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  Samsung’s I8700 has surfaced again, this time on video. The GT-I8700 or marketing-friendly Omnia 7 has been subjected to a long preview that highlights some of its features. The phone also has something called as “Now” that seems to work like Daily Briefing found in its Android and bada devices. Few confirmed specs – [...]

  Samsung’s Omnia Pro 4 that went official at CommunicAsia in June has been announced for the German market. It will be called as Omnia 735 and run Windows Mobile 6.5.3 OS. Available from this month, Omnia 735 features a 2.62-inch touchscreen display, 3G support, Office Mobile 2010, Wi-Fi, GPS, 3.2MP camera, FM Radio and [...]

  Samsung has officially introduced two phones for the Indian market – the already available Champ (C3303) and WinMo 6.5 powered Omnia Lite (B7300). Champ as we all know, gives the full touchscreen experience at a very affordable price. Samsung Champ goes for just Rs. 4,500 and brings along with it a 2.4-inch touchscreen display, [...]

  UPDATE: Hwan Kim, vice-president of mobile communications has issued a new statement to Reuters which says, “we have not received significant customer feedback on any signal reduction issue for the Omnia II. Based on years of experience of designing high quality phones, Samsung mobile phones employ an internal antenna design technology that optimizes reception [...]

  UPDATE 2: Updated the post with specs and features of all the devices along with the prices for the Nordic region. Check below. UPDATE: We’ve got specs of Wave 2, Wave 2 Pro and pictures of Omnia Pro 4 and Omnia Pro 5, courtesy of Engadget and Fonearena. Both phones support quad-band GSM with [...]

  While iPhone in South Korea has been enjoying decent sales (about 4,000 units everyday), KT, its official operator seems to be getting less attention from local players, particularly by Samsung. KT Chairman’s Lee Suk-chae is pretty unhappy about how Samsung is providing “lax technology support on handsets” on KT as well as announcing new [...]

  Here is another reason for Omnia HD users to switch to custom firmware instead of the official one. Modder Andy or famously known as HyperX has created HX-V4-Speed-SE firmware that runs 62 apps at one time. Of course, there’s little reason for you to fire up every application in your phone like this one [...]

  Samsung has announced that its Omnia II smartphone has surpassed 600,000 units in South Korea. Unlike in the international market, Samsung sells different versions of Omnia II on different cellular operators like T*Omnia II (left) for SKT, SHOW Omnia (center) for KT and OZ Omnia (right) for LGT. Samsung says Omnia II sales averaged [...]

  At the MIX developer conference yesterday, Microsoft was demoing its Windows Phone 7 Series where eagle-eyed viewers stumbled on this Samsung device. This unnamed device is a modified version of Symbian running Omnia HD and the only visible change is its center Windows button. We’re not sure if Samsung is eventually planning to sell [...]

  Latest I8910 HD (Omnia HD) firmware is scheduled to arrive this month but if you’re itching to know what’s more in addition to kinetic scrolling, check out this video. The guy managed to run an unreleased build of the firmware giving us a detailed 10-minute walkthrough. The update promises to give faster multimedia experience, [...]