Now that's a big one - the handset with one of the longest spec sheets we've ever seen has just dropped on us like a bomb. The Omnia HD is Samsung's go at touch-taming the Symbian S60 and is introducing truly revolutionary stuff.
A 3.7" OLED capacitive touchscreen, an 8 megapixel camera that should be able to humble even some digicams and of course the HD video recording - does it really get any sweeter? Geeks have been warned - continue reading this preview at your own risk. We are not to be held responsible for sleep disorders or compulsive spending.
Samsung i8910 Omnia HD is surely one of themost interesting packages to look out for at this year's Mobile WorldCongress in Barcelona. With a specs sheet like that it's hardly asurprise but we cannot quite get Samsung's choice of name. There wasnothing wrong with the original Omnia but reusing a name is not exactlysuggestive of revolutionary. Oh, and don't get us started on thesuperscript. It may look cool and all, but just go ahead and googleOmniaHD.
With the following preview we did our best to provide you with asmuch information as possible for the very short time we spent with thehandset. Since our unit is at the very early stages of development wewould focus mainly on the hardware and ergonomics as the software iswell in need of getting polished. By the way, we've already reviewedthe Symbian S60 5th edition touch user interface with Nokia 5800 XpressMusic, so you should already know the basics.
Samsung i8910 Omnia HD at a glance:
- General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/1900/2100 MHz, GPRS/EDGE class 12, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
- Form factor: Touchscreen bar
- Dimensions: 123 x 58 x 12.9 mm
- Display: 3.7-inch 16M color OLED touchscreen, 640 x 360 pixels
- Memory: 8/16GB integrated memory, non-hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 16GB)
- OS: Symbian S60 5th edition
- Camera: 8 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash,geo-tagging, Face detection, Smile Shot, Wide Dynamic Range (WDR) andHD video recording at 24 fps
- Connectivity: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth 2.1 with A2DP, standardmicroUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS and optional Samsung MobileNavigator by Route66, HDMI (dongle needed)
- Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate, Proximity sensor for auto screen turn-off, FM radio with RDS, DivX/XviD video support
- Battery: 1500 mAh battery
