Today Samsung officially confirmed new color version of the Samsung i900 Omnia.

New backend doesn’t have wavy pattern any more, so it doesn’t remind of N-Series.

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Well, maybe this post isn’t very related to Samsung phones, but since Samsung is releasing its handsets with Windows Mobile OS I decided to post about a Skype version for this OS here

Skape has been finally updated to run of Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional(as far as I know, it runs on Windows Mobile 5 as well).

New Skype version has been tested on Samsung i900 Omnia here.

Althought, chatting isn’t very bad, there are few drawbacks. for instance, when making a call, the touchscreen still remains active, so it’s possible to press something with your ears

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Download Skype 2.2.0.45.

Samsung expects that its sales of Omnia phone in the end of June is going to record 20,000, after the release of it in Singapore on June 21st.

Here is a short list of Omnia’s specifications:

• 2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
• 3G Network: HSDPA 2100 for Europe/Asia
  HSDPA 850 / 1900 for Americas
• Dimensions: 112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm
• Weight: 127 g
• Card slot: microSD (TransFlash), up to 8GB
• Memory: - 8 GB/16 GB internal memory
• OS: Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional
• Browser: WAP 2.0/xHTML, HTML, RSS feeds
• Camera: 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, image stabiliser, video, flash; secondary videocall camera
• GPS: Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support
• Othes specs:
  - Java MIDP 2.0
  - FM Radio with RDS
  - Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
  - MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player
  - DivX/XviD/WMV/MP4 player
  - TV Out
  - Voice memo
  - Built-in handsfree

Here you can read my previous post about Samsung Omnia

Previously rumored Samsung Primera is now officially announced by Samsung as Samsung i8510 INNOV8. This phone with lots of features will be available in Europe in the August, and September in the other markets. It will be available in both 8GB and 16GB versions, just like iPhone 3G and Samsung Omnia.

i8510 is based on Symbian OS V9.3, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 and features quad-band GSM and dual-band HSDPA 7.2Mbps (900/2100 MHz) support.

Its most famous feature probably is 8 megapixel camera which comes with Smart Reader, Image Stabilizer, Auto-Panorama Shot, Smile Shot, Blink Shot, Wide Dynamic Range and Face Detection. Unfortunattely there is dual power LED instead of xenon flash.

Also the handset comes with A-GPS technology with navigation and geo-tagging.

Here is the list of its other features:

• Symbian OS V9.3, S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2
• HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (900/2100), EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900)
• Display: 2.8-inch QVGA 16M TFT LCD
• Video Player (DivX / H.263 / H.264 / WMV / MP4)
• Camera: 8 megapixel CMOS with AF and dual-power LED. Smart Reader, Image Stabilizer, Auto-Panorama Shot, Smile Shot, Blink Shot, Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), Face Detection, QVGA video recording at 120 fps / VGA at 30 fps
• Connectivity: Bluetooth 2.0, USB 2.0, Wi-Fi
• Dimensions: 106.5×53.9×17.2 mm

Hey, take a look at these several videos, that I have found on youtube

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Since Apple released its iPhone everyone is talking about it and comparing it to other phones. I decided to compare Apple’s new product - iPhone 3G to Samsung’s i900 Omnia. Let’s see if the iPhone is really as good as everyone is thinking.

• Difference between the dimensions of these handsets isn’t very big, but still, Samsung made its product a bit smaller - 112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm versus iPhones 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 m. And bye the way Omnia weights 127 g and iPhone 133 g.
• The iPhone’s screen seems to be better: 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches with 16M colors, while Samsung Omnia has 240 x 400 pixels, 3.2 inches with 256K colors (65K effective).
• Both handsets come in two versions: 8 and 16GB, but iPhone comes without memory card slot and i900 Omnia’s memory is expandable up to 8GB through microSD card slot.
• Samsung’s camera is definitly better: 5 MP, 2592х1944 px, autofocus, image stabiliser, video, flash; secondary videocall camera. Iphone has 2MP, 1600×1200 px.
• I was surprised when I saw that Iphone only supports SMS and Email messaging. Omnia supports SMS, EMS, MMS, Email, Instant Messaging. Well, mayebe it isn’t very important comparing factor, but…
• Battery. i900 Omnia’s stan-by time is up to 500h and talk time up to 5h 50h. iPhone can stan-by up to 300h, but it’s talk time is longer: up to 10h

So, after the review of the specs, I think that Omnia has a lead, but in conclusion I won’t write that Omnia is better, so don’t buy iPhone Everyone’s got a different taste and requirements. If you don’t need a good camera you can buy iPhone only because of the design, or something else.

Deciding what handset is better is up to you It would be greate if you wrote your opinion in comments.

You can see full specifications of these phones on GSMarena. Here are i900 Omnia’s and iphone 3G specifications.