Philips X800 and X-Connect touchscreen phones go legit

Not one to string us along endlessly, Philips has 'fessed up to its pair of touchscreen phones, the X800 and the Xenium X-Connect. The X800 does it low-end with a 2.9-inch 240 x 400 screen, 2G GSM for data (no EDGE or WiFi!), a 2 megapixel camera, microSD slot and Bluetooth. Interestingly, the phone offers a documents reader and handwriting recognition, but this hardly seems to be that next do-it-all handheld you've been dreaming of, though the battery life is laudable. The Xenium X-Connect steps things up considerably, however, with Windows Mobile 6, UMTS and HSDPA, and a 3-inch display -- which hopefully sports a few more pixels. Still no WiFi, though, and other details like launch price and date are still slim.

[Via Just AMP]

[Pochi @ May 14th 2008 9:38AM]

"...go legit."

HAHAHA... well, glad to see that you took the reader feedback from the MSI Wind story seriously...

[Josh @ May 14th 2008 9:42AM]

no wifi?...no thanks

[Andrew @ May 14th 2008 9:43AM]

No Wifi with only a 2G internet connection. Why on earth would anyone buy one of these things.

http://pixblix.com

[Richard Lai @ May 14th 2008 10:04AM]

And why on earth must you put a damn link after your comment?

[Tony Rayo @ May 14th 2008 10:55AM]

Agreed. Put your ads in your profile instead of spamming us with unrelated links.

[Isaac @ May 14th 2008 9:46AM]

Please... never use the "word" legit.

[riggs @ May 14th 2008 10:32AM]

unless preceded by too and followed by 2 quit.

[MBS @ May 14th 2008 11:32AM]

I hope the commenter that posted telling engadget to stop using "gets official" is happy now.

[Colin Potter @ May 14th 2008 9:50AM]

Rather than every company taking the easy route and making "stylish" touch phones, why doesn't someone continue trying to make sleek, innovative flip, slide or candybar phones?

That being said, I still like the looks of the Diamond Touch better, and specs.

[JJV @ May 14th 2008 9:54AM]

touch phones = candybar phones.

[Colin Potter @ May 14th 2008 10:06AM]

note the word innovative? adding a touchscreen to something is not really innovation. and not all touch phones are candybar, the LG Venus has a touch screen

[Satan_L5 @ May 14th 2008 10:27AM]

好手机!™

[Mike @ May 14th 2008 10:46AM]

WTF?

[Tony Rayo @ May 14th 2008 10:58AM]

He/she said "Good handheld!" in Japanese. I don't know the reason for the trademark.

[Tony Rayo @ May 14th 2008 11:04AM]

Sorry, I believe it's really Chinese, but the two languages share some of the same characters and it comes out to mean the same thing more or less (the person might have been referring to a specific type of phone in China, but I think "Good Handset/Phone" is a good enough translation... sorry I only know limited Japanese and little to no Chinese).

[Richard Lai @ May 14th 2008 5:47PM]

@Tony Rayo: it's Chinese for sure, but we'll let you off this time. ;-)

[Decoy @ May 14th 2008 8:53PM]

好手机!™
Profit!

[Fernando @ May 14th 2008 12:09PM]

Leave it to Philips to come up with something nice and probably dirt cheap. I commend them.

[Gebadia Smith @ May 14th 2008 12:30PM]

Commend them for what? Forgetting the most important feature, WIFI which even the itouch comes with.

[Cole Mitguard @ May 14th 2008 12:36PM]

You know, I used to like Phillips stuff, but it seems as of late they have just been making things that are shiny, cheap, and break within a constantly shorting period of time with every thing I buy from them. On this phone if I didnt see the Philips logo clearly on the front, I would have also believe the title "Worst China Iphone Clone To Date" .No wifi huh, how can you sell a portable device in this day and age without this most basic of functions. And is that a monochrome screen? Im sorry, but this has to be a $200 or less phone, without contract, or I don't know why anyone would pick this up.

[James Cameron @ May 14th 2008 1:44PM]

Wow, what retard from Philips decided to not have edge or Wifi?

[TheStupidOne @ May 14th 2008 8:42PM]

Am I the only one who figured out not everyone wants a Smartphone/PMP with battery draining Wifi and forking over extra monthly for unlimited 3G data?

If someone who owns an unlocked phone like this ever wants Wifi they can buy a Bluetooth or MicroSD based modem.