Samsung Omnia II
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Samsung Omnia II GT-I8000(H/L/U) is a multimedia
smartphone
announced at Samsung Unpacked on June 15, 2009. Earlier Omnia II releases runs Windows Mobile 6.1, however it's upgradable to version 6.5. 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.
. The Windows Mobile
operating system limits it, in software, to 65536 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.
, stereo Bluetooth
2.0 with A2DP, a standard microUSB port, a 3.5 mm audio jack, and a GPS receiver with A-GPS built in.
Omnia II comes with a built in 2, 8, or 16 GB of flash memory
and supports hot-swappable microSDHC cards of up to 32 GB, for a theoretical maximum memory of 48 GB. It has 256 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM.
The i8000 Omnia II is a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset with tri-band UMTS support, HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbit/s) and HSUPA (up to 5.76 Mbit/s) support.
, face detection
, and smile detection. The phone has built in video-editing abilities, including trimming, audio dubbing, live dubbing, and subtitling. The Samsung Omnia II includes an advanced image-capturing feature called ActionShot
Panoramic Photography.
The widgets are numerous mini applications or shortcuts to different parts of the user interface, sitting in the tray until drawn to the screen. If the user needs to place a new widget on the screen all that has to be done is to click the arrow at the bottom left corner of the homescreen and slide the widget bar out.
The available widgets vary quite a lot, from digital clock, image gallery, profile manager to the CNN news application and more.
Software products such as Touch Media Player, Touch Calendars and new message threading function are all designed for fingers touch. The device comes with Opera 9.5, which is a very finger-friendly mobile web browser, and it also supports Flash Lite.
GPS reception is relatively low, leading either to a long satellite acquisition time, or low accuracy.
The camera's pictures have been reported sometimes as of low quality, due to autofocus problem.
In Korea, it's sold as SCH-M710/715 T*Omnia II and it also has a different external appearance.
In Australia, it's sold simply as the Omnia Icon, which can lead to some confusion with the original Omnia Icon. The external appearance is as represented here.
Multimedia
Multimedia is media and content that uses a combination of different content forms. The term can be used as a noun or as an adjective describing a medium as having multiple content forms. The term is used in contrast to media which use only rudimentary computer display such as text-only, or...
smartphone
Smartphone
A smartphone is a high-end mobile phone built on a mobile computing platform, with more advanced computing ability and connectivity than a contemporary feature phone. The first smartphones were devices that mainly combined the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone or camera...
announced at Samsung Unpacked on June 15, 2009. Earlier Omnia II releases runs Windows Mobile 6.1, however it's upgradable to version 6.5. 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.
Display
This handset comes with a 3.7" AMOLED resistive screen having a resolution of 800 × 480 pixels and 16 million colors. It is used in conjunction with a stylus penStylus (computing)
In computing, a stylus is a small pen-shaped instrument that is used to input commands to a computer screen, mobile device or graphics tablet...
. The Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile
Windows Mobile is a mobile operating system developed by Microsoft that was used in smartphones and Pocket PCs, but by 2011 was rarely supplied on new phones. The last version is "Windows Mobile 6.5.5"; it is superseded by Windows Phone, which does not run Windows Mobile software.Windows Mobile is...
operating system limits it, in software, to 65536 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-FiWi-Fi
Wi-Fi or Wifi, is a mechanism for wirelessly connecting electronic devices. A device enabled with Wi-Fi, such as a personal computer, video game console, smartphone, or digital audio player, can connect to the Internet via a wireless network access point. An access point has a range of about 20...
, stereo Bluetooth
Bluetooth
Bluetooth is a proprietary open wireless technology standard for exchanging data over short distances from fixed and mobile devices, creating personal area networks with high levels of security...
2.0 with A2DP, a standard microUSB port, a 3.5 mm audio jack, and a GPS receiver with A-GPS built in.
Omnia II comes with a built in 2, 8, or 16 GB of flash memory
Flash memory
Flash memory is a non-volatile computer storage chip that can be electrically erased and reprogrammed. It was developed from EEPROM and must be erased in fairly large blocks before these can be rewritten with new data...
and supports hot-swappable microSDHC cards of up to 32 GB, for a theoretical maximum memory of 48 GB. It has 256 MB RAM and 512 MB ROM.
The i8000 Omnia II is a quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE handset with tri-band UMTS support, HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbit/s) and HSUPA (up to 5.76 Mbit/s) support.
Camera
It has a 5 megapixel camera with 480p "DVD-like" D1 video recording at 720 × 480 pixels and 30 frames per second. Other imaging assets include geotaggingGeoTagging
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...
, face detection
Face detection
Face detection is a computer technology that determines the locations and sizes of human faces in arbitrary images. It detects facial features and ignores anything else, such as buildings, trees and bodies....
, and smile detection. The phone has built in video-editing abilities, including trimming, audio dubbing, live dubbing, and subtitling. The Samsung Omnia II includes an advanced image-capturing feature called ActionShot
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....
Panoramic Photography.
User interface, software features
Unlike its predecessor, Samsung Omnia which came with 3 different proprietary homescreens, the Omnia II only comes with the Touchwiz UI. Touchwiz has been upgraded so that there are now 3 customizable homescreens. Furthermore, Widgets can now be excluded from homescreens via Widget Manager located on top of the sidebar. New Widgets can be downloaded using the "MORE Widget" icon.The widgets are numerous mini applications or shortcuts to different parts of the user interface, sitting in the tray until drawn to the screen. If the user needs to place a new widget on the screen all that has to be done is to click the arrow at the bottom left corner of the homescreen and slide the widget bar out.
The available widgets vary quite a lot, from digital clock, image gallery, profile manager to the CNN news application and more.
Software products such as Touch Media Player, Touch Calendars and new message threading function are all designed for fingers touch. The device comes with Opera 9.5, which is a very finger-friendly mobile web browser, and it also supports Flash Lite.
Known issues
The phone, which features 256 MB RAM, sometimes runs out of RAM when multiple applications are used constantly, although some memory leak is a known problem among other Windows phone users.GPS reception is relatively low, leading either to a long satellite acquisition time, or low accuracy.
The camera's pictures have been reported sometimes as of low quality, due to autofocus problem.
Other versions
Although hardware features are more or less the same, Omnia II is sold as SGH-i920 in the United States under Verizon Wireless and the phone itself has 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's sold as SCH-M710/715 T*Omnia II and it also has a different external appearance.
In Australia, it's sold simply as the Omnia Icon, which can lead to some confusion with the original Omnia Icon. The external appearance is as represented here.
External links
- http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i8000_omnia_ii-2836.php