The Samsung i900 Omnia has left us with nothing but good impressions. Everything about the device speaks "high-tech" - from the innovative touch interface through the rich connectivity and multimedia capabilities to the exclusive hardware characteristics such as the optical touchpad or the 5 megapixel camera.

Omnia SGH-i900 supports 7.2Mbps HSDPA (3.5G), GSM, GPRS, WCDMA, EDGE and is based on the Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional platform. The handset features an auto-focus 5-megapixel camera, a 3.2-inch WQVGA TFT-LCD touchscreen, TouchWiz touch-control interface, GPS, Bluetooth 2.0 and Wi-Fi. Dimensions of the device are given as 112×56.9×12.5mm (H×W×D), according to the company.

The Samsung Omnia is a well-designed phone that might be a major success in the market. The HTC Touch Diamond and the iPhone 3G - seem to offer more in some respects but severely fall behind in others when compared with the Omnia.

Features:

• Quad-band GSM support
• 3G with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
• Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS
• 624MHz Marvell PXA312 CPU and 128 MB RAM
• 3.2" 65K-color touchscreen with resolution of 240 x 400 pixels
• 5 megapixel autofocus camera with wide dynamic range mode, face tracking, smile detection, geotagging
• 8 to 16 GB of storage memory, microSD expansion
• Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS
• Wi-Fi
• Stereo Bluetooth and USB connectivity
• FM radio with RDS
• Optical joystick with virtual mouse functionality
• Built-in accelerometer for auto screen rotation and call muting
• TV-out
• Solid build and great finish
• Slick design and slim body
• Nice battery life
  Fast response and performance
• Excellent thumb-optimized software package
• Thumbable virtual QWERTY keyboard with optional landscape mode
• TouchWiz UI
• DivX video support
• Above average audio quality
• Headset comes with a 3.5mm audio jack

Samsung i900 Omnia will be priced at around 500 Euros [ ie, 32,000 Indian Rs ]

Samsung keeps them coming with the higher MP camera phones.The new model named Innov8 ,also called i8510 , 8 stands for the 8Megapixel Camera of course.

Its more of a camera than a phone considering its features like Auto Panorama mode , Flash , Smile n Blink Detection along with the Face Detection.Its capable of recording video at 30 fps also.

Innov8 runs on  Symbian S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2 smartphone and will be supporting quad-band GSM (850/900/1800/1900MHz), and dual-band UMTS/HSDPA (900/2100MHz).

Here are the specifications of Innov8 :

• Network

• HSDPA 7.2 Mbps (900/2100), EDGE / GPRS (850/900/1800/1900)

• Symbian OS V9.3. S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2

• 2.8" QVGA 16M TFT LCD

• 8 Megapixel CMOS with AF and Dual Power LED
• Features: Smart Reader, Image Stabilizer. Auto-Panorama Shot, Smile Shot. Blink Shot. Wide Dynamic Range (WDR). Face Detection

• Video Player (Divx/ H.263 / H.264 / WMV / MP4)
• QVGA 120 fps Video recording. VGA 30 fps recording and Video Editing

• FM Radio with RDS
• DNSe 2.0
• Music Player (MP3/AAC/AAC+ / eAAC+ / WMA /AMR/ RealAudio
• Bluetooth Stereo Headset (A2DP)
• 3.5mm output

• Optical Mouse. Accelerometer
• Embedded 3D Games : FIFA 2008, Asphalt
• Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA)

• Bluetooth 2.0 / USB 2.0 / Wi-Fi

• 16GB Flash + External Memory slot microSDHC™ (up lo 16GB)

• 106.5×53.9x 17.2 mm

• 1200 mAh Talk time: up to 300/510 min (3G/2.5G) Stand-by time: up to 330 / 310 hrs (3G/2.5G)

Samsung Innov8 is scheduled to be launched in Europe in August and Other locations by September.

