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External DVD Writer eHAU424 from Lite-On Goes on Sale

Global leader in the field of optical storage, Lite-On introduced its new external DVD burner, the eHAU424. Featuring a high write speed of 24x for DVD, this optical storage unit combines the regular capabilities of everyday optical drives with a couple of supplementary technologies aimed at increasing usability. Li...

19 November 2009
06:51 GMT

Breathtaking Cinema Experience: the Philips Emotions Jacket

The internationally renowned Dutch electronics company Philips has recently announced the creation of a new research platform that uses the sense of touch to bring cinematic experiences to the next level. The Philips Emotions Jacket relies on using the body's largest organ, the skin, for relaying the stimuli tha...

15 October 2009
06:41 GMT

Philips Xenium X650 Surfaces

Philips X650 Xenium is yet another mobile phone that comes to the market with impressive battery life, only that this time around it seems that the device is set to become available for purchase in more markets besides Asia and Russia, where the other such handsets usually landed. Given the fact that this is a Xenium...

25 July 2009
02:44 GMT

Philips Xenium X830 in Official Images

One of the handsets coming from Philips that have been spotted into the wild not too long ago is the Xenium X830, which surfaced for the first time on the Web a little more than a month ago. The handset seems to be rather attractive when it comes to the exterior design it features, and now a series of official photos...

18 July 2009
06:04 GMT

New Philips C600 and W186 Phones Surface

According to the latest news on the Internet, Philips plans to release into the wild in the near future two new mobile phones, namely the C600 and the W186. The former, the Philips C600, comes as a dual-mode device, while the latter, Philips W186, features support for HSDPA 3.6Mbps connectivity. The Philips C600 is...

18 June 2009
05:19 GMT

New Philips Xenium Handset Unveiled, X810

Another Philips Xenium handset has made it to the Web these days, the X810, which follows the recently spotted X700 and X530 mobile phones. For what it's worth, it is a good thing that we see more of the company’s handsets come to the market, especially given the fact that the new device, Philips Xenium X8...

17 March 2009
07:27 GMT

New Philips Xenium X700 Clamshell Spotted

Philips is reported to be preparing the launch of a new clamshell, namely the Xenium X700, which comes only a few days after the company was announced to come to the market with another similar device, the Philips Xenium X530. The new handset comes around sporting GPRS and EDGE connectivity for data transfers, yet i...

16 March 2009
09:35 GMT

Philips Xenium X530 Details Surface

The latest phone to come with a flip form factor from Philips is Xenium X530, which still bears the company's name, although the mobile division of Philips Electronics has been acquired by a Chinese company, which will actually manufacture the device. As we are already accustomed with the Xenium series, the ne...

12 March 2009
03:27 GMT

Philips Portable USB Speakers Look Great and Have a Neat Price

There are thousands of portable speaker systems out there and pretty much any gadget manufacturer has issued out at least one or two models. Philips is no exception to the rule, as it has recently presented its newest item in the world of miniature speakers, in the body of a speaker set with very nifty looks and, hop...

10 March 2009
11:39 GMT

Philips Announces First Loss Since 2003, Plans 6,000 Job Cuts

Philips, Europe's biggest consumer electronics producer, is the latest to join the large number of companies that have recently announced quarterly losses and job cut plans, due to a global low economy. Specialized in consumer electronics, Philips has just announced losses of more than 1 billion Euros in the fou...

26 January 2009
10:31 GMT

Nokia Partners with Philips to Enhance DLNA Interoperability

Nokia and Philips have announced at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas a collaboration aimed at delivering users an enhanced home experience supported by the DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) protocol. The two companies are planning on developing and delivering the technology that would allow users to co...

9 January 2009
06:29 GMT

Philips Xenium 9 @ 9q Dragon and Phoenix Unveiled

Philips unveiled new versions of its widely popular mobile phone Philips Xenium 9 @ 9q, as a special offering for the holiday season. The newly-announced models are called Dragon and Phoenix, and the exquisite drawings featured by the shell are rather meant to turn the device into a stylish accessory.In addition, the...

29 December 2008
14:07 GMT

Philips goLITE BLU Will Cure Your Winter Blues

Winter is not exactly very good for the human body, the various climate changes brought about by this season affecting us (both physically and mentally) in a pretty adverse manner. For this reason, the medical-oriented branch of Philips has just launched the goLITE BLU, a device that, by using the power of light, wil...

