The previous Philips GoGear MP3 Players we mentioned - SA5225 and SA6045 - were pretty good, but Philips has gone downhill and released a lower-end device codenamed GoGear SA2940.

According to Philips, this is their first portable media player that uses a OLED screen that can display colors, a bit strange to say the least. Anyhow, the GoGear SA2940 will boast 4GB of storage capacity, and support for MP3, WMA, and WAV files.

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The Philips Luxe MP3 player featured in the picture above is a simple music player offering 2GB of memory, 10 hours of battery life and a small LCD screen. But this gadget is a double agent. It will also work as a Bluetooth 2.1 headset which will get you 100 hours of standby time, an FM radio and great sound quality. It will stop the music to take incoming calls if you were wondering. So yes, this might be a nice addition to the gadgets you already have bought for your handsets.

The device will arrive in Singapore next month and it will cost around $94. Looking forward for it to hit other markets too!

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The E100 is a simple Philips MP3 player phone. I hope it can at least make some calls. It has a built-in music player and that’s about it. It’s simple in design and it kind of reminds me of a Nokia XpressMusic phone.

The phone has a 1.8 inch 160 x 128 screen, GSM/GPRS support, FM radio, 2MB of internal memory and microSD support. The phone will be available in Asia for now and it will cost about $60.

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Philips has lots of electronic devices which are really great but for some reason they keep making cell phones too. The Xenium X600 is the latest model announced. It’s an entry level phone which doesn’t have any significant features to show off. You will get a 2 megapixel camera, GSM/EDGE and Bluetooth support. There’s space for a microSD memory card and the battery will get you about 9 hours of talk time.

The clamshell phone will at least get you some decent music but don’t expect more from it. Check with Philips or your local carrier for pricing and availability.

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This Philips webcam is good-looking, you know, in the weird kind of way. Left around the house in a dim light will surely scare your family, won’t it.

The giant spider-like webcam is made by Flynn Product Design team. It’s a hi-resolution Bluetooth wireless webcam mounted on a three-legged support which, together with the ball and socket joint allows lots of flexibility and therefore more camera angles. Your friends will be able to see everything around you. The only thing you won’t be able to actually show them is the cool webcam you’ve just bought from Philips.

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Philips Xenium 9@9q is not only a weird named cell phone but a really simple one too. It’s now available in Russia starting from 4499 rubles or about $200 depending on carrier offers and plans.

The Philips Xenium 9@9q is a simple device meant for phone calls and SMS texting. In other words it basically does what a cell phone was expected to do, with just a little extra features on top.

The battery seems promising with up to 1 month standby. When it comes to phone calls it lasts for up to 9 hours of continuous conversation. The main display has 262K colors support, while the external display is a simpler one, only showing notifications of new messages, incoming calls and missed ones and battery status.

I did say there are just a few extra features on top of the basic stuff. You have a camera with recording capabilities, an MP3 player that plays 22 hours of continuous music. There’s EDGE, WAP and Bluetooth and a microSD slot for up to 2GB memory cards.

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The X800 is impressive with its huge edge-to-edge screen and its sleek dark looks, but that would only appeal premium cell phone users who want more than just phone calls and text messages. Now, Philips is looking to tap the low-range market with the announcement of two new phones, the 198 and 199, which are affordable and functional. Although both the 198 and 199 are similar in their candybar form factor and simple design, the 199 is a step-up over the 198 with an FM Radio . Otherwise, both the phones have the same 1.5 inch display of 62k colors, a four-way navigation key, SMS/MMS, and T9 text input. The miniUSB support is a mystery though, as there is no way to expand memory and being low end, there probably won’t be any substantial storage integrated. All this runs off a 800 mAh battery which can provide up to 5 hours of talktime and 20 days on standby. Only dual-band GSM 900/1800 MHz frequencies are supported along with GPRS and WAP connectivity. The three games onboard add a flavor of entertainment to these otherwise ho-hum devices.

The Philips 198 and 199 will be available for now in Russia at a price of $62 and $70 respectively. Now that’s a steal!

