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Samsung i900 Omnia announced; Ready to compete head to head with iPhone, HTC Diamond, others

By: , IntoMobile
Monday, June 9th, 2008 at 1:58 AM

Samsung i900 OmniaSamsung has officially announced its real iPhone killin’ device. Instinct is just not smart enough to compete with Apple’s handset, but the 12.5mm-thick i900 certainly is. Let’s quickly go through specs, shall we:

  • Network: quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE + HSDPA 7.2Mbps
  • Wireless: stereo Bluetooth (A2DP), WiFi
  • Display: 3.2-inch WQVGA (240×400 pixels) touchscreen
  • Camera: 5 megapixels with auto-focus, featuring face and smile detection as well as auto-panorama shots
  • OS/UI: Windows Mobile 6.1 with Samsung’s widget-friendly TouchWiz user interface running on top of it
  • CPU: Marvell 624MHz (*update*)
  • Other: built-in GPS, accelerometer for auto-rotation, optical mouse
  • Two models will be sold: 8GB and 16GB, that can further be expanded with microSD memory cards
  • Availability: from June 2008, Europe – July 2008

And that’s it! Boy do we want one. The only problem I see is that WQVGA screen which may find hard time competing with the Diamond’s VGA and/or XPERIA’s WVGA, though, that’s not actually a problem.

Finally, those of you attending the CommunicAsia expo in Singapore from June 17 to 20, will be amongst the first ones to try out Samsung’s new baby. In the meantime, hop over to GSMArena for some real-life shots.

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Dusan Belic

Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.

  • a

    oh my god .

    so nice

    the CPU is 624MHz Marvell

    samsung is the best

  • sam

    I like it, but no one can compete with Apples MultiTouch interface.

    This is a sexy phone but I think I’m going to hopefully stick with the BlackBerry Thunder or the LG Dare.

  • ghime

    It’s going to be harder to select my next mobile.

  • sam

    I know what you mean. I’m due for an update is August with Verizon and they already have the BlackBerry Thunder and the LG Dare as exclusives.

    I’m stuck between this, Thunder, Dare, 3G iPhone and Instinct.

  • Zak

    I’m sorry, Windows Mobile is just so ugly

  • Lee

    looking thru the spec, it does not support video streaming!

  • Robin

    Believe me this is real slow device compared to iPhone. In our test lab we have this cell phone and I personally have iPhone. You can make out the difference. Also your fingers will have no pain when using the touch interface of the iPhone :P

    iPhone Rules!!