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Samsung Omnia II’s Windows Mobile 6.5.3 coming in May

Categories: Devices, Samsung, Windows Phone
By: , IntoMobile
Thursday, April 22nd, 2010 at 3:50 AM

Samsung Sweden has confirmed that a free firmware upgrade is coming for the Omnia II users. The update will bring the latest version of Microsoft’s mobile OS (6.5.3) along with several other improvements. Most notable change will tackle Omnia’s touchscreen, making touch response much faster and intuitive. In addition, they talk about improved UI, which I’m guessing will look more like the Wave (TouchWIZ 3.0).

As for the dates, a new firmware is set to be released in the latter half of May. Soon afterwards, the Korean giant will ship all Omnia II devices with Windows Mobile 6.5.3 pre-installed.

In a conclusion I’ll add that it’s good to see Omnia II isn’t taking the same road as the I7500 Galaxy, which as you may know, has been totally forgotten by Samsung, prompting users’ rage on our site. Hopefully, the company’s Android team will rethink that decision to keep their Galaxy buyers happy, as well. ;)

[Via: SamsungHub]

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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.

  • roiji

    i do hope this update fixes many things in the omnia ii. my phone became really slow after 3 months of use.

    and i hope that the update is made available on all location at the same time. I had to tweak the software just to get the 6.5 update.. and now the tweak is not working so i couldn’t update/reformat…

  • vincent

    Is there a way to update to Samsung Omnia II’s Windows Mobile 6.5.3 like ourselves at home just like nokia?

  • vincent

    Update means outdated after reformating. Probably Samsung can assist to provide self-update easily to customers….

    REFORMAT = OUTDATED

  • Theo Door

    Hello, does anyone know which version of Opera will be included in the update?
    I need to keep the current 9.7 version and I dislike version 10.

    Thank you.

  • johny

    so how the bleep do we get this upgrade?

  • tom

    did the 6.5.3 update improve the phone for you roiji? if yes, how did it improve? which areas have you noticed increased performance?