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  Kinetic scrolling is one of the most desired features on Omnia HD and it seems Samsung has heard the plea. For now, they’ve added the scrolling feature in the Chinese firmware, which means other region specific firmware will be due soon. The firmware I8910UZCII1 brings the latest v7.1.13841 of WebKit browser that does the [...]

  Samsung last week let loose a software update to its HD video recording I8910 HD (Omnia HD) device. The version I8910XEII1 (Custom version: I8910SERII2) claims to bring in some new features and improvements like the 3D TaskSwitcher, one finger zoom, more spaced out QWERTY keyboard. You can read more about the changes here. The [...]

  UPDATE: Samsung India website has demystified the 1GHz equation. As the world was bemoaning about the fact that India will be getting a 1GHz Omnia HD, one of our commenters left a very plausible comment. Samsung India might be adding up the clock speeds of the CPU as well as of the DSP which, [...]

  The wait is over. Samsung has officially announced its HD video recording phone Omnia HD in India. For a decent price of Rs. 33,990 and the rich feature set, I think it’s going to be tough for Nokia to justify N97’s price. Anyways, back to Omnia HD, the phone as we know boasts a [...]

  Good news for Samsung fans in Singapore. Samsung has unveiled the pricing and availability date for the much awaited i8910 Omnia HD and WinMo powered Omnia II. Omnia II will make to the retail shelves as early as this weekend, from July 18 at a recommended price of S$898 (US$615) without contract. Since the [...]

  Looks like Indians are in for a treat these two months. Samsung India’s Country Head, Guru Dutt has confirmed that they’ll bring about 7 new phones by July, including an Android phone. Their aim is to capture about 20 percent of the market by the end of this year and with the powerpacked list [...]

  Nifty, really nifty. Samsung has finally revealed the trick of its i8910 HD’s video on YouTube. While many pointers were present in the video, not many were able to decode it. Anyways, watch the video to see how they did it.

  Nokia owned NAVTEQ has struck a deal with the second largest handset maker to provide its location based services. With the deal, Samsung will have access to NAVTEQ’s database of 76 countries and also allows them to integrate other features like Visual Content, Speed Limits, Extended Lanes and NAVTEQ Discover Cities. The first phone [...]

  After the delightful Omnia un-boxing viral video, here comes a sequel to the Samsung book of mysteries and challenges -The Samsung HD i8910 “disappearing trick”. Watch the video, witness a few glimpses of the stunning black touch-screen and for the rest of the time, figure out where it vanished! With 8 megapixel camera and [...]

  This is a bit surprising but it looks like Samsung doesn’t want to mix up the Omnia range with two different OSes. To avoid any confusion related to the Windows Mobile powered Omnia phones, they have dropped the OmniaHD name from its Symbian powered OmniaHD i8910. The phone will only have the model number [...]