Philips has a very small part of the mobile phone market, and is known for its superior battery life. The same applies to the Xenium X700 – the last in the Xenium range has a phenomenal self standby of 720 hours and 450 minutes talk time! This may be partly due to the lack of 3G connectivity, which consumes a lot of energy if you like surfing with your mobile phone. The Xenium X700 will soon emerge in China and selected European countries for about €170. The specifications of this mobile phone include:

• Quad-band GSM
• Internal TFT 2.4″ display with 240 x 320 pixels resolution and 262K colors
• External TFT 2″ QVGA display
• 3.2 megapixel camera
• Music / Video Player
• Bluetooth 2.0
• FM radio RDS

Philips has released its latest clamshell mobile phone – the Xenium X530. Like all other Xenium mobile phones, it has an impressive battery life, because it lets you talk up to 8 hours, but we believe that in real life, the figure is lower than that announced. Other specifications of the Xenium X530 include:

• Triband GSM / EDGE (900/1800/1900 MHz)
• Internal 2.2-inch TFT display 240 x 320 pixels resolution and 262K colors
• External OLED 1-inch screen
• Bluetooth 2.0 A2DP
• Music player
• Integrated FM radio RDS
• 2 megapixel camera

The Xenium X530 should be available in Asia and Europe. The price is not known yet.

The manufacturer has unveiled a new LCD 56″ HDTV, displaying a 21:9 format, thus enabling it to enjoy films in 2.39:1 format. Announced in spring 2009, this HDTV is expected to unveil a little more detail by the end of February …

Philips has finally presented its Essence HDTV extremely light at IFA this year. It is quite surprising to see a HDTV weighing just 16kg. Well, this is possible because most of its components are in a separate case, leaving only one cable for power, image and audio to the screen.

Measuring a super-slim 38mm at its thinnest point, the Essence HD LCD TV boasts a refresh rate of just 2ms and a full 1080p resolution. It also offers three HDMI ports. Each purchase includes a bracket to hang the Essence Philips TV on the wall. Price: $3709 (€2500/£2016)

While for music, with the mini wireless hi-fi by Philips. With a 160GB hard drive, equivalent to 2000 CDs, the MCI500H offers a full range of features and remote managed with a WiFi connection. To listen to your music in a complete freedom, you can save CDs, transferring songs and music from a PC, connect a USB device, listen to an Internet radio.

All albums information are entered in the Gracenote database of the hi-fi system, album title, song title and pieces, artist name and even CD covers. The search is easily done by rolling the list of titles, either from the first letters of a title. The CD covers stored in the database are displayed on a color LCD screen.

The power is really present with 2 speakers 2×50W RMS and 200W musical power. Price: £500 ($800)