The Xenium lineup from Philips always has been known for its exceptional battery life, and the latest Xenium X600 doesn’t disappoint, with its amazing 2 month standby time. It can also manage up to 16 hours of talk time, which should be enough to toast your ear if you plan on talking on the phone till it runs out of juice.

It’s only politically correct to announce that HTC has shipped almost 1 million Touch Diamond cell phones since May. After all we did announce Apple’s 1 million mark. That means that sometime soon this month the Diamond will actually sell 1 million units.

The bracelet in the picture is a smart gadget that will vibrate when your phone is ringing. How is that possible? Really simple actually. There’s some Bluetooth involved in the whole process and a small motor inside. When is that useful? At any time you don’t want your cell phone ringtone to be heard and you want to answer all incoming calls.

This phone should be able to satisfy users who are addicted to texting, as Telus is billing the LG KEYBO as “the ultimate messaging phone”. With its QWERTY keyboard for easy typing, it’s easy to see why Telus dares to call it that.

Well here we are talking about iPhones and Omnias and all sorts of Motorola when this Mapple Phone slides in. It’s a totally eco-friendly concept right here. The phone is made out of thin wooden film which has backlighting and touch sensitive buttons. It was time someone built something like this.

CNet Asia has some sweet info on the Samsung Omnia SGH-i900 windows mobile smartphone. New Samsung Omnia in white color will be released in Singapore this week. The changes is only applied to back cover though, the front panel still remain the same color and design.

BGR has got the first spy picture of the unannounced Motorola Alexander, a smartphone running Windows Mobile OS. To be announced in October and available in Q4 this year, the Alexander will feature a dedicated NVIDIA graphic processor to handle 3D graphics. Expect to see the built in wireless, HSDPA, aGPS module in it.