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SGH-i900, also known as Omnia I or WiTu (in Russia only), is a

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created by

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. Announced in June 2008, the Omnia was launched in Singapore in mid-June, available in stores on the 20th of June, and in the rest of Asia in July. For some parts of Europe, it was launched in August. It was made available for the United States in December 2008 through

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and for Canada in April 2009 through

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. The Omnia was Samsung Mobile's top-of-the-line flagship handset. It runs on

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Professional, but comes other applications preinstalled to make its GUI and its functions distinguishable from others running the same platform: *Samsung Today Screen 1 (alternative home screen UI) *Samsung Today Screen 2 (similar to Samsung Today Screen 1) *Samsung Touch Wiz UI (alternative application menu with a widget bar and widgets) All these applications have the ability to be controlled by sliding the finger across the screen. The third Today Screen has gained interest because of its control method. It uses about a fourth of the screen on the left side to hold a bar of widgets that can be scrolled up and down. The rest of the screen is customizable, as widgets can be pulled out of the sidebar and onto the main screen to be expanded for quick use.

Camera

The Samsung Omnia has a 5.0-megapixel camera with autofocus and LED flash. Additionally Samsung Omnia supports VGA resolution video recording with about 20 - 25 frame/s. Samsung Omnia's front-facing 3G camera has a resolution of 0.3 megapixels (VGA).

Korean edition (T*Omnia)

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and Samsung announced a Korean edition of Samsung Omnia, T*Omnia or SCH-M490. T is a brand name marketed by SK Telecom. The hardware has been upgraded to have a

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(800 x 480)

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screen and a PXA312 CPU that automatically overclocks up to 806 MHz. An

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tuner has replaced the TV-out and FM tuner. The 4 GB version (SCH-M490) is priced at KRW68,000, and the 16 GB (SCH-M495) at KRW1,078,000 including 10% VAT.

Japanese edition (930SC)

In Japan,

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announced that the Samsung Omnia will be sold as 930SC in November 2008. However, it adopted the proprietary operating system instead of Windows Mobile. It has a

and

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tuner, but

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has been excluded. It is also available for SoftBank Mobile's own mobile Internet service.

North American edition (SCH-i910)

The Samsung Omnia has been released under the version name SCH-i910 in North America, with

as the network operator. The SCH-i910 has a speaker on the back and has

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instead of the

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radio. The SCH-i910 still runs

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6.1 along with some added software such as

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. Most other features stay the same as the SCH-i900. Most noticeably, the i910 does not include the secondary VGA camera on the front; presumably due to the lack of support for video calls in North America. The North American version of the phone uses the same 624 MHz chip used by other versions. This has been confirmed by numerous North American users through the "settings" menu on the Omnia. Canadian service provider

launched the CDMA2000 Samsung Omnia on April 3, 2009. Canadian service provider

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launched the CDMA2000 Samsung Omnia on April 9, 2009

Verizon software update

*On July 16, 2009 the
CF03 Software Update
became available for Verizon Omnia users which includes operating system updates and unlocks the GPS device so that third party applications (such as

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) can use it. *Currently the only legal versions of Windows Mobile that the phone can run are Versions 6.0 and 6.1 (Professional)

Omnia II (GT-i8000)

A new model with improved specifications and design called the i8000

Samsung Omnia II The Samsung Omnia II GT-I8000(H/L/U) is a multimedia smartphone announced at Samsung Mobile Unpacked on June 15, 2009. Earlier Omnia II releases run Windows Mobile 6.1, however they are upgradable to version 6.5 Professional. There is also an ...

. Samsung Omnia II GT-I8000(H/L/U) is a

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announced at Samsung Unpacked on June 15, 2009. Earlier Omnia II releases runs

, however it's upgradable to version 6.5. There is also an unofficial and highly experimental Android version available. Verizon is the official US carrier for this phone and released it in December 2009.

TMC

One can use an external device (as the Royaltek TMC receiver) to use TMC information.

References

External links

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