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Mobile phone design is a matter of compromise. Everyone loves the most features, but they add to the size, weight, cost and eat in the combined battery life, manufacturers seek to strike a balance between the elements. Usually they tend to be conservative, and create a device that is somewhat similar to the competition, but occasionally, a manufacturer will have different priorities.

That is the premise of the bizarrely named Philips Xenium 9@9m it combines a lot of familiar elements, but combined in a way that you might not expect. The Philips Xenium 9@9m will be available in Silver Executive and Rusted Brown colour combinations. Pricing and Availability early were not known at the time of publication.

Images on your right you might assume that the Philips Xenium 9@9m looks something like the Sony Ericsson P900 and P910, but in fact it is only two-thirds the size and weight, Philips Xenium 9@9m weighs just 109 grams and is available in 105 V x 50 x 17mm.

The display is the first major compromise it’s a tactile 2.5″ TFT 176×220 pixel rather than the panel 320×240 pixels on most signs of the competition. The P900 and P910 increased 2.8″ panels and the Nokia N95 has a 2.6″ so that the screen Philips Xenium 9@9 m is a little lower, but not exactly tiny.

Although it looks like a PDA-type smartphone, the Philips Xenium 9@9m is a fairly simple device with a set of functions for managing personal information that are comparable to most other standard phones, but with the convenience of a stylus. The Philips Xenium 9@9m supports Java, but it is not Symbian or Windows device impressive despite its appearance.

The Philips Xenium 9@9m a player capable of playing MP3 files and AMR, with a 2 megapixel camera with flash on the back. 70MB of internal memory and is expandable using this miniSD cards. There is a web browser and e-mail client as well.

The stylus can also be used for handwriting recognition Philips Xenium 9@9m recognizes Chinese (simplified and traditional) and Latin (ie European). The user interface can be used in English, Chinese, Thai, Indonesian and Vietnamese characters (although Thai script is not supported by the system handwriting recognition).

Connectivity is tri-band GSM (900/1800/1900 MHz) and GPRS. The Xenium 9@9m does not support 3G, EDGE data, or WiFi. It is also hampered by a slightly slower USB 1.1 connection, although Philips Xenium 9@9m have good compatibility Buetooth.

Remember what we said earlier about compromise? Yes, the Philips Xenium 9@9m trims the list of functions quite a bit, but the rise of this phenomenon is that the Philips Xenium 9@9m has up to 8.5 hours for a duration of 30 days staggering In standby mode, which means that you are not concerned about continually recharge the phone (an issue that owners recognize P990i).

The Philips Xenium 9@9m may not be for you. But it is easy to see that this combination of features will be attractive for many clients.

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