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  Samsung Sweden has confirmed a free firmware update for Omnia II users. The update will be available in the latter half of May and the biggest change will be the touchscreen performance. Samsung says in addition to the revamped UI, the touch response will be much faster and intuitive. Samsung also confirmed to launch [...]

  As promised, Samsung has now initiated to expand its Apps Store to other countries. Beginning this month, the Samsung Apps Store will be available to Omnia II (I8000) and OmniaLITE (B7300, I329) users in Singapore, Germany, Brazil & China. Users with respective devices can download the apps client on the phone and can download [...]

  Samsung today announced its flagship device from the Omnia range. The Omnia II (I8000) equipped with a solid hardware set is one of the most sought devices but the decision to go with Windows Mobile 6.1 seems to be an absurd move, since WinMo 6.5 is already released. Anyways, if you’re aware of the [...]

  Samsung is ready to launch the Omnia 2 (I8000) in Russia. Samsung’s Russian site has listed the I900 successor (aka WiTu in Russia) as WiTu AMOLED. However, despite of the name change, rest of the specs are the same – quadband GSM, tri-band HSPA, ARM11 SC36410 CPU clocked at 800MHz, Windows Mobile 6.5, Opera [...]

  After giving us a brief hands-on on Omnia II I8000’s retail unit, Phone Arena has reviewed the unit in great detail. They were highly impressed by Samsung’s effort to integrate TouchWiz UI deeper in Windows Mobile menus but were marred by UI lags. The lag was so frequent that they reckon could “ruin the [...]

  Here’s the scenario of the Taiwanese touchscreen mobile market. LG Electronics is the leader with a 17 percent market share while Samsung holds 12 percent. Now to turn things around, Samsung is planning to launch at least 10 touchscreen devices in Taiwan in the remainder of this year as compared to LG who is [...]

It seems like Samsung has got a full Omnia range ready to cater to different kinds of users. Samsung has created a clear segregation amongst Omnia phones bearing no physical keyboard and ones with physical QWERTY keyboard, irrespective of the screen supporting touch or not. From the Omnia range, it’s the previously leaked Omnia II [...]

  Before we begin, let me tell you this rumor is still unconfirmed so don’t get your hopes high. Apparently, someone with the knowledge of the release dates claim Samsung’s M8920 Monaco will start shipping in late Q3 2009. M8920 was caught in the wild recently showing off its 12MP sensor along with a 3X [...]

  Just when we thought Samsung had only a couple of Cubic button phones under its sleeve, one more slips through suggesting that the Cubic range is bigger than we expected. Thanks to a Lithuanian retailer, I8000 or Omnia 2 has shown its face along with the full specifications. As with the Omnia, Omnia 2 [...]