Philips 598 woos the ladies

I suppose virtually every cellphone these days must come with at least MP3 playback, lest your MIDI ringtone be mocked at during a social function amidst a sea of MP3 ringtones. Philips has shown its sensitivity towards such a subject by offering the Philips 598 cellphone that targets females with an array of women-only functions such as a diary and calendar, a shopping list, a discounts manager, body weight index, and basal metabloic rate measurement. What you get with this triband GSM handset consists of a 1.8″ 262k color TFT display, a 1.3 megapixel camera, MP3 playback, a microSD slot, 128MB of internal memory, and JAVA support. I must admit – the Philips 598 looks more like a MP3 player than cellphone.