Before we get into the details we just want to say a big thanks to SlashPhone for their awesome photo gallery, you can click the link below for the photo gallery. Right the latest news about the Samsung Omnia i900 or also know as Samsung Omnia SGH-i900 will be available in Singapore first this week, Europe will follow next and will be available at the end of July 2008.
The all new touch-screen mobile phone is a very much talked about mobile phone at the moment and many of our readers here have said they prefer this handset over the Apple iPhone 3G, after Singapore and Europe have had the phone China and Taiwan will receive it in August. You will be able to buy it without a mobile contract for around $1098 SGD ($804 USD) for the 16GB version. The Samsung Omnia which apparently means “everything” in Latin and “wish” in Arabic is without a doubt a great competitor for the iPhone 3G and has all the features to make you happy beyond belief.
It comes with Samsung’s TouchWiz user interface which is pre-installed, 3.2-inch WQVGA display screen which you can sweep, tap and will let you drag and drop, the whole feel of the screen is amazing and does not lag at all meaning it is very responsive indeed, it takes around 1MB of the memory to keep it running. It has a built-in sensor where the Samsung’s Omnia will switch from portrait mode to landscape mode when you turn the phone, it is ultra slim with a size of only 112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm and weighs only 127 grams and comes jam packed with many features such as support of HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, EDGE, GSM Quadband, GPS, WiFi, Bluetooth and FM Radio. You also get a built in 16GB/8GB flash memory. It will take you a while to fill it up even with a 5 megapixel camera on board. The Omnia accepts up to 16GB of microSDHC memory card, which boost up the total file storage space to 32GB maximum.
Samsung Omnia (i900) Specifications
– HSDPA (up to 7.2Mbps) / 3G (2100MHz) / EDGE/ GPRS Class 12 / GSM (900/1800/1900MHz)
– 5 Megapixel Camera with Auto-Focus & Power LED flash. Also comes with face and smile detection, Wide Dynamic Range optimisation and geo-tagging
– 2nd VGA Camera for video telephony
– 65K TFT WQVGA (240×400); 16:9 format
– Multi-Format Music Support (MP3,AAC,AAC+,RM,WMA)
– Background Music Play
– FM Radio
– Light Sensor / Motion Sensor with automatic screen rotation and etiquette pause
– Digital Photo Frame
– Video Recording (MPEG4, up to 640 x 480 / 3gp)
– Video Playback (DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV)
– Video Editor / TV Out function
– Bluetooth v2.0 EDR / USB 2.0 / WiFi 802.11 b/g
– Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
– E-mail ( POP3, IMAP4, SMTP, MS PUSH Mail)
– Windows Live with Windows Mobile Messenger
– Offline Mode / Hands-free Speaker
– Internet Explorer 5 (WEB) / Opera Browser (WAP)
– Full Touch Screen
– Optical Joystick
– RSS Reader / Podcast Manager
– Office Mobile / Internet Sharing
– Java MIDP 2.0
– Marvell PXA312, 624 MHz CPU
– RAM 128MB, ROM 256MB
– Support up to 1000 USIM contacts
– Storage Memory 16GB or 8GB built-in Flash memory; MicroSD expansion slot tested up to 8GB
– Size: 112 x 56.9 x 12.5mm / 122g
– Phone battery capacity: 1440mAh
– Talk Time: 5.8 hours (2G), 4 hours (3G)
– Standby Time: 500 hours (2G), 400 hours (3G)
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