6 November 2008
12:51 GMT

Philips Introduces E100, a Low Budget Mobile Phone

Philips is one of the largest electronics companies in the world, and of course, it also has a slice in the mobile phones industry. Although not many of Philips' mobile phones are high-end, one thing that sets them apart from all others is the long battery life. Recently, the company introduced, without a b...

11 October 2008
02:31 GMT

Philips Blows Our Minds (And Eyes) with 56-inch HD 3D Display

Up until recently, 3D displays were regarded at somewhat of a technological curiosity, with a very restricted area of use (mostly advertising) and selling for some pretty prohibitive sums. While the cost of this technology has remained at a very high level, its range of possible uses and applications has diversified ...

3 October 2008
08:01 GMT

New Philips Phone, the Xenium X600

Clearly, Philips is a company that doesn't stick to just one thing. From light bulbs, to TV sets and mobiles, it does it all. While the mobile phones you can buy from it are not of the type that you know will make the headlines of today's newspapers, they are devices you can rely on.Now, Philips is announci...

29 September 2008
06:45 GMT

Philips M200 – The New Music Phone

If you really like to have your music with you wherever you go, then perhaps Philips M200 is just the phone for you. Unfortunately, a release date and a price for it are yet unknown details but, meanwhile, some bits of info are available, so we might as well have a look at them.The M200 is a bar-type phone, with a ni...

24 September 2008
10:14 GMT

IFA 2008: Philips Rolls Out CinemaOne, the All-In-One Home Theater System

Innovation is almost always the key to success, and it really seems that the engineers and designers from Philips took this very seriously into consideration when creating the CinemaOne. And that's because this relatively small product (roughly the size of a football) combines a DVD and CD player, an iPod dock, ...

29 August 2008
08:05 GMT

IFA 2008: Philips Intros 9600 FlatTVs, 9700 LCDs, LightFrame Monitor

We've already seen some of Philips' "handywork" for the IFA show in Berlin, but the company has much more in store for us, especially in the area of display solutions, but not necessarily restricted to it. However, for the time being, we'll stick to the "realm" of HDTVs, since, beside the Aurea II and ...

29 August 2008
05:54 GMT

IFA 2008: Philips Showcases 2nd Generation Aurea, Essence LCD HDTVs

For quite a long time now, the IFA consumer electronics show has been the place where the most important manufacturers in the audio/video segment present their latest developments, which, in some cases, can only be described as breathtaking. And that's also the case with Philips, which has come up this year with...

29 August 2008
02:43 GMT

Philips M600 Released in Russia

First appeared about four months ago, back in April, Philips M600 has recently been released on the European market - in Russia, more exactly. Produced by China Electronics Corp. (like all the Philips handsets manufactured after 2006), the M600 was initially released in China, and now it's time for it to try and...

25 August 2008
03:18 GMT

3D IPTV with No Glasses Required, Soon to Be a Reality

Full 3D television is still a dream, but it's not as "science-fiction" as it once used to be. And that's because the first IPTV service capable of providing full 3D images for consumers without the need for special glasses might arrive as soon as next year, since Spanish company Telefonica has announced tha...

14 August 2008
06:21 GMT

The Fancy Philips Xenium 9@9q Now Available

A new Philips handset is now available in Eastern Europe, in Russia more exactly, coming in a really good-looking clamshell case. The handset is named Philips Xenium 9@9q and doesn't bring too many advanced features, which is why it falls into the "fashionable entry-level" category. The 9@9q has two color ve...

16 July 2008
04:47 GMT

Philips X800 in the Wild, Literally

Philips Xenium X800, the very first full-touch handset to come under Philips' brand, was recently spotted in the wild, after the device was also seen on FCC's website, not too long ago. Although, in the world of gadgets, "in the wild" generally means just "in live pictures", the new images available with th...

4 July 2008
06:09 GMT

3D HDTV Is Here, Courtesy of Philips

Three-dimensional (3D) displays have always been somewhat of a showstopper, given the fact that we're dealing with a pretty innovative technology, still largely unavailable for the wide mass of consumers and delivering some spectacular results. However, it would seem that Philips is willing to take things even f...

