The Samsung Omnia II GT-I8000(H/L/U) is a
multimedia
Multimedia is a form of communication that uses a combination of different content forms such as text, audio, images, animations, or video into a single interactive presentation, in contrast to tradit ...
smartphone
A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, whi ...
announced at Samsung Mobile Unpacked on June 15, 2009. Earlier Omnia II releases run
Windows Mobile 6.1
Windows Mobile 6.1 was a version of the Windows Mobile operating system, released on April 1, 2008. It is a minor upgrade to the Windows Mobile 6 platform with various performance enhancements and a redesigned Home screen featuring horizontal t ...
, however they are upgradable to
version 6.5 Professional. There is also an unofficial and experimental
Android version available. Verizon is the official US carrier for this phone and released it in December 2009.
Radiation level
At a SAR of 0.197, this phone had one of the lowest (best) radiation levels at its time.
Display
This smartphone comes with a 3.7"
AMOLED
AMOLED (active-matrix organic light-emitting diode, ) is a type of OLED display device technology. OLED describes a specific type of thin-film-display technology in which organic compounds form the electroluminescent material, and active matrix ...
resistive touch screen having a resolution of 800 × 480 pixels and 16 million (2
24) colors. It is used in conjunction with a
stylus pen. The
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a discontinued family of mobile operating systems developed by Microsoft for smartphones and personal digital assistants.
Its origin dated back to Windows CE in 1996, though Windows Mobile itself first appeared in 2000 as Pock ...
operating system limits it to 65536 (2
16) colors. However, it produces unparalleled colour contrast and to date, it and the Samsung Omnia Pro B7610, are still the only Windows phones to use this technology.
Connectivity, memory
For connectivity, the device offers
Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi () is a family of wireless network protocols, based on the IEEE 802.11 family of standards, which are commonly used for local area networking of devices and Internet access, allowing nearby digital devices to exchange data by radio waves ...
,
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a short-range wireless technology standard that is used for exchanging data between fixed and mobile devices over short distances and building personal area networks (PANs). In the most widely used mode, transmission power is limi ...
2.0 with stereo audio and
A2DP
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, a
microUSB
The initial versions of the USB standard specified connectors that were easy to use and that would have acceptable life spans; revisions of the standard added smaller connectors useful for compact portable devices. Higher-speed development of t ...
port, a
3.5mm audio jack, and a
GPS receiver with
A-GPS
Assisted GNSS (A-GNSS) is a GNSS augmentation system that often significantly improves the startup performance—i.e., time-to-first-fix (TTFF)—of a global navigation satellite system (GNSS). A-GNSS works by providing the necessary data to th ...
built in.
Its Bluetooth can be used for both direct file transfers and sharing directories
via FTP.
;Cellular networks
The i8000 Omnia II is a
quad-band GSM
The Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is a standard developed by the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) to describe the protocols for second-generation ( 2G) digital cellular networks used by mobile devices such ...
/
GPRS
General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) is a packet oriented mobile data standard on the 2G and 3G cellular communication network's global system for mobile communications (GSM). GPRS was established by European Telecommunications Standards Ins ...
/
EDGE
Edge or EDGE may refer to:
Technology Computing
* Edge computing, a network load-balancing system
* Edge device, an entry point to a computer network
* Adobe Edge, a graphical development application
* Microsoft Edge, a web browser developed ...
handset with
tri-band UMTS
The Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third generation mobile cellular system for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed and maintained by the 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project), UMTS is a component of the In ...
, and
HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbit/s) and
HSUPA (up to 5.76 Mbit/s) support.
;Storage
The Omnia II comes with 2, 8, or 16 GB of internal
flash memory
Flash memory is an electronic non-volatile computer memory storage medium that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. The two main types of flash memory, NOR flash and NAND flash, are named for the NOR and NAND logic gates. Both use ...
(user data partition) and supports
hot-swappable microSD
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The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between SanDi ...
HC memory cards of up to 32 GB, for a theoretical maximum storage of 48 GB. It has 256 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM. The internal user data partition and memory card are accessible through both
mass storage
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and
Media Transfer Protocol (MTP); the system partition only through the latter.
