Verizon Wireless is on a hot roll right now. The Storm is out and we’ve seen the HTC Touch Pro available from Verizon’s online store. The next smartphone in line is Samsung Omnia. We suspected it was coming and now we know it for sure. The Omnia will be released online and via telesales starting with November 26th and it will be available in store startint with December 8th. The Omnia will cost just $249 after a $70 mail-in rebate with a regular two years contract.

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Verizon Wireless has just leaked a document which shows some of the smartphones Verizon Wireless is getting ready to launch. What’s so interesting about it you ask? Well how about a Samsung Omnia? That’s right, one of the best touchscreen phones from Samsung, is set to arrive from Verizon.

Can you hear me know? The Omnia is set to arrive in November or December. It won’t eclipse the Storm but it will make some customers happy.

Verizon seems ready for a totally mind-blowing month of handset sales. Besides the BlackBerry Storm which should be quite the gift to receive this Christmas, the carrier is rumored to prepare other hot handsets for a November launch.

The Samsung Omnia and the HTC Touch Pro (or the XV6850) should be the most expected phones to arrive with Verizon Wireless embedded on them. Besides those, two other Samsung phones are likely to arrive, the Epix and the Renown. We will confirm these new arrivals once we get the chance!

We haven’t talked about the Omnia in a long long time. I was expecting more of it. Not that it’s not a great phone, but in light of recent released touchscreen phones, I’d pass on the Omnia to get a new HTC or the Storm.

However, it looks like Verizon is going to pick up the Samsung this year. A rebate document shows a $70 rebate valid through November 15th. Is Samsung getting ready to enter the U.S. market in time for Santa?

You think they could have thrown in a few diamonds and a bit of precious metal to go with the name, but all that this so-called Millionaire’s pack contains is the feature-packed Samsung Omnia, a WEP350 Bluetooth headset, a leather travel case, and an issue of Millionaire magazine with a chance to win a three-day trip to Moscow to attend the Millionaire’s Fair in November. And the price isn’t a million but just a measly €699 (approx. $1021), which isn’t that high from the actual price. Thanks but no thanks, we liked the deal that gets us a free Xbox 360 better!
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Indians will now have one more option if they are looking for good touchscreen device as Samsung has just announced the availability of Samsung Omnia i900 on the subcontinent.

Sunil Dutt, Country Head for Samsung Telecom, stated, “Samsung Omnia is our flagship model aimed at users who desire a lot of functionality, a lot of style, a lot of usability, and a lot of entertainment in one innovative device. Samsung Omnia will help users to be at the forefront of work and play and at the same time, to stay connected anytime, anywhere.”
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We really didn’t need visual confirmation of this touchscreen monster’s prowess, but it’s always a treat watch tech marvels like these on tape and especially try to decipher a foreign language in the process. Not surprisingly, these French guys are comparing the Touch HD to the ever-popular iPhone 3G and the Samsung i900. Any bets on which kicks ass the most?

Well Asus certainly means business. And it’s mobile business I am referring to. We’ve recently seen the uncleverly named P552W emerge from Asus’ plants and it appears that’s not the end of it.

Asus is said to work on a mobile which will resemble Samsung’s Omnia phone. It’s going to be a touchscreen phone with a large screen; we’re talking WQVGA or WVGA. A 5 megapixel camera is also rumored along with a trackball for non touch navigation. 3G and WiFi should also be there. At this point there aren’t that many infos on what else is going to be packed under the hood. We’re expecting Windows Mobile 6.1 and dare I say GPS? Need more leaked stuff here folks, help us out!

The Samsung Omnia, a veritable iPhone 3G competitor has started to come out around the world. While the iPhone hasn’t been officially launched in Russia yet, the Omnia is going to be sold on the Russian market. Samsung has started shipments of a WiTu device to Russia. But the WiTu is none other than the Omnia.

Besides the regular features it will have custom made widgets for the Russian market. Local sports and news will be fairly available. a Russian-English and a English-Russian will be apparently available. So if in Russia and in need of a WiTu, check out mobile operators for pricing and availability. From September 1st to November 30th it is said that all new buyers will have free Internet access on their new WiTu.

We’ve analyzed Samsung’s Omnia smartphone before and we have announced various specs, features, release dates and prices. Apparently there’s something new about the Omnia too. It’s now available in white. I think I remember a recent smartphone that sold in two different colors, but if I recall correctly the two colors were supposed to have different meanings. The white symbolized 16GB of memory while the black symbolized 8GB of memory available.

So what did Samsung change in the white Omnia version? Apparently nothing yet. Just the color!

