Philips' new 'Xenium 800' touchscreen phone leaks out

If you had a creeping suspicion that the iPhone-esque phone market wasn't crowded enough yet -- you're right. Apparently, Philips is about to throw its hat in the ring with a device called the Xenium X800. The familiar looking unit will sport WiFi, a WQVGA "e2e" (or "edge to edge") touchscreen, and appears to be running a proprietary OS which looks considerably better than most phones in this class. Sure, it's heavily knocking off Sony's XMB and that new BlackBerry OS 4.6, but there are worse offenses that could be made. No word on more detailed specs, but you'll know more when we do. In the meantime, take a look at a few more pics after the break.

[Via Unwired View]

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 10:51AM]

No one else notice they mispelled "Browser"?

[victorstuber Posted May 7th 2008 11:03AM]

no its not wrong. your mistaking the W for two letters.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 11:05AM]

Sorry, it clearly says "Broswer" in the pic.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 4:25PM]

i definitely noticed as well...

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 11:03PM]

BROSWER! BWAHAHAHHA!

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 11:33AM]

It doesn't even look bad, but compared to others it might not get any more face time than this.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 11:40AM]

If it hasn't got a proper keyboard, then it's going to be a horrible compromise for people who actually need to input text rather than wave it around as a style icon.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 12:02PM]

Hey, Philips, the BACK button should go on the left, not on the right.

[Chris Bell Posted May 7th 2008 12:31PM]

Also, 'Option' should have an 's' on the end unless it really only has one option.

[(Unverified) Posted May 7th 2008 3:13PM]

That phone gonna be cheap

n that one of the imp things when purchasing a phone