SlashPhone » Philips http://www.slashphone.com Worldwide mobile phone news, reviews and wireless innovations Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:42:43 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 Philips Cooking V808 Android Smartphone in China http://www.slashphone.com/philips-cooking-v808-android-smartphone-in-china-296475 http://www.slashphone.com/philips-cooking-v808-android-smartphone-in-china-296475#comments Wed, 29 Jul 2009 06:51:48 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=6475 Famous for its extremely long standby mobile phone, mostly sold in China, the company is working on its first Android smartphone for China market. The new Philips V808 is reaching some of the retailers. It comes with a 3.2 inch touch screen, 320x 480 resolution, 3 megapixel camera and built in GPS / WiFi.

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Unlike HTC’s Sense UI, the Philips V808 will use the default Android user interface and touch sensitive buttons below the display screen. Check out more photos below

[via km111]

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]]> http://www.slashphone.com/philips-cooking-v808-android-smartphone-in-china-296475/feed 0 Philips X800 Got FCC Approved http://www.slashphone.com/philips-x800-got-fcc-approved-30577 http://www.slashphone.com/philips-x800-got-fcc-approved-30577#comments Fri, 30 May 2008 16:02:02 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=577 More details of the Philips X800 touch screen phone is now available at FCC document list today. Early of this month the report said that this X800 will feature e2e design, meaning a full edge to edge touch screen design that will occupy the whole width on the front body. Though you can’t really see how they apply that to the phone in the FCC picture.

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The Philips X800 features a full touch screen for you to navigate through lists and menus. The touch screen is operated with a stylus pen located at the side of the phone. Use the stylus pen to tap once or twice on any available screen zone to carry out the corresponding operations (such as menu page header, menu items, lists, softkeys, options menu, function keys, text input area, selection area, pull-down menu box, selection box, etc).

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The user manual also reveals its battery life. As stated in the rumor, the X800 has a long battery life. You can make phone calls continuously for 10 hours, or have the phone in standby mode up to 1 month. The battery can be easily filled up in 2.5 hours time through a USB cable.

Other details include:

  • microSD card slot (support up to 8GB)
  • FM Radio
  • Handwriting recognition
  • Java
  • Music Player
  • 2 megapixel camera
  • Video Recording up to 70 MB
  • English – Chinese Dictionary
  • txt, pdf, doc, ppt, xls reader
  • Business card reader
  • Bluetooth
  • GPRS / EDGE

Source [FCC] via [mobileburn]

 

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]]> http://www.slashphone.com/philips-x800-got-fcc-approved-30577/feed 0 Rumor: Full Touch Screen Phone from Philips? http://www.slashphone.com/rumor-full-touch-screen-phone-from-philips-07419 http://www.slashphone.com/rumor-full-touch-screen-phone-from-philips-07419#comments Wed, 07 May 2008 07:47:56 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=419 Will full touch screen phone become the main stream of mobile phone design? Philips is going to announce their new touch screen phone Xenium X800 in China next month, according to a report on PC World China. The touch screen phone featuring a e2e design, meaning a full edge to edge touch screen design that will occupy the whole width on the front body.

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Other than a good WQVGA big screen, Philips has continue to implement their long battery life feature on this X800. We have no idea how they test their battery life though, it is said to give you a full 1 month standby time, or close to 10 hours continuous talk time!

Source [PCWorld China]

]]> http://www.slashphone.com/rumor-full-touch-screen-phone-from-philips-07419/feed 0 Philips M600 with SRS WOW Technology to be Sold in China http://www.slashphone.com/philips-m600-with-srs-wow-technology-to-be-sold-in-china-25321 http://www.slashphone.com/philips-m600-with-srs-wow-technology-to-be-sold-in-china-25321#comments Fri, 25 Apr 2008 14:53:21 +0000 Kim Poh Liaw http://www.slashphone.com/?p=321 Nowadays Philips is focusing on China mobile phone market, especially with its Xenium 9@9 long battery life series. The upcoming Philips M600 is targetting on those music lovers, it offers the built in SRS WOW to enhance the sound quality and add a surround sound capability. The SRS WOW is also suppose to restore the spatial cues often lost by audio compression or playing through small speakers. The Philips M600 has a clean candy bar design, easily enjoy your MP3 songs and access essential music functions using the assigned MP3 quick access hotkeys. With a single click, launch your MP3 player, or adjust volume, and navigate the playlist.

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It is not sure that if China is the only country that will get this model, the M600 allows you to use T9 text input in Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, English, French, Russian or Turkish.

Specifications

  • Display screen: 2-inch 256k colors TFT, 176 x 220 pixels
  • Equalizer settings: Classical, Pop, Rock, SRS WOW surround sound
  • 1.3 megapixel camera
  • Audio supported formats: Midi, MP3, WMA, AMR
  • MicroSD card slot
  • Bluetooth
  • Bluetooth profiles: A2DP, Handsfree, Headset, Object push profile
  • 3.5 mm Headset jack connector
  • USB 1.1
  • Buttons and controls: 4-way navigation key and enter, Soft keys, Side keys, Customized hot key, Dedicated music player keys
  • Java MIDP 2.0
  • 105 x 44 x 15.3 mm
  • GPRS
  • GSM dual band 900/1800 MHz
  • Enjoy music playback for up to 40 hours on a single charge.

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