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Philips showcased their new home theatre device recently at IFA 2008.  Granted, it kind of looks like a cross between a pet’s feeding dish, a humidifier, and a soccer ball…and one might think “what can this really do?”...but it’s getting some decent feedback. The CinemaOne is one of the smallest… Continue Reading »

In case you thought you were looking at something rejected on the drawing board of Minority Report, you should know that Philips is considering this concept web camera in reality.  You can also rest assured that this arachnid camera does not actually walk on walls, or even the floor for… Continue Reading »

Live leaked images are typically something that come as a welcomed event, and in the case of the X800 from Philips the handset has a decent look but sadly that is where it stops. It simply does not have the specs to match the design as its missing some important… Continue Reading »

Philips has official announced the touchscreen based X800 (pictured above) and Xenium X-Connect (pictured below) handsets. The X-Connect aims a little more at the high end of the spectrum, while the X800 seems to have a nicer look than feature set. The X800 will feature a 2.9-inch display with a… Continue Reading »

As if we have not yet seen enough of all these new touchscreen phones that have been jumping out of the woodwork lately, here comes yet another, featuring the same old touchscreen, and almost the same specifications as well. Although this time, it could have one thing that separates it… Continue Reading »

Six additional Blu-ray players have just been certified by DivX, joining the ranks of Sony PS3 that received its certification at the end of 2007. Such certification is important because it means only one thing: 25 hours of DVD-quality video can now be saved on a single Blu-ray disc. Since… Continue Reading »

Philips is at it again with the release of a reworked Xenium 9@9 smartphone, this time giving it the powers of a stylus-based touchscreen. Dubbed the Xenium 9@9v, this new smartphone will hit Asian shores next month with the following features: the previously mentioned touchscreen, handwriting recognition, dual-SIM card support… Continue Reading »

I know exactly what you’re thinking…Philips is still making cameras?! The answer to that is a resounding yes, my friend, and as you can see from the photo above, Philips has actually got a slim and stylish little digital camera up its sleeve. This little number will be able to… Continue Reading »

DivX and Philips have sealed a two-year licensing agreement that would enable Philips to continue including DivX video functionality on its electronic products. These products include DVD players, portable devices, digital televisions and next generation consumer products such as Blu-Ray DVD devices. Since becoming the global standard for high-quality digital… Continue Reading »

Philips and Lite-On have unveiled their latest Blu-ray drive, which also marks their first external drive. The DX-401S is a USB 2.0 external Blu-ray drive that offers 4x read speeds for Blu-ray media, 12x for single layer DVD’s, 8x for double layer DVD’s and 32x for regular CD’s. The DX-401S… Continue Reading »