Any touchscreen cell phone that was or will be released after the iPhone will be compared to it because Apple always raise the bar and set a high standard for any product it creates. But this time, Samsung made it clear that its i900 Omnia should be compared with the iPhone and show its superiority by official announcing it one day before the 2nd generation iPhone will be introduced.
Here are the specs:
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
- HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
- 112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm
- 3.2 TFT touchscreen with 65K colors
- Handwriting recognition
- MicroSD memory slot (up to 16GB)
- 8 GB/16 GB internal memory
- Data GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
- EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
- 3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps
- WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g
- Bluetooth and USB
- Microsoft Window Mobile 6.1 Professional
- 5 Megapixel camera with autofocus, image stabilizer, video, and flash
- Secondary videocall camera
- Built-in GPS receiver
- Java MIDP 2.0
- FM Radio with RDS
- MSOffice document viewer
- MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR player
- DivX/XviD/WMV/MP4 player
- TV Out
There are no doubts that the i900 will beat the iPhone in terms of how many features it packs into this slim body. The camera, memory size, data speed, and GPS chip are some examples of how this phone will be better than the yet-to-be-announced 3G iPhone. But there are at least two factors that will make the 3G iPhone win in term of sales: the user-friendliness of the iPhone’s OS versus Windows Mobile and the fact that there will be tons of software that will be made for it once manufacturer starts releasing it using the SDK. But if you are a business person, the i900 will definitely the “it” phone to have.
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