Chinese PMP buyers are spoiled for features, but rarely are they treated with superb craftsmanship. Dutch manufacturer Philips thinks it’s time the big country gets a taste of the good life with the recently announced SA075 720P HD PMP. Last month, all we knew was that the Philips SA075 was launching exclusively in China. We [...]
Continue reading...Monday, September 28, 2009
720p to 1080i support for PMPs is suddenly de riguer for portable media player manufacturers, especially those in China. Dutch electronics giant Philips thinks it can do well in the most populated country in the world. The Philips SA075 will support 720p videos and will be equipped with the useful HDMI output. It’s a touchscreen [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 25, 2009
Our hats off to Philips for thinking of multimedia first in the new Xenium K700. The phone is off the beaten path compared to the iPhone and its myriad clones, Palm Pre and new Android phones. The Philips Xenium K700 is not a smartphone and non-SD card users may be disappointed by the lack internal [...]
Continue reading...Friday, September 4, 2009
The OPhone platform or OMS is no secret anymore, and while we’ve already seen a couple of handset touting this Android-modified China-brew mobile OS such as the Dell Mini 3i and Lenovo 01, there were actually a bunch of other goodies that were unveiled by China Mobile that will also run on this new system. [...]
Continue reading...Saturday, July 11, 2009
China seems to be a worthy market for big names like Sony and Philips as both has been releasing China-only PMPs there for two years now. The Philips GoGear SA065 is one PMP that we may never see outside China. Too bad, because the 999 yuan price ($146) and the mobile TV + DAB radio [...]
Continue reading...Monday, June 8, 2009
We knew Philips has two upcoming GoGear PMPs, the Arias and the Opus and we know some details of the two but not their price or release date. The GoGear Opus was supposed to be released earlier in April but June is as early as Philips could do. The GoGear Opus is a 2.8-inch screen [...]
Continue reading...Friday, February 20, 2009
Philips has just unveiled two new PMPs that will further boast their GoGear line-up: the GoGear Ariaz and the GoGear Opus. The GoGear Ariaz comes with a 2-inch LCD display, FM tuner, and will be available in 4GB, 8GB and 16GB variants. The GoGear Opus, meanwhile, comes with a bigger 2.8-inch LCD display and offers [...]
Continue reading...Wednesday, December 17, 2008
The Philips Luxe is coming to the U.S. immediately after its Singapore launch. I’ve written it before: the GoGear Luxe MP3 player and Bluetooth is about the best cheap gadget you can buy this Christmas. Price for the 2GB and 4GB Luxe players are $89 and $99 repectively. [announcement at Gizmodo] Philips has also announced another [...]
Continue reading...Friday, October 24, 2008
Looking for the perfect gadget this Christmas? The Philips Luxe MP3 player-cum-cellphone headset. Philips Luxe feature Bluetooth 2.1 that can be paired with the cellphone so you will never miss a call while listening to music. It’s a brilliant take on technology trend that puts entertainment capabilities on a cellphone. For over five years now [...]
Continue reading...Thursday, August 14, 2008
We never really kept up with Philips’ GoGear line of MP3 Players and PMPs. Though if Philips had dubbed their audio/video player the GoGear Nano, I bet we would’ve given it more than its due consideration. Be that as it may, zol has got hold of what looks like an SA5245 (SA5345 to them), a [...]
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