There are no doubts Samsung Omnia II is a capable device. And while you still may wait to “push the trigger” and grab it from your local carrier, here are some screenshots that will help you make the decision. As you’re about to see, Samsung did a good job hiding Windows Mobile behind its sexy…
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Samsung Omnia 2 i8000 coming to 20 new markets, China and Australia included
Samsung is gearing toward launching its flagship Windows phone, Omnia 2, to more markets. After making it available in countries like Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam (in July), the all-touchscreen phone is heading to 20 more countries — including Australia, China, the UAE, Netherlands and Turkey. Those not familiar should know the Omnia 2 comes…
First stable version of OmniaHD DevPack is out!
After several beta versions, Samsung Mobile Innovator portal released the first stable version of the DevPack for the Samsung i8910 aka OmniaHD! The Korean company’s first device specific SDK is packed with all the tools and documentation developers need to make apps for Samsung’s flagship Symbian device. Among the DevPack features, we highlight: Custom APIs…
August 23rd is a big day for Best Buy Mobile; Samsung Omnia 2, LG Chocolate Touch and other phones go on sale!
August 23rd, roughly two weeks from now, Best Buy Mobile will start selling a slew of cool phones (and some which are not that cool, honestly). Here’s what we caught thanks to always highly-informed Boy Genius: Samsung Gravity 2 (berry) – T-Mobile Samsung Solstice – AT&T LG Xenon (red) – AT&T Global AirCard (G2) –…
Monotype Imaging FlipFont now supports N97, 5800, and Omnia HD
Monotype Imaging Holdings has enhanced its FlipFont™ mobile font download solution to support the Nokia 5800 and N97, and also the Samsung Omnia HD i8910. The three touchscreen phones, in addition to the Nokia E52, E63 and E65-NG models, bring the total number of FlipFont supported handset brands to 52. Additionally, 10 mobile-optimized fonts have…
DataViz’s Exchange ActiveSync client RoadSync comes pre-installed on Samsung OmniaHD
DataViz has announced that its Microsoft Exchange ActiveSync client, RoadSync, is included on the new Samsung I8910 HD aka OmniaHD — allowing “secure, wireless and direct push synchronization” of corporate e-mail, calendar, contacts and tasks with Microsoft Exchange Server. The same press release talks about the updated version (4.004) of RoadSync which is additionally optimized…
Version of Samsung Omnia II for Latin America passes the FCC, we ask why; UPDATE: U.S. version is cleared, too!
FCC has cleared the Samsung Omnia II for the U.S. market. The FCC docs talk about the device with WCDMA bands II and V, and that’s cool since those bands are required for use in North America. But wait a tick, the certification label says it’s i8000L, and considering the label is written on Spanish,…
GPS on Verizon’s Samsung Omnia is now free as a bird!
Don’t you just hate the carriers when they block a feature on your phone? I do, and I personally disliked Verizon Wireless for locking GPS on the Samsung Omnia. After all, it’s a super capable device running Windows Mobile, allowing users to install a number of applications. Verizon has finally realized that it was a…
Samsung Omnia 2 Caught on Video
Brought to you by the same guys who crammed the Sense UI onto the HTC Dream is a video overview of the upcoming Samsung Jet Omnia 2 (I8000). We get a good look at TouchWiz 2.0 running on Windows Mobile 6.1 (though it’ll ship with 6.5), and the new cube interface. The I8000, unveiled only…
Samsung Omnia Retrofitted with Android
Not that you’re hurting for a Samsung device running Android these days, but some clever hackers have shoehorned Google’s mobile OS into an Omnia i900. Before you get too excited, this is still very much in developement, and experiencing all sorts of touch glitches and missing hardware functionality. Still, a boot-up is progress, and if…