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Verizon Wireless Announces The Availability Of The Samsung Omnia II

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 24 Nov 2009 02:42:43 +0000

Available from December 2nd next month, the Samsung Omnia II in CDMA version will be offered by Verizon Wireless with a price of $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate and two-year service agreement. The CDMA version does not have much differences except some button design change. It also comes with a 3.7-inch WVGA touch screen, WiFi, Bluetooth and TouchWiz UI.

Key features:

* 3.7-inch ultra-brilliant touch screen
o Widescreen WVGA AMOLED (Wide Video Graphics Array Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) responsive touch screen results in one of the brightest and clearest displays on a mobile phone in the United States
* Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype technology allows customers to input text faster and easier with one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard
* Features Windows Mobile 6.5, which keeps customers connected with corporate and personal e-mail and synchronization of schedules and contacts
* Microsoft Office Mobile® enhances productivity with the ability to manage Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® documents
* Enhanced 3D cube user interface
* Full HTML Web browsing capabilities with Opera 9.5 enhanced browser
* One-touch access to social networking sites via shortcut widgets
* Supports Verizon Wireless services, including V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video on Demand, V CAST Song ID, Visual Voice Mail, VZW Tones, VZ Navigator(SM), Mobile IM and Mobile Email

Additional specifications:

* Full messaging suite, including SMS, MMS, Mobile IM, Mobile Email and Corporate Email
* Access to social networking applications, including YouTube™, Facebook® and MySpace, with Samsung’s unique TouchWiz™ 2.0 user interface
* 5.0 megapixel camera with flash and auto-focus and camcorder and decoder with DNSe technology and on-device editing capabilities
* Wi-Fi technology (802.11 b/g)
* Support for Divx and Xvid movie files
* 8 GB internal memory and expandable memory of up to 16 GB with microSD™ memory card (card sold separately)
* Bluetooth® profiles supported: headset (mono and stereo), hands-free (car kits), object push for vCard, basic imaging, phonebook access profiles. Also supports serial port, dial-up networking, object push for vCalendar, file transfer, basic printing and human interface device profiles

CDMA Samsung Omnia2 Launching in US by Verizon Wireless

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:09:03 +0000

Already available in GSM version, the Samsung Omnia2 will be launching soon and offered by Verizon Wireless with its CDMA network. The Samsung Omnia2 is the first Windows Phone with AMOLED full touch screen, although its color output is still limited by Windows Mobile at 64k colors. If you want to get notified when it is released, you can now sign up for an email notification here on Samsung USA website. The promo page is not revealing an actual Omnia2 image, which might be a different color scheme or design changes for the CDMA Omnia2.

[via slashgear]

Samsung Confirmed Omnia2 and i8910 HD Pricing and Release Date for Singapore Mobile Users

Kim Poh Liaw — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 06:43:46 +0000

Powered by Windows Mobile (Omnia II) and Symbian OS (i8910 HD), Samsung today announced its release plan in Singapore for both smartphones. Just announced last month, the Samsung Omnia2 will be available from this weekend (18-July) at a recommended retail price of S$898 (615 USD) without contract. The Windows phone is using the Windows Mobile 6.1 professional edition and can be upgraded to Windows Mobile 6.5 later. As for the Samsung i8910 HD, it is not carrying Omnia branding and will be available from 1 August at a recommended retail price of S$1,098 (750 USD) without contract.

First unveiled at Mobile World Congress as the first Symbian full-touch handset to be released by Samsung Electronics, the Samsung i8910 is offering a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, 8 megapixel camera and supports HSUPA 5.76Mbps and HSDPA 7.2Mbps. The Active Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode (AMOLED) touch screen offers unrivalled sharpness of tone, vivid colours and efficiency in power consumption.

