Samsung sneaks out snazzy 3G iPhone rival... the Omnia.

Richdog · 9 Jun 2008 at 15:17

I saw this and thought it worthy of some serious postage... http://www.reghardware.co.uk/2008/06/09/samsung_launches_omnia/

Samsung sneaks out snazzy 3G iPhone rival

In a bid to steal some of the anticipated 3G iPhone's glory - Apple's expected to announce it today - Samsung has launched Ominia, its Windows Mobile 6.1-based touchscreen handset.

Samsung's Omnia: 3G iPhone rival

Based around a 3.2in, 240 x 400 display, the Omnia also packs in GPS, and FM radio, A2DP wireless stereo, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi and a choice of either 8GB or 16GB on-board storage. Users can up that capacity with Micro SDHC cards.
The handset uses increasingly popular haptic feedback technology to help users interract with the flat touchscreen more efficiently, Samsung said.

Full-feature 5Mp camera on the back

On the back is a five-megapixel camera with image stabilisation, autofocus, and photography flavours of the month face and smile detection.
Omnia - aka the SGH-i900 - has quad-band GSM/GPRS/Edge connectivity plus 3G HSDPA for data downloads of up to 7.2Mb/s.
Samsung first demo'd the Omnia at a European trade fair back in April.

The handset was launched this morning in Korea. As yet, there's no word on exactly when Samsung will bring its little beauty to the West.
The company did say that Omnia will ship initially in South-East Asia during Q3, with a global roll-out to follow.

Looks very very nice imo and has some great specs... I think I spy a xenon flash too on the back? The battery will also be removeable... a huge advantage ovber the iPhone imo! No word on if it has video recording though...

Interesting.

VIDEO HERE! http://www.pocket-lint.co.uk/news/news.phtml/15235/16259/samsung-omnia-i900-mobile-phone.phtml

INTERFACE VIDEO HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXPP1Cqchr8

WEB BROWSER DEMO HERE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qEtgKXzbyII

Looks damn sweet, VERRYYYY damn sweet!

semi-pro waster · 9 Jun 2008 at 15:37

I like the looks and it seems to have all the features I'd want, hopefully it is as light and slim as it looks. If so I think that might just have to be my next phone.

Richdog · 9 Jun 2008 at 15:50

Agreed looks awesome... not sure if it has a 3.5mm headphone jack though...

iMacMart · 9 Jun 2008 at 17:11

Bet it will cost a bomb without a contract though...

I like the look of it though

bam0 · 9 Jun 2008 at 17:13

Looks nice but without a decent reskinning job on windows mobile (aka TouchFLO or similar) I can see it being a real pain to use some of it's features. Definitely something to consider against the iPhone though.

Yas786 · 9 Jun 2008 at 18:58

Hmmm its a Samsung so wouldnt touch it with a bargepole...looks like a copycat iphone wannabe tbqh.

HarryPainful · 9 Jun 2008 at 19:12

That would be spot on if it had GPS.

R.O.S.S.I · 9 Jun 2008 at 19:36

Spawn said:
Hmmm its a Samsung so wouldnt touch it with a bargepole...looks like a copycat iphone wannabe tbqh.

Well it is meant to be a main competitor to it so you would expect it to look similar and share a lot of the same features etc.

R.O.S.S.I · 9 Jun 2008 at 19:37

HarryPainful said:
That would be spot on if it had GPS.

It does.

Based around a 3.2in, 240 x 400 display, the Omnia also packs in GPS, and FM radio, A2DP wireless stereo, Bluetooth 2.0, Wi-Fi and a choice of either 8GB or 16GB on-board storage. Users can up that capacity with Micro SDHC cards.

carlazai · 9 Jun 2008 at 21:19

Why are phones like buses........ been after a new phone and along come 2 great looking phones

Richdog · 9 Jun 2008 at 21:21

Its odd why Samsung didn't go for the same res as the iPhone really... a bit extra wouldn't have done any harm... but I shouldn't think it will hurt browsing and movie viewing too much. May help battery life too.

Richiev4 · 9 Jun 2008 at 21:25

That's nice, may have to replace my XDA Orbit

aj_4176 · 9 Jun 2008 at 22:11

Another video Here. Releasing in August.

Richdog · 9 Jun 2008 at 22:12

That's obviously the same video as in the OP...

aj_4176 · 9 Jun 2008 at 22:39

Oh crap it wouldn't load for me so i thought it must have been a different one.

HarryPainful · 9 Jun 2008 at 23:56

CDj-Rossi said:
It does.

Quality!!

I'm getting one

Kearney_1988 · 10 Jun 2008 at 14:42

hmmmm this or the xperia i cant choose

Stellios · 10 Jun 2008 at 15:01

Have they already done soemthing like this before? A lad I know has a mobile that pretty much is that phone, samsung touchscreen. Identical in looks and everything.

sparkey196 · 10 Jun 2008 at 15:26

Window Mobile. The end.

Richdog · 10 Jun 2008 at 15:46

Stellios said:
Have they already done soemthing like this before? A lad I know has a mobile that pretty much is that phone, samsung touchscreen. Identical in looks and everything.

Hmm... what model? Don't think they've done one like that before...