6 June 2008
01:49 GMT

Philips X800 in Live Images

The very first full-touchscreen handset to bear the Philips name, Philips X800, has been recently approved by the FCC (Federal Communications Commission), which unveiled more details about the new device. Thanks to the FCC, we now also have the first live images with the X800, which only confirm that the device is i...

31 May 2008
06:00 GMT

Philips 198 and 199 Affordable Phones Unveiled

Two new Philips mobile phones will be soon released in Europe as well as in Asia: Philips 198 and Philips 199, both coming as affordable, entry-level devices. The handsets have the same design, the same dimensions and the same features, except for the fact that the 199 model offers FM radio and headsets, while the 19...

20 May 2008
06:29 GMT

Philips Xenium X-Connect Full-Touchscreen Phone Leaked

It looks like Philips will soon unveil its second full touchscreen mobile phone, after the X800 model that surfaced a few days ago. The new touchscreen handset is called Xenium X-Connect and it's said to bring more advanced features than the ones packed in X800. We had only a few details about the X800 until n...

13 May 2008
09:44 GMT

Philips to Unveil Its First Full-Touchscreen Handset

Touchscreen mobile devices are slowly but (almost) surely taking over the world, and pretty soon all the important handset manufacturers will have touchscreen handsets in their portfolios. Philips is the latest producer that seems to be working on a full touchscreen phone, if we were to believe some recently leaked i...

8 May 2008
04:46 GMT

Philips M600, Fashionable Music Phone Coming Soon

Philips M600 is a new music-oriented mobile phone that should be released pretty soon under Philips' brand name. The handset comes in a candybar form factor and has a very nice look, hence we could say it's both a fashion and a music phone. M600's highlights include the SRS WOW technology for the be...

25 April 2008
16:06 GMT

Philips Packs its Bags and Leaves the US TV Sets' Market

The whole world is going through a rather unpleasant period of economic recession and this fact is becoming increasingly visible, as the major corporations are re-focusing and re-orienting their business plans for optimum profitability. And one such announcement comes from Philips, who has decided to almost completel...

9 April 2008
07:56 GMT

Philips Xenium 9@9v Makes You Forget about Recharging

It seems that Philips added another handset to its Xenium series, which has been renowned for its long lasting batteries. Information and pictures have already leaked on the internet regarding the newly unannounced Philips Xenium 9@9v. Even if information about its specs is very scarce, the images look exactly like p...

17 March 2008
07:40 GMT

Philips' Next Blu-Ray Player No Longer the Cheapest

Philips has just announced that the upcoming BDP7200 Blu-Ray player will no longer be the cheapest device of its kind on the market. Initially planned to hit the market with an estimative price tag of $350, $50 lower than the cheapest BDP-S300 from Sony, the BDP7200 will sell for a final $399.Back in January, the com...

15 March 2008
06:19 GMT

Philips 9@9j: 1 Month of Stand-by Time and AAA Battery Slot

Philips recently unveiled one of its latest mobile phones from the Xenium family, Philips 9@9j, a handset that comes to bring a standard Li-Ion battery plus an extra slot where AAA batteries can be introduced. The handset is made in collaboration with Techtium and Energizer, two companies that also worked with Philip...

2 March 2008
08:21 GMT

Philips 192, Affordable Candybar for Europe

Philips cell phones have disappeared from the European market lately, and this is because the mobile division of the Dutch electronics manufacturer was sold to China Electronics Corp., which began releasing Philips handsets only in Asia. Sales in China are going great (and no wonder, since it's the world's ...

31 January 2008
09:32 GMT

Lumin, the MultiTouch Technology to Imitate Surface Computing

Touch-screen lovers, rejoice! The MultiTouch technology is here and seems to be the next form of interaction between us, the flesh and bone users and our machines. The new interaction type comprises an input and an output device, while other conventional input devices, such as mouse or keyboard, have been stripped d...

28 January 2008
09:39 GMT

How Do Food Tasters Work?

Oh... here's a little gadget that will surely get some people fired. You know how sometimes you hear a tune on the radio, but you never seem to get its name? Luckily, they have invented the music analyzer that records the melody and automatically searches its name on the Internet. Well, it seems you can do the ...

10 January 2008
07:21 GMT

Philips Presents the New 692 Touchscreen Slider

Philips, the Dutch electronics manufacturer, rolls out a new touchscreen mobile phone that brings no special features but looks nice and will certainly appeal to users who don't want or don't afford expensive handsets.Philips 692 is the name of the new phone and it is a mid-end, dual-band GSM device that wo...

