Philips Xenium 9@9v, No charging in 1 month

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 press pictures, which suggests that the source of leaking is the manufacturer itself.

I wonder how many letters Philips can still use for its Xenium series, as we already have a huge lineup of handsets announced, that have been codenamed 9@9j, 9@9k, 9@9w, 9@9z, 9@9h, 9@9r, 9@9m and the list can go on.

The only certain features that we know will be embedded onto the new Philips Xenium 9@9v are touchscreen display and handwriting recognition. Furthermore, the handset it is said to include Dual SIM technology, but it is not sure yet if both will be active at the same time.

The usual standby that nears 1 month (720 hours) may seem unbelievable, especially as we are talking about a Dual SIM handset that usually consumes more energy than a single SIM mobile phone. The talking time of the phone is not less amazing – 8 hours. If you think you can resist the urge to recharge your
phone's battery twice a week, then this is the right choice for you, but be careful as you might forget where you have placed your charger after 1 month.

The phone is believed to hit the Asian market next month with no word of its availability in Europe or the States.

Anyway, we still have some 'pieces' from Philips that have been announced in the past and are yet to be launched on the market. These feature almost same technical specifications as the leaked Philips Xenium 9@9v, but will probably be available in other regions.

There's no word about Xenium 9@9v's price, but we know that it will available in 3 different color versions: Black Perfection, White Perfection and Red Perfection.

Google Android vs iPhone

Rich Miner is the Group Manager for Mobile Platforms at Google and he thinks that Android will outsell the iPhone.

I don’t think Android has near the hype around it that the iPhone does, lets say Apple drops a brand new, completely redone 3G iPhone with 32GB of storage, actual GPS, and a few other new features to make it, with respect to hardware, as close to the same as the optimal Android phone, save for the developers and Linux fanboys, which one do you think people are going to buy? Even if you do it fairly and exclude Apple developers and Apple fanboys Apple would probably still sell more.



Anyways, Google is bragging about their 750k SDK downloads since last November while Apple is bragging about 100k SDK downloads on the first day (and it was only half of a day at that). Lastly, Google is talking about all the capabilities of the Android SDK that the iPhone has, and that’s probably true, but in the end its Motorola, LG, Samsung, and HTC’s amazing devices that are really going to push the sales of Android phones, not so much the software itself, except for with the first official Android phone out.

If Apple releases a 3G iPhone and HTC (likely to be the first) releases a decent Android phone at the same time, I’d probably buy the iPhone first, but I’d get around to buying the HTC too.

LG Glimmer AX830 launched by Alltel Wreless

LG VX9700 has FCC’s approval to be released in North America. Expected to be released this month by Verizon, VX9700 might got a little delay to April or probably May. Comes in an LG Prada-like design, LG vx9700 featuring on-screen qwerty keyboard for text input, 3.2 MP camera with a Schneider Kreuznach lens, micro SDHC card slot and micro USB port.


Alltel Wireless has announced the LG Glimmer phone last week. The Glimmer is available from March 13. With a slide-out keypad and touch-screen interface, the LG Glimmer incorporates traditional phone functions with the latest multimedia features.


The LG Glimmer is loaded with a 2 MP camera with video capabilities, an MP3 player with customizable equalizer, an expandable memory slot and is GPS capable. This slick phone is rich with several of Alltel's Axcess applications including Alltel Navigation, Axcess Search, CityID and Axcess TV. In addition, users can listen to their favorite music while utilizing other multimedia features on the phone.

The Glimmer also features 3D graphics support and 128MB of internal memory.

Alltel Wireless is offering the Glimmer by LG for $249.99 after a $100 mail-in-rebate. This discounted price is available to new customers who sign-up for a two-year service agreement and to existing eligible customers on qualifying rate plans.


The LG Glimmer also supports Alltel’s new service, Axcess Voice2TXT. The service, which is available on any Alltel Wireless SMS text message capable phone, quickly converts incoming voicemails to text messages in the customer's inbox and also allows customers to store and forward converted voicemails as regular text messages.