The Samsung Omnia’s biggest selling point is its touch screen - it’s huge, very responsive, and looks very sharp. Also worth noting are its 8GB internal memory (expandable to 24GB with a 16GB microSD card!), great battery life, GPS built right in, and a 5MP auto-focus camera (with LED flash).
More information on the Samsung Omnia including reviews and pictures!
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Surprise, surprise! CNET’s Bonnia Cha has recommended the Samsung Omnia (on Verizon Wireless) over the new and much anticipated BlackBerry Storm. Cha says she prefers the Omnia because its operating system is a bit quicker to respond:
Though slightly more expensive, Verizon customers looking for a touch-screen smartphone will get a better user experience and faster performance from the Samsung Omnia than the RIM BlackBerry Storm.
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Spb Wireless Monitor is a complete solution for measuring data traffic via all types of connections and calculating network usage costs according to your data plan. Spb developers are proud to announce that Spb GPRS Monitor is shipped in Samsung WiTu - a version of Samsung i900 (globally known as Omnia), specially customized for the Russian market.
Read the official press release here: Spb GPRS Monitor shipped by Samsung
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First user manuals and full spec sheets, now official press releases - Verizon Wireless‘ Samsung Omnia is getting a lot of time in the spotlight this week!
I know plenty of you were less-than-impressed with the news of a new version of Internet Explorer Mobile (6), but it’s worth reporting that as per ZDNet’s announcement, it looks like China will be the first to put Mobile IE 6 onto a Windows Mobile device. Specifically, it will be the Chinese version of the Samsung Omnia to take the first hit get the first native install. Who’s next?
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In case you had any doubts (I know I didn’t) - the Samsung Omnia will be officially coming to Verizon Wireless.
Alright Verizon Wireless customers, put down the new BlackBerry Storm and hear me out, okay? And, while the real specs are still a mystery, we’re still talking about a 5MP camera/camcorder, full HTML browsing, and an expansive touchscreen.
While the Verizon page is linked to by Samsung’s website, the Verizon page itself doesn’t exist… yet. But it will. Oh yes, it will.
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…then you should check out BeMario!
The program works with the Samsung Omnia and HTC Touch Diamond GSensor to set off the “Jump” or “Coin” 8-bit Mario game sounds when you jump in real life.
The file includes the theme song to Super Mario Bros too so you can set it as your ringtone!
Download this application right here!
Check out the screen shots here!
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The folks at pocketnow have just posted a video of their unboxing of the new and awesome LG Incite.
The LG Incite, as mentioned before, packs a 3″, wide QVGA resolution screen, an accelerometer for automatic screen rotation, and of course, HSDPA, FM Radio, WiFi, aGPS, Bluetooth 2.0, and all that. Strangely enough, like the HTC Touch HD, the Incite has no D-Pad, but a scrolling wheel on the side. I’m not sure how I feel about that, personally, but the folks at pocketnow find it to be a welcome addition.
What do you thinK? Will the LG Incite stand up against some of the other new and fancy devices like the Fuze (HTC Touch Pro) or the Samsung Omnia?
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The Samsung Omnia has received some upgrades for its journey to Korea to be sold under SK Telekom. The upgrades include a 3.3-inch 480 x 800 WVGA touchscreen, as well as support for Satellite DMB for mobile TV. The phone will keep some of its original specs such as being available in 4GB and 16GB models, both with expandable memory via microSD card slots.
Also part of the move to Korea, the Omnia will be renamed the T*Omnia. I’m not sure why the name change but there is clearly some Korean marketing at work.
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The Samsung Omnia has finally been announced for Japan - months after the device first launched in Europe. The Japanese version of the handset, however, appears to pack a bit more of a punch than the European version. The “SoftBank 930SC Omnia” has a 3.3 inch TFT touchscreen display and supports a resolution of a whopping 800 x 480 pixels, compared to the 3.2 inch/240×400 pixel display of its European counterpart. The Japanese version of the Omnia also has a cool built-in 1-Seg TV tuner and comes in a choice of colours: black, white, and red.
No word on pricing yet but it looks like SoftBank will begin offering this device starting in November.
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RSSWhile I agree that WinMo has been dragging its feet, it has been due to the fact that an outside influence needed to catalyze the marketplace into recognizing many of these unfulfilled needs. However, this catalyst emerged over a year and a half ago in the form of the iPhone announcement. MS is not driving the technology forward, quite the reverse, consumer demand is trickling up to manufacturers who in turn request updates. MS has been a great dampener to progress. However, because the other options have been so much worse, it has been able to stay ahead, until now. With Android in the market place, open-source hounds can be appeased at the same time as technology sophomores are given easy access to a soon-to-be sleek app store. The technology inept can certainly go the Apple route, where all the choices are made for the consumer already. The app store: I don’t really favor it for myself, but I am heartily in support of what it represents. It means easier access to apps for novice users. That means better apps available for everyone. Cloud-computing: That’s why I use SkyFire. Other apps SHOULD be doing this, but few are. The OS could be too. Mostly this is not happening because MS hasn’t encouraged it. The touchscreen: I have an extreme loathing of everything Apple. However, the iPhone has a couple of key characteristics that I hope to see in the marketplace as a whole. Touch is good, multi touch is better; the gestures like pinch and spread make sense intuitively. As a result, the browser and photo viewer have a tremendous advantage when compared to these functions on other devices. MS doesn’t really have any functions that are designed for finger access. Everything is designed around the stylus, though a fingernail will do most of the time. The bottom line is that I have no love lost for MS, and would jump ship to a better option in a heartbeat. Right now there isn’t one, but soon? Perhaps.
Hi Andrew - thanks for reading! Where do I start... hrmm. The Storm, like all BlackBerrys, is a business oriented phone. It is not really about bells and whistles - though it has some - but more about efficiency. If you are a business professional that needs to stay in regular communication with work, then this is the phone for you. But from the sounds of it the Omnia is exactly what you're looking for: The Omnia has an amazing camera on it 5MP auto focus with face detection, panorama shot, and video recording (with editor). The Storm only has a 3.2 MP camera. The Omnia has 16GB of internal memory (that's 23 DVD quality films, 8000 MP3 songs, 12,000 5MP pictures) - versus the Storm's 1GB of internal memory. The Omnia has a huge range of mobile browsers to choose from such as Skyfire, Iris, Opera, and a handful of others. The Storm only has Opera Mini and its proprietary BlackBerry browser. The bonus in having these available browsers (Omnia) is that they allow you to view Flash which is something that BlackBerry can't do yet. And finally, I would have to say a big selling point would be software availability. You can download almost anything for a Windows Mobile phone - games, software apps, IM's - where the Storm is definitely more limited. You can do almost anything you can do on your desktop PC with a Windows Mobile phone. I hope this helps, Andrew!
I'm game. However, I wouldn't be too surprised either if it runs like a dog if it has to run on TOP of WM. One thing that's amazed me with the Android build for the Sprint/Verizon Touch has been how amazingly fast it is. I oritinally thought it was running on top of WM, but apparently it shuts WM down before launching so it doesn't suffer from having to share resources. It really is amazing/disheartening to see how much faster Android seems to run on the device.
hey im in a kind of a bind between these phone i like the new backberry but am really pulling towards the omnia is there anything u can tell me that would make my decision easier on me cause im looking for the best phone that i will enjoy for a longperiod of time (camera and internet are a plus)
any body could give me more details on this? I tried doing it, deleted the file and when I went back to internet sharing, a new option was there. I could pick phone as a modem or sprint. The PC connection has to be done through bluetooth PAN right? any aditional steps I need to take? any tips? thanks in advance!