Philips working on a 3-inch touchscreen Xenium X-Connect?

A couple things you should know about this purported Philips Xenium X-Connect before churning your gadget juices through the emotional Osterizer. First, it's clearly a product rendering. Second, Philips Xenium cellphones are primarily found in Asia Pacific region -- as such, a European or North American launch is likely out of the question. If the X-Connect is the real-deal, however, here's what we'll be missing: Windows Mobile 6, 3G UMTS/HSDPA radios, GPS receiver, AA/AAA battery backup, microSD slot, and Bluetooth 2.0 all powered by a 624MHz Intel processor beneath a 3.0-inch (presumably touchscreen) display. Still, as a broadly positioned "communication device," maybe we'll see Philips reach out to different geographies this time around.

Update: Oh snap, this thing sure looks like the Xenium 800.

[Via ToTouch, Thanks Giovanni]

[hi @ May 13th 2008 5:11AM]

Hi Everybody

[AlekZander @ May 13th 2008 6:02AM]

Are you done yet?

[silverblackvoid @ May 13th 2008 6:48AM]

instead of wasting the first post with bs, why dont you say something relevant.

[Esat Dedezade @ May 13th 2008 7:20AM]

Hi Dr. Nick!

[qwert @ May 13th 2008 5:13AM]

AA/AAA battery backup

Does that mean i just can use AA or AAA batteries with it?
Without any dongles or packs clipped onto it?
if so, i want one.
We need more stuff that works on standart batteries.

[Jack @ May 13th 2008 6:50AM]

I think it means you can run it in an emergency or about 20 - 30 mins off a couple of AAAs if your battery fails and you dont have the ability to charge it

[Jeff @ May 13th 2008 11:37AM]

that's a joke, right?

AAA battery backup? ...

[Vonn64 @ May 13th 2008 5:16AM]

Battery technology is still bad.. :/

[Darwin @ May 13th 2008 5:21AM]

You won't be missing much. Philips phones are junk.

[ethana2 @ May 13th 2008 5:22AM]

here's what we'll be missing: Windows

Why that's odd! I haven't missed it once!

[Andy @ May 13th 2008 5:29AM]

Things to avoid if you don't want to be accused of ripping off the iPhone:

* Black front fascia
* Chrome bezel

Philips scores on neither of these points...

[Esat Dedezade @ May 13th 2008 7:20AM]

*Sigh*

[XenoX101 @ May 13th 2008 8:37AM]

Things Philips shouldnt worry about :

Accusations of having an appearance similiar to the iPhone

People judging their product by its facial similarities to the iPhone


Things Philips should be worried about :

Making a great phone!

[Unknown @ May 13th 2008 6:14AM]

hello

[fgpx78 @ May 13th 2008 6:29AM]

It seems quite pretty. Let's see how it will work.

[Jan @ May 13th 2008 6:32AM]

The iPone is not that revolutionary or unique in design. It is just heavily marketed
I have a 2005 Dell Axim X51. Most of the times I use it in public, people ask me if it’s an iphone.

The iphone was not the first touchscreen device and not the last!

[Janvier @ May 13th 2008 7:02AM]

Are they blind?

[TareX @ May 13th 2008 6:33AM]

It looks really nice, a lot more professional than the iPhone, I must add.

All it needs now is a decent looking UI.

[Husar @ May 13th 2008 7:15AM]

If these things become available soon, and have decent features (other than those displayed) i would probably go and get one, to me it looks like one of the best phone designs on the market.
Though hvnt used a phone with windows, hopefully it aint as bad as many people say... whats the blackberry use as an os anyway?

[ntw1103 @ May 13th 2008 7:41AM]

ha, I saw that and thought it was a scanner.

[Jeff @ May 13th 2008 11:41AM]

i did too. :)

then i thought "wait, touchscreen scanner.... 3 inch what?"

[kuthippie @ May 13th 2008 9:54PM]

one remark...
...It's just that philips sold it's cellphone devision to some asian company that was given the right to sell shit under the philips name for like a year or so (from now)....
...So a lot of asian l'odeur wiil be be on this phone...
(not saying this is a bad bad thing...cuz philips sucked at cellphones).