Samsung Launches Omnia Smartphone

Samsung Launches Omnia Smartphone

Samsung's i900 Omnia smartphone boasts a 3.2-inch display, up to 16 GB of flash memory, video and music playback, Windows Mobile 6.1...and a passing resemblances to the iPhone.

We suspect Samsung’s announcement today might be a little overshadowed by pending news from Cupertino, but the company has officially taken the wraps off its 1900 Omnia smartphone, a Windows Mobile 6.1-device boasting a 3.2-inch display covering almost its entire front surface, and up to 16 GB of RAM for carting around music, video, documents, and other media.

The i900 Omnia’s display offers a 400 by 240 pixel resolution (meaning it’s got less display than the current iPhone or competitors like the HTC Touch Diamond), but packs a five megapixel video-capable camera to make sure users don’t have any trouble filling out the built-in memory (8 and 16 GB configurations will be available. The quad-band phone will operate on both WCDMA and GMS networks, and supports HSDAP and EDGE connectivity. Users will also be able to via a variety of media formats supported by Windows Media Player, including DivX, XviD, H.263, H.264, and MPEG4.

Samsung is expected to show the phone at the Communicasia trade show in Singapore next week, and begin offering the handset for sale in Europe in July. Pricing and carrier partners have not been announced.

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  1. Micheal at 3:24pm 5th September 2008 THIS ITEMS ARE FOR SALES AND THEY ARE BRAND NEW, UNLOCKED WITH ALL THE COMPLETE ACCESSORIES IN THE ORIGINAL BOX, INTERESTED BUYER SHOULD CONTACT US THROUGH EMAIL AT: PCGREENLTD@HOTMAIL.COM

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    Samsung Omnia (i900) Specifications:

    • HSDPA (up to 7.2Mbps) / 3G (2100MHz) / EDGE/ GPRS Class 12 / GSM (900/1800/1900MHz)
    • 5 Megapixel Camera with Auto-Focus & Power LED flash. Also comes with face and smile detection, Wide Dynamic Range optimisation and geo-tagging
    • 2nd VGA Camera for video telephony
    • 65K TFT WQVGA (240×400); 16:9 format
    • Multi-Format Music Support (MP3,AAC,AAC+,RM,WMA)
    • Background Music Play
    • FM Radio
    • Light Sensor / Motion Sensor with automatic screen rotation and etiquette pause
    • Digital Photo Frame
    • Video Recording (MPEG4, up to 640 x 480 / 3gp)
    • Video Playback (DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV)
    • Video Editor / TV Out function
    • Bluetooth v2.0 EDR / USB 2.0 / WiFi 802.11 b/g
    • Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
    • E-mail ( POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, MS PUSH Mail)
    • Windows Live with Windows Mobile Messenger
    • Offline Mode / Hands-free Speaker
    • Internet Explorer 5 (WEB) / Opera Browser (WAP)
    • Full Touch Screen
    • Optical Joystick
    • RSS Reader / Podcast Manager
    • Office Mobile / Internet Sharing
    • Java MIDP 2.0
    • Marvell PXA312, 624 MHz CPU
    • RAM 128MB, ROM 256MB
    • Support up to 1000 USIM contacts
    • Storage Memory 16GB or 8GB built-in Flash memory; MicroSD expansion slot tested up to 8GB
    • Size: 112 x 56.9 x 12.5mm / 122g
    • Phone battery capacity: 1440mAh
    • Talk Time: 5.8 hours (2G), 4 hours (3G)
    • Standby Time: 500 hours (2G), 400 hours (3G)

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  2. Sam at 7:09pm 11th June 2008 Why cant some cell maker make the phone that has a port in for A/V. it will help to drop off the voice recoder and can help PI to plug button camera to record video. All the cell phones have cameras buit in them.
  3. jeff at 10:57am 9th June 2008 Apple will always sell their # of boxs, but depending on the price of the i900, they could have a little competition. If they can keep pohones for $200 w/contract, they should do fine.
  4. Stanley at 10:40am 9th June 2008 Terrible timing by Samsung, let's announce it on the same day Apple makes their own announcements. I guess they were trying to steal some thunder...
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