Apple is ‘trying’ to keep up with the shortages and sell-outs of the iPhone and they announced that their global launches will not be interrupted by these shortages.And thus the iPhone 3G will be released in 20 more countries in Asia,Africa, Americas and Europe on August 22.

Apple’s iPhone 3G has become a major hit ,breaking the production records created by the original iPhone.Apple’s COO Tim Cook stated that Apple would be increasing iPhone 3G production. “I like what I’m seeing in the production ramp,” Cook said.

Apple is set to release the iPhone 3G in 50 countries overall and it has already been released in 22 of them.Apple should be seeing iPhone sales in Q3 2008 increase to record levels.

Update: India is on the list of countries scheduled on August 22.

Nokia announced their latest flagship model for the year, The Nokia N96 ,though it looks similar to the N81 its a dual slider like the N95 much to everyone’s surprise.Plus its having high end features like DVB-H digital TV receiver and 16 GB Internal storage.

N96 supports Flash Lite 3 with Flash Video [ now you can view video from youtube and such sites with high speed net ] too because of the S60 3rd Edition Feature Pack 2.

Lets get into the specifications :

Supported networks

• UMTS networks (WCDMA 2100/850; HSDPA)
• Quad-band operation in GSM 850/900/1800/1900 networks (EDGE)
• Automatic frequency band and mode switching
• DVB-H, class C, 470-750 MHz

Dimensions

• Volume: 92 cc
• Weight: 125 g
• Length: 103 mm
• Width: 55 mm
• Depth: 20 mm

Memory

• 16GB of internal flash memory, Also memory expansion via hot-swappable microSD memory cards
• 128Mb of RAM, 256Mb of system memory (operating system plus dynamic memory for user data)

For more specifications read on..

Just check this latest offering from Nokia if you didn’t like the N96 design, Its having all the high end specifications you might be looking for .Having the Candybar form factor, It has retained the navigation features of N81 ,Just like the N96 is assumed to be having.Its having the Multimedia menu button and a NaviWheel .The Candybar format will make it popular everywhere for sure.

Specifications wise , its having assisted GPS , 3.2 Megapixel camera with Carl Zeiss optics  and LED Flash.Also you will get a 2 GB memory bard along with it.Plus its having an FM Transmitter actually for transmitting the music to near by radios .Much more to the joy

Read through for more pics and  detailed specifications

Sony Ericsson finally unveiled their new G series phones, the G700 and G900.Both of them runs on Symbian UIQ 3.0 as speculated before.G700 and G900 are in fact very similar to each other matching each n every specification except for the Camera and WiFi,G700 is having a 3.2 Megapixel camera while that oft he G900 is 5 Megapixel Also G700 doesn’t have the WiFi.

Sony Ericsson G700 and G900 are the smallest and lightest among the smartphones released by Sony as of now , having dimension of 106 x 49 x 13 mm and weight of 99g.Both of them are having touchscreen controls .Also you can use  either the keypad or the touchscreen whenever you wish.They support GSM 900\GSM 1800\GSM 1900\UMTS 2100  networks and offer standby time of 380 hours and talk time of 12 hours. Improved battery life :).Also both of them are having internal memory of 160 MB which you can expand using the provided Memory Stick Micro M2 Slot.

In fact these are one of the lowest priced smartphones available from Sony and that’s why they are classified into new G Series.Read through for more pictures and details.

Samsung unveiled the Soul [ short form of Spirit Of Ultra edition series of Samsung ],it also marks the end of the Ultra series.The Samsung Soul is a perfect example for the balance between beauty , design and technology.

Samsung Soul U900 is light weight and has all the features you are looking for  in a high end phone.The navigation of the phone itself is perfect, by the use of Magic Touch by DaCP , the navigation controls change according to user’s needs .Thus making it simple and intuitive for users.

The GUI of the Soul is great and gives three options for users ,There’s the Thematic UI which can be modified by the user according to their personal tastes, and users can even create skins on the phone itself.:).

Read through for more pictures and details .