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There is new information about new Samsung GT-I8000 or Omnia 2 / Omnia II. The model belongs to the same series as a simple phone, Samsung GT-S8000 Cubic TouchWiz interface. Some sources even reported on the announcement, however, apparently occurred just leaked. Also, it is assumed that it is Samsung I8000 will be presented to the grand event, which will be held simultaneously in London, Singapore and Dubai. New Omnia, this phone class based Windows Mobile 6.1 OS (update to version 6.5 will be released later).

Samsung I8000 is equipped with a large touch AMOLED display almost the entire front panel, a hardware keyboard is provided. Diagonal screen is 3.7 inches WVGA, resolution is 800×480 pixels, the display supports up to 16M colors. Also, the unit is equipped with an 8.1 MP camera with dual LED flash and video recording function with VGA resolution and speed of 30 frames per second.

Samsung I8000 Omnia 2 is based on a Qualcomm MSM6290 processor and supports the mobile communications 2G and 3G standards including HSDPA (7.2 Mbps) and HSUPA (5.76 Mbps). Others are traditional features of the device for today’s communicators. Among them are support for Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, GPS receiver and microSD slot (supports up to 32 GB). The amount of internal memory is 150 MB. Also, Samsung I8000 is using the new animated “cubic” interface: it is also includes the previously leaked Samsung S8000 Jet and M8000 and on the verge of which can accommodate different start screens. This entire innovation device has a thin shell, whose thickness does not exceed 11.9 mm. According to the source, sales of Samsung I8000 Omnia 2 start in the Q3 of this year. The reliability of the information provided, in all likelihood, it will be possible to check after 6 days, according source, the real announcement will probably at the Samsung Unpacked worldwide unveiling event is closing in (15 June 2009).

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Samsung's first Android phone is finally a (paper) reality after being flushed through the rumor mill just hours ago. Launching "in major European countries from June," the 11.9-mm slim quad-band GSM, tri-band 7.2Mbps HSDPA (900/1700/2100MHz) candybar packs a 3.2-inch, 320 x 480 pixel AMOLED touchscreen, WiFi, GPS, 5 megapixel camera with Power LED, 1,500mAh battery, 8GB of storage (plus MicroSD expansion for up to 32GB more), and a standard 3.5mm heasdset jack. Step aside HTC, you had your chance, let's all welcome Samsung to the Android party. Another picture and full press release after the break.

P.S. Although no US announcements have been made, that 1700MHz HSPA frequency could make T-Mobile USA customers very happy.

April 27, 2009, Seoul, Korea - Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a leading mobile phone provider, today unveiled the I7500, its first Android-powered mobile phone. With a launch of I7500, Samsung became the first company among the global top three mobile phone manufacturers to unveil an Android-powered phone.

"Samsung is among the earliest members of the Open Handset Alliance and has been actively moving forward to introduce the most innovative Android mobile phone," said JK Shin, Executive Vice President and Head of Mobile Communication Division in Samsung Electronics. "With Samsung's accumulated technology leadership in mobile phone industry and our consistent strategy to support every existing operating system, I believe that Samsung provides the better choices and benefits to our consumers" he added.

The Samsung I7500 is a cutting-edge smartphone, featuring a 3.2" AMOLED full touch screen and 7.2Mbps HSDPA and WiFi connectivity, giving users access to Google™ Mobile services and full web browsing at blazing speeds.

The Samsung I7500 offers users access to the full suite of Google services, including Google Search™, Google Maps™, Gmail™, YouTube™, Google Calendar™, and Google Talk™. The integrated GPS receiver enables the comprehensive use of Google Maps features, such as My Location, Google Latitude, Street View, local search and detailed route description. Hundreds of other applications are available in Android Market. For example, the application Wikitude, a mobile travel guide, allows consumers to access details of unknown sights via location-based Wikipedia articles.

Based on Samsung's proven product leadership, Samsung I7500 comes with latest multimedia features. The large and vivid 3.2"AMOLED display ensures the brilliant representation of multimedia content and enjoyable full touch mobile experience. Along with supporting a 5-megapixel camera and various multimedia codec formats, the I7500 also provides a long enough battery life (1500mAh) and generous memory capacity up to 40GB (Internal memory: 8GB, External memory: Up to 32GB) to enjoy all the applications and multimedia content. The phone also boasts its slim and compact design with mere 11.9mm thickness.

The Samsung I7500 will be available in major European countries from June, 2009.

The highly anticipated Nokia N97, Nokia's flagship mobile computer, will begin selling in June in more than 75 countries. Along with a tilting 3.5" touch display, QWERTY keyboard and a fully customizable home screen, the Nokia N97 will offer instant access to the full range of Ovi services.