While the Germany release will have to wait till next month, Samsung is all set to debut its latest flagship cell phone, the i900 or Omnia, in Italy. With its 3.2-inch haptic touchscreen, GPS, 5-megapixel camera, and other equally juicy features, the Omnia is certainly worth the 499 Euros it will command when released on July 22, but here’s something else that should bring more joy to the Italians. Starting July 14, any customer who cares to order the Samsung i900 through the Media World stores across Italy will also become a proud owner of Microsoft’s Xbox 360 gaming console, at no extra cost. Now, that’s a sweet deal wouldn’t you say? Customers will receive their gaming console along with the device when it starts shipping on July 22nd across the country. Samsung has planned a graduated release across the Europe and other markets within the end of next month.

Samsung Omnia along with the already launched Instinct are two of the most awaited phones this year. While we’ve seen the Instinct at work, and we’ve heard about Sprint’s success at selling it, the Omnia is still missing in action. Well the waiting is almost over. The SGH-i900 Omnia will be released in Germany this summer.

Lucky Germans will get the Omnia from August 6th. Without a plan, the already announced price for the 8GB version is 649 Euro or $1032. Whatever carrier you might prefer to chose in Germany, it will offer the Omnia/ All four German carriers, T-Mobile, Vodafone, E-Plus and O2 will get ready to sell this latest Samsung release. T-Mobile and Vodafone are reported to already have it on display while O2 has already confirmed a launch in a previous press release.

If you need a little reminder of the Omnia’s features, here they are:

• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• quadband GSM/GPRS/EDGE
• singleband UMTS/HSDPA
• WiFi
• Bluetooth 2.0 with EDR
• FM radio
• GPS receiver.
• Synaptics 3.2″ WQVGA (240 x 400 pixel) touch screen with haptic feedback
• built-in
• touch sensitive trackpad instead of a regular D-Pad
• 5.0 megapixel autofocus camera with facial and smile detection, auto-panorama shot and image stabilizer.
• a size of 112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm
• 1440 mAh battery.

While people are getting in line to get the iPhone or the Instinct, AT&T seems to be preparing the new Samsung Omnia for later this year. And what a smartphone the Omnia is! We’ve heard news about this upcoming Omnia release earlier in June but in the mean time AT&T conveniently leaked the smartphones they’re going to release by the end of the year. Within that list, the Omnia lies hidden. Let’s go through some of its features!
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After Samsung Instinct arrived people already started to talk about the Samsung Omnia 900. Both are very dependable handsets, both appear to be worthy adversaries to the iPhone or the HTC Touch Diamond. The Omnia i900 was supposed to arrive on June 9th but something else might have happened that day. And it appears that AT&T is going to launch it since they are saying that the Omnia i900 will be officially launched somewhere in Q3 2008.

Well isn’t that convenient? I mean sure, if AT&T is launching it, why do it now when they’re waiting for July 11th? They must be really busy right? Why waste potential iPhone customers on Samsung’s Omnia?

As for the Omnia 900 itself, we’ve heard so much but we’re still waiting for more. We’re supposed to be expecting a Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone with an unconfirmed 3.2 WQVGA touch screen. There’s GSM 850/900/1800/1900 network support, HSDPA at 7.2Mbps, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and TV-out. And there are two versions: 8GB and 16GB. If one is black and the other one white, we’re not going to call it coincidence any more.

Here’s a video of the Omnia i900. That’s the least we can do.

Those guys over at Megawhat.tv had a chance to lay their grubby paws on Samsung’s newest touchscreen toy, the Omnia aka i900 and man is that a monster, and that goes for its size as well as its features. As we already told you, this sleek touchscreen device has a huge 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen display to see some of Samsung’s TouchWiz technology in full glory running on some WM 6.1 Pro sweetness and a 5-megapixel autofocus camera with dual-LED flash. It’s connections galore when it comes to Omnia with GSM 850/900/1800/1900 network support, HSDPA at 7.2Mbps, WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, and TV-out. The i900 will be available in two variations of 8 and 16GB but if that doesn’t suffice you, the microSD slot can fill that void for you. Ah, now that’s you’ll get when you combine a N95 and Xperia X1. The i900 will hit the stores this August, so not a long wait!

Samsung has recently announced the launch of OMNIA cell phone model number SGH-i900. It sports a 5 MP Camera along with GPS, FEMTOMETER radio and Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi. The 16G internal memory can store 4000 MP3 files and 100 minutes of movie. You can access Word, Excel and PPT etc. with the latest phone. Latest version of Opera (9.5) offers enhanced browsing. SAMSUNG OMNIA Phone is expected to reach the market in the second half of 2008.
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