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Philips has rolled a new addition to their new Philips Xenium lineup. The Philips Xenium X600 is apparently intended for mobile phone customers looking for little more than a handset that they can use for days on end without needing a recharge, literally.

The Xenium X600 boasts some of the longest battery life estimates that we’ve ever laid eyes on. With 2 full months worth of stand-by power and enough juice to keep you jabbering for 16 hours, the Philips Xenium X600 blows the competition out of the water.

But, the price of all that battery uptime is that other features that we’ve come to expect from mobile phones have been squeezed out. What you’re left with is a tri-band GSM/GPRS clamshell with external and internal displays, microSD card slot and music player. Like we said, the Xenium X600 is aimed at those that prioritize mouth-exercise over standard handset features.

[Via: Engadget Mobile]

You’re probably already aware Philips will be rolling out the X800 all-touchscreen equipped phone in the near future. The device has already been approved by the FCC, giving us hope the launch is imminent. Or is it?

The lack of 3G, WiFi and even EDGE connectivity will certainly kill the deal for many people, myself included, and also indicates Philips may sell the X800 only in Asia. On the good side, though, there’s a 2.9-inch 240×400 touchscreen, 2 megapixel camera with auto-focus, Bluetooth, microSD memory slot, and a 1250 mAh battery, which promises to deliver up to 850 hours of standby and up to 8 hours of talk time.

We can only hope Philips will price the X800 accordingly — i.e. make it affordable, and then I may be interested to buy it as a second (that’s third, actually) phone.

More images follow after the jump.

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Don’t know about you, but I like the new/upcoming Philips X800. Yes, it looks very familiar / iPhone-ish, but this time Philips may have a global winner — it’s not hard to imagine this baby selling like hot cupcakes, if priced correctly.

Specs wise, the GSM/GPRS (900/1800/1900 MHz) + EDGE device sports a 2.9-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) 256K colors touchscreen, stereo Bluetooth (A2DP) support, and a microSD memory expansion slot. On the down side, though, the X800 lacks WiFi and 3G. It’s kinda strange when you think it should compete with the iPhone, though to be fair, it’s Philips’ first such device and I guess they’ll license the right technology for the next version.

Finally, if Philips could be that kind to send us a review unit, that would be awesome. In the meantime, all we have is FCC filling which showed us the images above.

[Via: PhoneArena]

Philips don’t give up on the mobile phone market. Aside from powerful batteries, we don’t see them adding some (if any) important innovations to their handsets.

But it’s not my idea to rant about Philips now that they’ve announced two new phones. With the 198 and 199 model, the Electronics giant is targeting the lower end of the market in Asia and Europe. Both devices have the same “somewhat stylish for a low end handset design,” sporting miniUSB connectivity for charging and data transfer, while the lower-number model (go figure) “even” comes with the FM Radio. As for the size, “thanks” to the lack of features the phones are small, measuring 99×42x13.5 mm and weighing only 65 grams… And that’s about it — the low-end phones never give us the space to write much…

Finally, the Philips 198 and 199 should be available in a few months for about $62. No specific markets were mentioned.

[Via: Unwired View]

Philips is reportedly working on an iPhone-like all-touchscreen device. According to PC World China, the still unannounced Xenium X800 will sport the so called “e2e” design, which translates into full edge to edge touchscreen.

The information about the device are scarce at the moment. We know it should come with a WQVGA screen and a powerful battery. We’ll watch this closely; in the meantime check out two more images after the jump.

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At this year’s Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Philips has demoed one of its latest handset - Xenium 9@9j. Just like the rest of 9@9 series, this one also has an excellent battery life plus (pause for the drums), it can also use standard AAA batteries as a source of power. To be fair, single triple A battery is used as a backup but nevertheless it’s a great idea. You know those moments when your phone is dying and you would do anything for few extra minutes? That’s exactly the problem Philips is trying to solve with the 9@9j.

Anyway, the device boasts quad-band GSM/GPRS radio, 176×220 262K color screen, 1.3 megapixel camera, stereo Bluetooth, FM radio, media player and of course the microSD memory slot. We’re not sure, exactly where in Asia you can grab it, nor how much it costs…

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Well, well, well… the Philips Xenium 9@9 may not be the Asia-only thing after all. Especially, now when we saw it sliding through the FCC’s approval process. Somehow, it all makes sense. While on one hand we have phones with the growing number of features, on the other - people are more frustrated with the battery life than ever. Hence, it’s the niche Philips may want to exploit with its powerful battery equipped mobile phones. No, we don’t have a clue when will the electronics giant launch its phone in the States, but they’ve certainly passed an important hurdle on their way to the U.S. consumer…

[Via: Gizmodo]

Philips may not be a big name in the mobile phones business, but they are trying really hard. No, we don’t see many ultra-powerful smartphones coming from the inventor of the CD, but they do have some niche devices that are certainly appreciated among their buyers.

One such devices is the Philips Xenium 9@9, which has a battery that can reportedly last for two whole months in a standby mode, or up to 17 hours of continuous talk-time. And while that’s quite impressive, the phone itself provides users with (almost) only the basic features — guess that’s why it can hold power for that long. There’s a 65k color TFT display, Bluetooth connectivity, a VGA camera, and the microSD memory card slot. On the other hand, you may consider it as a reliable music-phone whose battery lasts more than an average MP3 player… No word on pricing nor availability, but at the moment it’s an Asia-only device.

[Via: ubergizmo]

Progress in the mobile world is measured in millimeters and judged by how many millimeters you can shave off any particular component. In this case, progress in LCD panel technology is measured in bezel thickness. LG and Philips have announced another industry first in their breakthrough “narrow bezel” 2.4-inch LCD panel.

Designed for mobile device applications, the 2.4-inch a-Si TFT-LCD panel is bordered by a 1mm-thick bezel - the smallest in the industry. Resolution is still an average 320 x 240 pixels, so there’s no real innovation on that front. But with a 1mm bezel, this new LCD panel is sure to look pretty slick in mobile applications when the “narrow bezel” LCD is slated to hit mass production next year.

We’ll be keeping an eye out for these near-borderless LCD displays next year.

[Via: Akihabara News]

WillCOM is always good for an interesting take on mobile phone design. We love seeing what the Japanese company is going to come up with next - modular, torch-light, headphoneswhat’s next? Well, their newest concept is the fruit of a joint project with Sanyo - the AA battery-powered mobile phone that you see to the right. This thing is just about as bare-bones as it gets. You get a few buttons, a receiving speaker, microphone, and…that’s it. No display, no extraneous buttons, nothing more than what you need to make a simple phone call.

Oh, and it’s powered by a singe AA-battery. Pop in any AA-battery and you’re good to make screen-less phone calls for 5 hours of talk time on the Japanese PHS network, or wait for an unknown caller for 250 hours of standby. Why the phone has to be as large as it is, we don’t know. But, we kinda like the quirky, battery-shaped design that pays homage to its power source.

We’re glad to see WillCOM and Sanyo working on a AA-battery-powered mobile phone for the masses. But we’d rather pick up that Philiphs Xenium NRG phone that rocks a AAA-battery power source -  it’s got a screen and doesn’t look ridiculous.

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