Camera
The Omnia II has a 5-Megapixel (2560×1920) camera with dual-
LED flash that can also operate during video recording,
480p
480p is the shorthand name for a family of video display resolutions. The p stands for progressive scan, i.e. non-interlaced. The ''480'' denotes a vertical resolution of 480 pixels, usually with a horizontal resolution of 640 pixels and 4:3 ...
"''
DVD-like''" D1 video recording with 720 × 480 pixels at 30 frames per second, and
slow motion video recording with
QVGA (320 × 240 pixels) at 120 frames per second, making it the
earliest known smartphone to feature slow-motion video recording. The shutter button has two levels to resemble the
point-and-shoot
A point-and-shoot camera, also known as a compact camera and sometimes abbreviated to P&S, is a still camera designed primarily for simple operation. Most use focus free lenses or autofocus for focusing, automatic systems for setting the exposu ...
intuition from standalone
digital camera
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s.
Camera modes include ''"Sports mode"'' for shorter
exposure times and ''"Night mode"'' for prolonged exposure times.
Other imaging assets include
geotagging
Geotagging, or GeoTagging, is the process of adding geographical identification metadata to various media such as a geotagged photograph or video, websites, SMS messages, QR Codes or RSS feeds and is a form of geospatial metadata. This data u ...
,
face detection
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, and smile detection. The phone has built-in
video editing
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abilities, including trimming, audio dubbing, live dubbing, and subtitling. The Omnia II includes an advanced image-capturing feature called
ActionShot
ActionShot is a method of capturing an object in action and displaying it in a single image with multiple sequential appearances of the object.
Additional names: action synopsis, motion synopsis, panoramic video synopsis, dynamic still, synopsis ...
Panoramic photography.
The precluded ''Smart Reader'' application is able to
digitize
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business card
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s into a
phone book entry,
read text documents and translate text between
English
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* English language
* English people
English may also refer to:
Peoples, culture, and language
* ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England
** English national ...
and
French
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* Something of, from, or related to France
** French language, which originated in France, and its various dialects and accents
** French people, a nation and ethnic group identified with Franc ...
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User interface, software features
Unlike its predecessor, the Samsung Omnia (i900) which came with 3 different proprietary home screens, the Omnia II only comes with the TouchWiz UI
TouchWiz was a user interface developed by Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd with partners, featuring a full touch user interface. It is sometimes incorrectly referred to as an operating system. TouchWiz is used internally by Samsung for smartphones, ...
. Touchwiz has been upgraded so that there are now 3 customizable homescreens, and a separate app drawer named ''Main menu''. Furthermore, widgets can now be added and removed from the homescreen via the Widget Manager. New widgets can be downloaded using the "''MORE Widget''" icon.
The widgets are mini applications or shortcuts to different parts of the user interface, sitting in the tray until drawn to the screen. Available widgets include a digital clock, image gallery, profile manager, news application, custom app shortcuts and more.
Custom app shortcuts can also be assigned to the home button
A home, or domicile, is a space used as a permanent or semi-permanent residence for one or many humans, and sometimes various companion animals. It is a fully or semi sheltered space and can have both interior and exterior aspects to it. H ...
and the function button (located next to the camera shutter button), separately for short presses and when held down.
A three-dimensional cubic launcher interface with integrated three-dimensional preview browser for photos, music, videos, contacts, games and browser bookmarks is precluded.
The task switcher has a ''grid'' and an ''overlapping'' viewing mode.
This phone was the among the first to support Swype. This phone was used by Franklin Page on 22 March 2010, along with Swype, to break a world record for fastest text message on a touch screen, a fact which was utilized in marketing campaigns for the phone. ClearType
ClearType is Microsoft's implementation of subpixel rendering technology in rendering text in a font system. ClearType attempts to improve the appearance of text on certain types of computer display screens by sacrificing color fidelity for addit ...
fonts are supported.
The telephone app has a call recording feature.