Samsung i8910 Specifications:

Network: HSUPA 5.76Mbps / HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
EDGE/GPRS Class 12 Quad Band (850/900/1800/1900)
UMTS Tri Band (900/1900/2100MHz)
Symbian S60 5.0 (Full touch UI)
Display: 3.7″ 16M Full Touch QHD AMOLED (360×640)
8 Megapixel CMOS + CIF
Camera Auto-Focus / Power LED Flash / Face Detection/Smile Shot / Blink Shot / Panorama Shot
DivX / XviD / H.263 / H.264 / WMV / MPEG4, RV
24fps@HD(1280 x 720p) Video recording
DLNA & HD TV out (Video DLNA dongle needed)
Video Editing: Trim video, Audio dubbing, Live dubbing, Add subtitle, Image capture
FM Radio with RDS
MP3/ AAC / AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA / RA
Dual Stereo Speaker & DNSe 2.0
GPS, Proximity, Light Sensor, Compass, Accelerometer
Advanced TouchWiz UI with WidgetMobile Widget, Share Pix, Document Viewer, E-Dictionary, Biz Card Recognition, Podcasting, 3D Games, Application Download, Push Email (MS Exchange),Realtime video uploading, Smart Search
Bluetooth v2.0 / USB 2.0 / Wi-Fi
Memory: 8GB / 16GB Flash + External Memory slot : microSDH (up to 32GB)
Size: 123 x 58 x 12.9
Battery: 1500 mAh

The Omnia II features Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and a large 3.7-inch AMOLED display with WVGA resolution. TouchWiz 2.0 User Interface and 3D effects make enjoying multimedia and multi tasking convenient and fun. Advanced R Touch (Resistive Touch) enables faster, more accurate touch response. Multimedia features include DVD-like (480p) video recording/playback, internet browsing and interactive 3D games. Users can download content quickly to the Omnia II’s HSUPA 5.76Mbps, HSDPA 7.2Mbps and Wi-Fi capabilities. Up to 48GB lets users store more of their favorite content.

Network: HSDPA 7.2Mbps / HSUPA 5.76Mbps
EDGE/GPRS 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900MHz, UMTS 900 / 1900 / 2100MHz
Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
65K (effective) WVGA AMOLED Display (3.7’, 480 x 800)
Advanced R-type Touch Screen Camera
5 Megapixel CMOS / Auto-Focus / Dual Power LED / Face Detection / Smile Shot / Mobile Blogging / Geo Tagging / Photo Editor
Video Format Support (DivX, XviD, H.263, H.264, WMV9, MPEG4)
Video Recording & Playing (30fps @ D1(720×480))
Video Editing (Trim video, Audio dubbing, Live dubbing, Add subtitle)
Audio Format Support (MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA)
Bluetooth® Stereo Headset (A2DP)
FM Radio with RDS / 3.5mm earjack
A-GPS with Navigation (3D Map) / LBS
TouchWiz 2.0 UI with Mobile Widget / 3D Media Gate
Multi-task manager / 3D Interactive Games Connectivity
Bluetooth® v 2.0 / USB 2.0 / Wi-Fi Memory
Internal Memory : 8GB
External Memory : microSDHC (up to 32GB)
Size: 118 x 60 x 11.9mm
Battery: 1440mAh
Talk time : Up to 10 hours (2.5G), 6.5 hours (3G)
Standby time : Up to 600 hours (2.5G), 470 hours (3.G)

Rumor: Samsung Omnia2 Features 3D Cube UI

Kim Poh Liaw — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 05:30:58 +0000

Right after the leaked of the Samsung GT-i8000 , or called Samsung Omnia2, a video on YouTube has revealed a new 3D cube user interface add-on to the TouchWiz UI. It is not sure that if it will integrate with the TouchWiz UI or just a standalone UI, the 3D cube will give you the access to multimedia, web, picture and program shortcut page easily. Check out the video here!

Click here to view the embedded video.

[via phonearena / mobilport]

Rumor: Next Samsung Omnia Called Samsung i8000?

Kim Poh Liaw — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 18:12:54 +0000

With the previous Samsung i8910 Omnia HD running Symbian OS, the original Samsung Omnia is said to have a successor called Samsung i8000 or Samsung Omnia2. The new Samsung i8000 does have impressive features. It gets a 8.1 megapixel camera, dual flash LED, 30fps VGA video recording, 3.7-inch AMOLED touch screen and WVGA screen resolution. The user interface will not get a fresh design. It will still come with the TouchWiz UI, with probably more widgets at the sidebar.

The source at mobil.it mentioned that the AMOLED touch screen will support 16 million colors, though it is known that Windows Mobile can only do 65k colors? The next Samsung press event is coming up on June 15th, that should be the possible official announcement date for this i8000.

[via gsmarena]