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Phillips has finally announced the X800, this new edge to edge touchscreen phone. The timing couldn’t be better to do it with the regular iPhone shortage around the world, the new BlackBerry Bold release, the HTC Touch Diamond coming out and the new iPhone rumors spreading more and more. And all these things are happening as we speak so let’s welcome the X800 to the ballgame.

Let’s look at some numbers here:

2G Network GSM 900 / 1800 / 1900
ype TFT touchscreen, 256K colors
240 x 400 pixels (Wide QVGA), 2.9 inches
microSD (TransFlash)
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
Bluetooth v2.0 w
USB support
Camera: 2 MP, 1600×1200 pixels with autofocus and video
Built-in handsfree
Battery: Standard battery, Li-Ion

Ok, I feel like something is missing from the X800… Didn’t hear any 3G? HSDPA? EVDO? EDGE? Safe to say this Phillips X800 might compete with the regular old iPhone.

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The touch mania never ends. The latest to enter the already congested market headed by the Apple iPhone, is the Xenium 800 from Philips. Although the Xenium series is known for its long-lasting battery life , sometimes up to a month, the Xenium 800 is no less than any other touchscreen phone out there, being even better than some. But of course, given the sparsity of some real info, we really can’t vouch for that. What we do know is that the cell phone packs a WQVGA e2e (edge to edge) screen covering almost all of the front bezel and runs on an unknown operating system. And that the device has WiFi. That’s where the details stop, but be sure to check back with us when we have some more!

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Not to be mistaken for the other M600, this nice-looking candybar comes from Philips bound for China. While the design doesn’t give us much to complain about, this dual-band GSM phone is pretty much low end except for its music-oriented features.

The phone packs a 1.3-megapixel camera, a 2-inch 256k-color 170×220 pixel display, microSD support, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, and Java MIDP 2.0 support. Coming to its better side, its music playing capabilities, a set of in-ear headphones is bundled with the phone and there are dedicated hotkeys for playback control. The device promises to deliver up to 40 hours of continuous music playback on a single charge and supports mp3, MIDI, WMA, WAV, and AMR audio formats. The highlight of the phone has to be its built-in SRS WOW equalizer feature, which renders better sound quality by simulating 3D Surround Sound.

While the M600 is headed to China, the fact that it supports T9 text input in English, French, Turkish, Russian apart from Chinese Simplified and Traditional may be taken as a hint that it won’t stay China only for long. No price or release date has been announced yet.

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The new Philips GoGear SA5225 digital audio/video player just cleared the FCC hurdle. The player handles WMV and MPEG4 video files as well as WMA and AAC audio files. It also has a picture viewer, and is capable of displaying album art. There’s an on-board FM radio receiver, while the recording utility lets you record not only voice memos but also FM audio.

The GoGear player can also stream audio and transfer files using Bluetooth wireless technology. The player features an Options button which throws up useful options depending on the current menu, as well as volume controls at the bottom. There’s a 5-way control point that lets you play/pause, skip forward/back and scroll up/down. It comes with a USB connector to aid in data transfer.

The Philips GoGear SA5225 can be charged over USB, which is convenient. It takes a good 4 hours for a complete charge (80% charge takes 2 hours).

No word on the pricing or availability, but check back with us for that later.

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Philips has long since exited the European mobile phone market. In fact, it has old off the mobile phone division to a Chinese company. This new company seems to aim to re-introduce the brand to Europe with a very basic candybar phone, the Philips 192. The Philips 192 is a GSM phone featuring 128×128 px, 65K color CSTN display. The bare Philips 192 will sell for around US$60.

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Here is a peek at Philips’ new sleek slider. Positioned in the mid range of its family, Philips 692 looks like it has nothing new to offer. Here are some specs to keep you going. No info on price as of now.

GSM 900/1800 MHz
Size: 104×48x14.9 mm
Weight: 102 grams
2.4-inch 260K Color QVGA touch-sensitive display
SMS, EMS, MMS
11 MB Onboard Memory
MicroSD Support (up to 2GB)
USB Interface
1.3-megapixel CMOS camera
Bluetooth (A2DP profile, Headset, and Object Push)
Handwriting Recognition (Chinese, English)
Java Games
Other Features include alarm clock, calculator, calendar, stopwatch, English-Chinese and Chinese-English dictionaries, unit converter, women’s calendar, and a weight control application.

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