Software such as Touch Media Player, Touch Calendars and a new message app are all designed for touch screen
A touchscreen or touch screen is the assembly of both an input ('touch panel') and output ('display') device. The touch panel is normally layered on the top of an electronic visual display of an information processing system. The display is ofte ...
s. The device comes with Opera 9.5, a touch mobile web browser, with support for Adobe Flash
Adobe Flash (formerly Macromedia Flash and FutureSplash) is a multimedia software platform used for production of animations, rich web applications, desktop applications, mobile apps, mobile games, and embedded web browser video players. Flash ...
Lite, which then was widely used for online multimedia content. Microsoft Internet Explorer Mobile
Internet Explorer Mobile (formerly named Pocket Internet Explorer; later called IE Mobile) is a mobile version of Internet Explorer developed by Microsoft, based on versions of the MSHTML (Trident) layout engine. IE Mobile comes loaded by def ...
is also precluded. The ''Media Player'' app has a 3D album browser activated when held horizontally.
Streaming audio and video files through Hypertext Transfer Protocol
The Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP) is an application layer protocol in the Internet protocol suite model for distributed, collaborative, hypermedia information systems. HTTP is the foundation of data communication for the World Wide We ...
(HTTP) and Rapid Spanning Tree Protocol (RSTP) is supported through both the dedicated ''Streaming Player'' app and the mobile edition of Windows Media Player
Windows Media Player (WMP) is the first media player and media library application that was developed by Microsoft for playing audio, video and viewing images on personal computers running the Microsoft Windows operating system, as well as ...
, both precluded. Streaming through Server Message Block (SMB) is supported through the precluded ''Connected Home'' application.
Precluded mobile games are '' Asphalt 4'' by GameLoft
Gameloft SE is a French video game publisher based in Paris, founded in December 1999 by Ubisoft co-founder Michel Guillemot. The company operates 18 development studios worldwide, and publishes games with a special focus on the mobile games ma ...
, Crayon physics
''Crayon Physics Deluxe'' is a puzzle video game designed by Petri Purho and released on January 7, 2009. An early version, titled ''Crayon Physics'', was released for Windows in June 2007. ''Deluxe'' won the grand prize at the Independent Games F ...
, a dice
Dice (singular die or dice) are small, throwable objects with marked sides that can rest in multiple positions. They are used for generating random values, commonly as part of tabletop games, including dice games, board games, role-playing ...
simulator, '' bubble breaker'', ''Block Breaker Deluxe 2'', and a Tetris demo version.
Other precluded office apps are an email client
An email client, email reader or, more formally, message user agent (MUA) or mail user agent is a computer program used to access and manage a user's email.
A web application which provides message management, composition, and reception functio ...
, a scientific calculator, a unit converter
Conversion of units is the conversion between different units of measurement for the same quantity, typically through multiplicative conversion factors which change the measured quantity value without changing its effects.
Overview
The process ...
, memorandum, calendar
A calendar is a system of organizing days. This is done by giving names to periods of time, typically days, weeks, months and years. A date is the designation of a single and specific day within such a system. A calendar is also a phy ...
/planner with date jumping, and mobile versions of Microsoft Office
Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is the former name of a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft. It was first announced by Bill Gates on August 1, 1988, at COMDEX in Las Vegas. Initially a marketin ...
Word
A word is a basic element of language that carries an objective or practical meaning, can be used on its own, and is uninterruptible. Despite the fact that language speakers often have an intuitive grasp of what a word is, there is no conse ...
, Excel, OneNote and PowerPoint
Microsoft PowerPoint is a presentation program, created by Robert Gaskins and Dennis Austin at a software company named Forethought, Inc. It was released on April 20, 1987, initially for Macintosh computers only. Microsoft acquired Powe ...
.
Samsung featured part of the device's functionality in a Flash-based simulator.
Other versions
The Omnia II is sold as SCH-i920 in the United States under Verizon Wireless with a different external appearance. This version has 8 GB of storage and is lacking the front-facing camera with only a single LED flash on the rear camera. The button layout has also been adjusted and the 3.5mm jack and micro USB port have been moved to the sides of the device.
In Korea, it is sold as SCH-M710/715 T*Omnia II, also with different external appearance.
In Australia, it is sold as the Omnia Icon, different from the original Omnia Icon. The external appearance is as represented here.
References
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