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Philips Xenium X700 mobile phone

Tony — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 10:42:35 +0000

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 Xenium X530 mobile phone

Tony — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 23:12:54 +0000

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.

Philips LCD 21:9 HDTV

Tony — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 02:12:33 +0000

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 …

Essence: 42-inch HDTV by Philips

Tony — Sat, 13 Dec 2008 12:56:29 +0000

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)

Philips Streamium MCI500H

Tony — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 16:51:50 +0000

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)