"The Nokia N97 is an important step towards our vision of delivering a highly personalized Internet experience," said Jonas Geust, Vice President and head of Nokia Nseries. "Fuelled by a multitude of music, maps, games, media and applications via Ovi, the Nokia N97 transforms the Internet into an experience that's completely tailored to the tastes and interests of its owner."

The Nokia N97 is Nokia's first device to feature a personalizable home screen, which can be customized with a range of widgets which bring live information directly to the device. These widgets include key social networking destinations like Facebook and Hi5, news services like the Associated Press, Bloomberg and Reuters, as well as shopping and weather information. The Nokia N97 is the first device to ship with the Ovi Store, which offers easy access to applications, games, videos, podcasts, productivity tools, web and location-based services, and much more. Ovi Store has paid and free content from a range of global and local content providers and developers, including Paramount Pictures, Facebook and Qik, as well as a selection of Twitter applications.

Enjoy your upgrades
The beauty of this Nokia device is that taking it out of the box is just the beginning. As with any computer, people can constantly improve and refresh their Nokia N97 with new features, functions and fixes so they can do even more with the device. An exciting roadmap of new features and functions is planned to roll out in the second half of 2009.

Entertainment ensured
The Nokia N97 also has direct access to the huge catalogue of music in the Nokia Music Store. With multiple high-speed connectivity options and 32GB of storage (up to 48GB using a microSD card) it is possible to directly download and store tens of thousands of songs on the handset. And you can listen to your favourite music on the Nokia Bluetooth Stereo Headset BH-905, which Nokia also launched today. This headset brings crystal clear sound, eliminates background noise, and is the ideal accessory for listening to music and making calls on the Nokia N97, as well as being compatible with a diverse range of other mobile and music devices.

High-quality images and video clips at 30 frames per second (fps) can be captured using the 5 megapixel camera with integrated Carl Zeiss optics. Images can also be geo-tagged to specific locations and shared instantly with friends or uploaded online via Ovi Share, Twitter or Flickr.

Through this mobile phone, Samsung would like to wave a flag as a manufacturer of mobile phone berkamera 8 MP at most. Samsung aim consumers who want high quality results catapult. With the camera beresolusi 8 megapixel, Samsung S8300 is able to produce an image 3264 x 2448 pixels, equivalent to the size of the file reaches 2 MB. In addition, the facility is equipped with a camera phone with digital zoom, multishot, self-timer, effects, frames, geo-Tagging, smile detection, image stabilizer, and white balance. Ability posel touch screen can be used to review the captured image with the slingshot and move the desired image. Lack of facilities of this camera is the lack of direct shortcut key to open the menu and the camera lens camera that is hidden by the slide. 2 With such a situation, the user akan akan difficulties when taking pictures in a short time.
With the support of the display 16 million colors and sizes around a wide 2.8 inch, the phone is considered feasible. Users will be pampered with a wide view when reviewing the results and play video slingshot. Touch screen technology that ditanamkan in this S8300 phone does not play, because the preview image on the phone with dilakakukan can move significantly on the image to view.
To add charm, the phone adds a touch of the visual screen. As the iPhone, the S8300 is the main screen there is a widget that is a shortcut of the application is installed on the left of the screen.
Although at this time, the form of a candy bar design with a qwerty keypad are digandrungi, but the S8300 is quite confident with his form slidebar. In addition, the face is installed with the screen frame groove metal accents add more luxury. Screen phone also supports this view with the horizontal dimensions of length and width of the video format.
The need for internet connection, this phone has provided GPRS network 12, and 12 EDGE HSDPA which will guarantee the speed browsing and downloading. Unfortunately the phone is not provided with facilities that wifi would reduce the attractiveness of this mobile phone because the phone from another vendor that has been embed wifi facilities.
Nevertheless, the S8300 has been equipped with GPS that can be activated through the phone settings and rely on Assisted GPS is connected to the internet. Google maps will help the use of this GPS.
Multimedia features, this phone does not have audio disappointing. Although speakernya small, but the S8300 is equipped Equalizer from some type of music. Very easy listening. But the audio jack is not included in this phone, so users will be difficulties when you want to connect to external speakers. Radio is also a must mencolokkan earphonenya before use. Less practical. The advantages that the technology is on the game. There are games that take advantage of sensors such as touch PyramidBloxx and Tumbling dice game that utilizes sensor movement.
Apart from the lack of benefits and, this is S8300 mobile phone users who seek to understand berkamera phone with high resolution and quality as well as touch the sail. The product was released in May 2009 with the price about 5.400 US Dollars.