navigation pad, which, most probably, is touch-sensitive.

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The full features list consists of: quad band GSM connectivity with EDGE (but it lacks 3G), a 3.2 megapixel camera with flash, Bluetooth connectivity, USB, media player, an internal memory of 45MB and, of course, microSDHC card slot. The phone measures 104 x 52 x 14.4 millimeters and weighs 100 grams, providing up to one month of stand-by time.

The Xenium X810 is expected, of course, to become available, with arms wide open, but unfortunately the release date is unknown for the moment.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

There are just a couple of days since I told you about the Xenium X530, the latest Philip phone released in the market, and I already found another device, also Philips branded, to present to you. The X530 is, as I told you before, an entry-level handset equipped with a very powerful battery, which is, after all, the characteristic that one can find on each and every phone that is part of the Xenium family.

Now, this one, on the other hand, is a clamshell called Xenium X700 and comes with the most common disadvantage of the Philips phones, the lack of the 3G connectivity, which means that data transfers will be based only on GPRS and EDGE.

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The new Philips phone comes with the following features: quad band GSM connectivity, a 2.4 inch TFT internal display with 262k colors and a resolution of 240x320 pixels, a 2.0 inch TFT external display, which is a QVGA one, a 3.2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity, music player, video player and FM radio with RDS. It measures approximately 103 x 54 x 15 millimeters.



As for the advantages, the most important is undoubtedly the powerful battery, which is something like a leit motif of the Xenium family. Therefore, the battery provides up to 450 minutes of talk time and no more than 720 hours of stand-by time.

If you’re curious about the availability, let me tell you that the Xenium X700 is expected to hit the Chinese market pretty soon and the European also, in countries like Romania, Russia and Turkey, with a retail price of $220.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

After so many articles about Nokia handsets, Samsung or Sony Ericsson ones, here is a piece of good news coming from a company that is often neglected: Philips. The latest Philips phone to be announced is the Xenium X530, which is branded with the Philips name, even if it’s manufactured by a Chinese company. Don’t worry, it’s practically the same thing, as the mobile division of Philips Electronics was bought by this company.

The phone is an entry-level one, coming with the following features: tri band GSM/EDGE connectivity (900/1800/2100 MHz), a 2.2 inch internal TFT display with a resolution of 240x320 pixels and 262k colors, an 1 inch OLED external display, a 2 megapixel camera, Bluetooth 2.0 connectivity with A2DP, music player, FM radio with RDS, NXP 5210 chipset. The new Philips phone measures approximately 99.1 x 47.1 x 18 millimeters.

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Anyway, being part of the Xenium family, one thing’s for sure: the device will come a long-lasting battery. In the given context, the X530 provides up to 8 hours of talk time and up to 850 hours of stand-by time.



The phone has recently received the approbation of FCC and it’s expected to hit Asian and European markets only. However, the details about the pricing or the release date are still unknown.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

The holidays can easily turn into a genuine nightmare for those who lack inspiration when it comes to buying presents to their dearest ones. It’s quite difficult to come up with a brilliant idea, even if we’re talking about people who you’re supposed to know very well. It’s difficult because the market it’s overloaded and there’s nothing that one might need which is nowhere to be found.

Still, a very good idea is a nice looking phone, part of a limited edition, especially released on certain occasions. A relevant example is the Philips 9@9q, an old model that was beautifully adorned for the holiday season. The special version of this popular Philips cell phone, the Xenium 9@9q, has two new counterparts, called Dragon and Phoenix, and they’re aimed at all of you out there who are fashion-conscious.

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Equipped with stunning features, the two mobile phones could easily be the gifts you were looking for, perfect for the New Year. First of all, both cell phones are very well polished, having smooth curves that point out the elegant silhouette of the clamshell. You can also observe the presence of an external display that is placed on both flip sides of the phone which make it easier for the users to check out vital information, including messages they didn’t have the chance to read, the calls they missed or the remaining battery power.

Inside the new outfit lies the same old Xenium you all know already. A very strong feature which makes the phone distinguish itself from other similar devices is the battery which provides up to 8 hours of talk time and up to approximately 1 month of stand-by time. This way, the Dragon and the Phoenix are two fashion-centric phones that amaze everyone with their long battery life.

As far as the price is concerned, the recommended retail price for both Dragon and Phoenix is approximately 4999 rubles or $172 USD.

(Source: unwiredview.com)

After the introduction of their latest device, the X600 Xenium, which was designed to have a long battery life, Philips came up with another music phone, releasing the new E100. As a matter of fact, let’s be honest, Philips cell phones aren’t recognized worldwide for bringing into the spotlight the most impressive and ground-breaking technologies. The only thing they are very good at is the fact that they provide superior battery life and this feature has become, in time, the main selling point. This means that many of those devices’ features aren’t revolutionary, therefore nor up-to-date. The E100 is a low-end handset in a candybar design and features only the bare basics, so you shouldn’t put your hopes too up, because there is not even a VGA camera that the device comes equipped with.

Being a budget minded mobile handset that should come with a reasonable price tag, the Philips E100 brings simplicity into the mobile world with its 1.8 inches 65k display, featuring a resolution of 128 x 160 pixels, enough for personalizing it with screensavers and wallpapers.

Among this phone’s features are included: an integrated FM radio, GSM / GPRS support, a WAP 2.0 / xHTML browser, a clock, an alarm, a calculator, a calendar, voice memo, T9 and handsfree. As far as the music lovers are concerned, there is an MP3 playback option, the device being able to recognize MP3 / WAV / AAC formats.

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You might be disappointed by the fact that the E100 has a whopping 2MB of integrated memory (yes, you’ve read it right, I said megabytes), but you’ve got the possibility of increasing the storage due to the microSD card slot (TransFlash) of up to 2GB (this is one compulsory feature, if you ask me, as the internal memory is so… rudimentary).

The Philips E100 measures 104 x 44 x 13.7 millimeters and weighs 75 grams and it’s expected to be available this month at a price around $60 in selected retail stores. As I’ve said it before, the phone it’s a music-dedicated one, so it doesn’t come with a camera. It might not catch your eye whatsoever, unless you’re looking for a simple standard device.

(Source engadgetmobile.com)