Samsung i8000

Samsung Omnia II

Manufacturer	Samsung
Series	Samsung Omnia Series
Compatible networks	HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, HSDPA 7.2 Mbit/s, EDGE/GPRS Quad Band 850, 900, 1,800, and 1,900 MHz, UMTS Tri Band 900, 1,900, and 2,100 MHz
Availability by country	2010; 11 months ago (2010)
Predecessor	Samsung i900 Omnia
Form factor	Candybar
Dimensions	118 × 60 × 11.9 mm
Weight	117 g
Operating system	Windows Mobile 6.1, upgradable to Windows Mobile 6.5
CPU	Samsung S3C6410 ARM 1176 800 MHz processor, dedicated graphics
Memory	256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM, 2, 8, or 16 GB internal flash memory
Storage	8 or 16 GB; 2 GB available in some countries
Removable storage	microSDHC 32 GB max.
Battery	Li-Ion 1.5 Ah
Data inputs	Stylus pen, 3-axis accelerometer, proximity sensor, magnetometer for digital compass, ambient light sensor
Display	3.7 inches (94 mm) 16M (limited to 65K)[clarification needed] colours advanced resistive touchscreen WVGA AMOLED (480 × 800)
Rear camera	5 MP, 2,560×1,920 pixels, autofocus, dual-LED flash
Compatible media formats	Audio: MP3, AAC, AAC+, WMA Video: H.263, H.264, WMV9, DivX, XviD
Connectivity	WLAN 802.11b/g, USB 2.0, Bluetooth 2.0

Samsung Omnia II GT-I8000(H/L/U) is a multimedia smartphone announced at Samsung Unpacked on June 15, 2009.^[1] 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 pen. 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.

Connectivity, memory

For connectivity, the device offers Wi-Fi, 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.

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 geotagging, 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.

ActionShot panoramic photo captured with Omnia2 device.

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.^{[citation needed]}

GPS reception is relatively low, leading either to a long satellite acquisition time, or low accuracy.^{[citation needed]}

The camera's pictures have been reported sometimes as of low quality, due to autofocus problem.^{[citation needed]}

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.

References

1. ^ "Combine Work and Play with the New Omnia Series". Retrieved on June 29, 2009

External links

• Official website
• http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i8000_omnia_ii-2836.php