Samsung Announces i900 Omnia, Picks a Horrible Day
Look! Look! Apple announced the new iPhone ahead of schedule! Huh? Wait a minute, is that a decent camera? Ok ok, that’s not an iPhone at all. Samsung appears to be doing their best imitation of the dumb kid that used to copy all of your test answers over your shoulder back in elementary school. Remember what happened to that kid when he got caught? Samsung won’t have to stand in any corners but we’ll venture a guess that sales figures well under target will be punishment enough. The handset itself is very solid but it will undoubtedly be overshadowed a bit. Timing, as they say, is everything. Specs:
- 3.2-inch 240 x 400 WQBGA display
- Quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz)
- 7.2Mbps HSDPA (presumably not US), EDGE, WiFi
- Samsung TouchWiz UI over Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
- 5 megapixel CMOS camera with auto-focus, face and smile detection, geotagging and panorama mode
- Integrated accelerometer
- FM Radio
- 8 GB and 16 GB versions
Pricing will be in the $600 - $700 range when the i900 Omnia launches next week, initially in the Asian market. It will then go on sale in Europe next month. The Omnia looks sweet and certainly seems to pack specs to match but two hours from now, all eyes will be elsewhere. Hey, it was fun while it lasted.
Tags: handset, i900, launch, Omnia, Professional, Samsung, Windows Mobile 6.1
I couldn’t find anything on http://samsungomnia about whether it will be released in the USA? I saw Asia in June, Europe in July… will it ever come to America?
Also, Samsung spent $100 million on their Instinct vs. iPhone campaign. All the reviews are pointing to the Instinct being a STELLAR phone that matches up well with the iPhone.
That being said, the Omnia specs kind of blow the Instinct out of the water. So wouldn’t the Omnia inherently blow the Instinct out of the water?
Alright it might be impossible to dominate the iPhone, but I think Samsung’s point in releasing it today is basically saying, “We don’t respond and react to what Apple does. Samsung is a dynamic company putting out our own revolutionary products, and WE are the ones you should be paying attention to.”
Perhaps I’m wrong. Because I’m off to catch some live coverage of WWDC.
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It’s also a horrible day to lose your laptop and end up in the market for a new MacBook.
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According to phonescoop, a model known as the i907 has been fast tracked to the fcc, so that means that at&t will be carrying this phone in their line up possibly with a nice subsidized price and it would be in their best interests to not water down the specs on this puppy although certain people in cupertino might be upset if they pick this phone up but, at&t is a business after all. Hot phone.
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This phone isn’t even a U.S. phone, why are you bypassing the Instinct. It’s kind of known that Sprint doesn’t top you favorites list but don’t deny the phone
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“WQBGA”??? Is this the Boy Genius-version?
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The ATT version already passed the FCC, here is the link.
http://www.cellphonesignal.com/att/3536-new-samsung-i907-3g-coming-at-t.html
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Guess its game over for those that were contemplating btw this and the iphone. with the iphone 3g selling for $199 why buy anything else?
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Honestly who cares about these phones anymore? More and more are flocking to smartphones that can be extended by way of 3rd party software. Phones like this are static … what is on there is what is on there. What kind of crap is that?
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nevermind I was looking at this like it was one of the other touchscreen dumbphones like the voyager. LOL. It runs Windows Mobile … sorry.
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After seeing the iphone and the process on turning on the phone, this phone is looking pretty right now if ATT leaves the same specs on it.
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Unlike the network-phone/thin client-phone that is the iPhone, this device will let you install your own 3rd party apps without having anything, including MS, say anything about it. I for one am looking forward to its release.
Use iPhone after Tre0650 isn’t leaving me thrilled with a lack of third-party apps. Without GSM coverage, the iPhone is an iPod. At least a “smart phone” would let me do more…
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Well, the instinct turns out to be a play phone, no real business phone. Doesn’t do exchange or any of that. Why would we compare real phones to play phones? I am not understanding … Wake up …
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The Instinct is marketed to people that buy into the hype of the iPhone.
The Omnia should be marketed to people that don’t care about hype, but do care about features. The integrated 802.11 wireless blows the Instinct right out of the water.
If I could get the Omnia with Verizon or Sprint that would pretty much decide who I’m going to go with. I’ve had Sprint for 8.5 years and I would jump ship in a heart beat if Verizon managed to get a CDMA version of the Omnia.
Now since there wasn’t a CDMA version announced, it still looks like AT&T… but I don’t know why they would go with the Omnia except that we’ve been hearing about some breakup rumors between at&t and apple for a while now… so maybe this will be what they push after the iphone if they do break up.
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Christopher (suck) Cox, this is the way better improved Windows Mobile 6.1 and I’d like to see you go try to design it, you’d probably fu#%k it up evn worse which, it’s not that bad.
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Neat:
http://www.cellphonesignal.com/samsung-preparing-a-cdma-omnia/
http://gullfoss2.fcc.gov/oetcf/eas/reports/ViewExhibitReport.cfm?mode=Exhibits&RequestTimeout=500&calledFromFrame=N&application_id=620270&fcc_id=%27A3LSCHI910%27
Looks like there will be a CDMA OMNIA, wonder which carrier is getting it.
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