A Bluetooth link (via a special Bluetooth battery) allows communication between the phone and other Bluetooth-enabled devices within a 10 meter range, such as headsets, computer or PDA devices.


Focus on easy operation
Like all Philips mobile phones, Xenium 9660 offers an outstanding set of convenience features, making it easy to access its advanced performance and features. Philips’ award-winning carousel-based user interface uses smart icons to visually express functions and features of the phone on the 5-line full graphic display. This user interface concept gives users much easier navigation of the phone’s features than a conventional, vertically scrolling text menu with no visual content. Applications and functions can be identified at a glance, and locating specific features is made much simpler by the easily recognizable smart icons.

Operation is further simplified by Philips’ latest Voice Command and Voice Dial capabilities. These enable voice-controlled access to the phone’s menus, with the ability to place calls to numbers stored in memory, and to select functions like mobile Internet access, simply by speaking the name of the person to be dialed or the desired function. Voice Command and Voice Dial further underline Philips’ leadership position in the application of voice operation technology, used to make operation both easier and safer. Xenium 9660 also has a Voice Memo function which allows spoken messages of up to 20 seconds to be recorded.

Sharing calls with others is made easy by Xenium 9660’s built-in handsfree function. When this function is selected the phone can be placed on a table so that friends and colleagues can join in the conversation. This useful function allows calls to be managed at work, while using a PC, without the need to hold the phone constantly.

Further enhanced SMS messaging
A number of valuable features incorporated in Xenium 9660 take SMS text messaging an important step further in both ease of use and functionality. Text entry for creating SMS messages and accessing the Internet is greatly simplified by Xenium 9660’s built-in T9 text input software. This allows text to be entered quickly and conveniently, allowing users to compose their text messages with just one key press per letter instead of the conventional ‘multi-tap’ procedure. A choice of 10 predefined messages makes writing even faster and easier. SMS functionality is further increased by the ability to send longer messages with Xenium 9660, by joining together up to 5 short text messages.

Text messages can be enhanced with Philips’ exclusive 50 SMS ‘emotion icons’, which add an extra visual dimension to users’ messages. These icons are received by other owners of compatible Philips mobile phones as expressive images conveying a range of easily recognizable emotions. It is even possible to attach a melody to an SMS message, which is played when the message is read by the recipient, if receiving it on a Philips compatible phone.

Strong entertainment element
Next to its advanced communication facilities, Xenium 9660 also offers consumers a choice of attractive extra functions to make using their mobile phone an entertaining experience. For example the built-in melody editor allows users to create and store up to five of their own, personal ringer melodies. Additional ringer melodies, together with a selection of entertaining games, can be downloaded over the air from the Philips or operators’ websites. Further possibilities for users to personalize the Xenium 9660 include an equalizer to optimize sound reproduction quality.

Valuable organizer functions
Adding an extra dimension to the standard phonebook function, Xenium 9660 has a smart phonebook. For each of up to 300 stored names, a range of additional information can be stored including first names, 5 phone numbers, an e-mail address and a note. The personal organizer agenda function allows planned meetings and other important information to be stored and retrieved conveniently, with an alarm function to provide a reminder if required.


Xenium 9660 has an elegant, professional design with an electro-luminescent blue backlit display, and is finished in a choice of colours.