Philippine Cell Phones

The Samsung i8000 Omnia II with Windows Mobile 6.1 architecture and TouchWiz 2.0 UI -  A mobile smartphone encased in a 3.7 inch Display packing a 64K-color AMOLED (Active-Matrix Organic Light Emitting Diode) WQVGA touchscreen at 480 x 800 pixels. On top of that the Omnia II also sports 3G, HSDPA/HSUPA 7.2/5.76 Mbps, WiFi and a 5 megapixel camera with video capture and comes in 2GB, 8GB and 16GB Internal storage versions.

From initial feedback obtained thus far, its been suggested the Samsung has not only improved features and technology, moreover it appears that the manufacturer has gone one step further by redeveloping many of the original Omnia features that made the handset so appealing to commence with. The usual smorgasbord of connectivity options have been included such as WiFI, HSDPA/HSUPA, Bluetooth with A2DP, microUSB and a GPS reciever with A-GPS support, but the real winner and surprise lays within the WinMO operating system that doesn’t even feel like such.

Samsung I8000 Omnia II Specifications:
General
2G Network     GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network     HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
Announced     2009, June
Status             Coming soon. Exp. release 2009, Q3

Size
Dimensions     118 x 59.6 x 11.9 mm
Weight           117 g

Display
Type     AMOLED resistive touchscreen, 16M colors (65K effective)
Size      480 x 800 pixels, 3.7 inches
- TouchWiz 2.0 UI
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate and Motion UI
- Handwriting recognition

Sound
Alert types        Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Speakerphone   Yes
- 3.5 mm audio jack

Memory
Phonebook      Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records    Practically unlimited
Internal           2/8/16 GB storage
Card slot         microSD (TransFlash), up to 32 GB

Data
GPRS     Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
HSCSD   Yes
EDGE     Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G          HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN    Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g
Bluetooth   Yes, v2.0
Infrared port    No
USB     Yes,
microUSB   v2.0

Camera
Primary     5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, Dual Power LED flash
Features    Geo-tagging, face and smile detection, mobile blogging
Video         Yes, 720×480@30fps
Secondary  VGA videocall camera

Features
OS     Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
CPU   800MHz
Messaging   SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, IM
Browser     HTML, Opera Browser v9.5
Radio     No
Games   Yes, 3D interactive games
Colors    Black
GPS        Yes, with A-GPS support, 3D map
Java       Yes, MIDP 2.0
- Photo editor, video editor
- DixX / XviD / MPEG4/ H.263/ H.264/ WMV player
- MP3/ e-AAC+/ WMA / WMDRM / OMA DRM 2.1 player
- Find Music service
- Media Gate 3D

Gadget geeks and tech enthusiasts alike will love all the little new and existing goodies that come with the Omnia 2. For example, take the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS (upgradeable to 6.5 when released) and new TouchWiz 2.0 interface. The UI includes a 3D Cube multimedia feature which allows for auto rotation and motion via the accelerometer sensor.

The Samsung i8000 Omnia II is obviously equipped with a lot more features than we can cover today, but one things for sure, on the surface it’s got the making of a PocketPC that we’re dying to get our hands on!

Telstra, Optus, Vodafone and other leading providers have expressed their interest to stock the WinMO smartphone. At this stage there is no indication of a release date except to say that it’s expected in Q3 2009 at some stage.