8 January 2008
08:33 GMT

CES 2008: Philips+ Rhapsody = Infinite Music!

Philips and RealNetworks future partnership intends to bring Rhapsody- digital music service from Real and MTV Networks- closer to its consumers. According to Philips, the first digital audio players from the alliance are expected to hit the shelves this year. They will, however, be available for a preview starting J...

8 January 2008
06:43 GMT

Light, Colour, Sound, Rumble, Air Flow, Action!

Brothers in Arms Hell's Highway and Far Cry 2 are two games due for release this year, under Ubisoft's label. The French company responsible for the two titles has recently signed an agreement with Philips to enable its products with the latter's amBX technology (short for ambient experiences). amBX de...

8 January 2008
03:25 GMT

Flammable Ego: Philips Lights Up Your Inner Self

This ain't such an unexpected maneuver as Philips mentioned about the SKIN Probe Project months ago. The concept is based on the idea that it "examines the future integration of sensitive materials in the area of emotional sensing - the shift from ' intelligent' to 'sensitive' products and t...

19 December 2007
12:56 GMT

Philips 9@9K's Battery Keeps Going and Going for Months

Now here's a phone with a truly useful feature. Philips 9@9K will make it possible to keep on communicating with virtually no worries of ever running out of battery, as the phone can last for up to two months in stand-by mode.Philips 9@9K is a pretty low end mobile phone, when looking at its specification list. ...

19 November 2007
05:34 GMT

Philips Announces a Tablet PC for Doctors

The Philips company is involved in so many segments of the consumer electronics market that sometimes it's quite hard to keep track of all, one important such domain being that of medical devices. And that's exactly the type of device we'll talk about as follows, namely the CliniScape, a Tablet PC desi...

23 October 2007
09:46 GMT

Philips Pops Out Sexy SA9345 PMP...For Every Wallet!

Philips keeps up the good beat and releases a new series of portable media players, which are said to target other segments of the market, apart from those the company has got us used to so far.The first addition in the company's portfolio was dubbed SA9345. It is said to pack two storage capacities, of 2GB and ...

9 October 2007
03:07 GMT

Philips Intros a Wireless Mouse and Keyboard Set

Philips just announced the launch of a new set of computer peripherals that are now available for users willing to switch from the traditional wired setup for mouse and keyboard to the wireless technology that allows more freedom of movement without the burden of wires and such.The two new Philips computer devices ar...

6 October 2007
04:40 GMT

Philips Refreshes GoGear Series! Pops Out SA6100 Chic PMP

Philips proves once again its worthiness launching another PMP, from its already successful GoGear series. The announcement regarding the future launching was made during the famous IFA show. The company's representatives divulged no further information, except a possible release date at the end of the year.Howe...

6 September 2007
02:55 GMT

Windows Vista Will Get Its Own Personal TV Channel System

Windows Vista will get its own Personal TV Channel system, courtesy of Philips. The Dutch consumer electronics manufacturer is currently right on track to making a downloadable version of the Personal TV Channel system tailor fitted on the Windows Vista operating system available as early as next year. The best thing...

5 September 2007
10:56 GMT

New Philips LCD Monitors

Philips announced recently the launch of a new range of multimedia LCD screens and monitors which are intended for use as home entertainment devices as they feature advanced technologies that deliver sharp images alongside faster than usual response times being perfect for gaming and movie watching. Ranging in size f...

1 September 2007
05:02 GMT

IFA 2007 Blu-ray Player Roundup: Sony, Samsung, Sharp, Philips and Daewoo

IFA 2007 is taking place in Berlin these days and that's the reason why just about every important manufacturer of A/V devices is using this event as a launch pad for its latest products. And one of the most popular products around IFA seems to be the Blu-ray player, since no less than 4 major companies, namely ...

31 August 2007
12:06 GMT

Philips Updates Perfect Pixel HD-Enabled Line of LCDs, Adds 32-Incher

Despite marking a whole new evolutionary step in image processing technology, Philips' line of LCD TVs with a built-in Perfect Pixel HD graphics processing engine went fairly under the radar back at CES 2007, when it was first announced. However, since then, customers have begun to discover the image quality and...

22 August 2007
03:36 GMT


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