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These new touchscreen phones look similar in design to the Apple iPhone but pack far more technology into their small casings, the only differences betwen the two models is the amount of internal memory on offer.

The Samsung i900 Omnia 8GB has now been made available on the UK network Orange contract deals whilst the larger 16GB model is now available on O2 contract deals, further networks are expected to launch one or both of these amazing new smartphones in the near future.

Intuitive touch. The Samsung i900′s Sweep UI (User Interface) lets you control the Samsung i900 with simple and intuitive gesutres and touches; scroll, pan, flip or zoom with a single touch. The large WVGA display and touch sensitive screen brings full control to your fingertips, literally

Let the Samsung i900 move with you. A built in accelerometer lets the Samsung Omnia automatically adjust to whatever angle you hold. Shake, flip or spin and the Samsung i900 adapts displaying extra menu options, switching movies to wide-screen or simply adjusting the display to the most comfortable angle.

Capture special moments with the Samsung i900 Omnia. A 5 mega-pixel camera with auto focus, LED flash lets you take digital camera quality photographs without your camera. Face detection technology automatically tracks faces in photographs making sure they are always in focus and sharp.

Let the Samsung Omnia guide you, literally. Assisted GPS combines with your favourite navigation software to take you where you need to go. Do more then just navigation. The Assisted GPS capability of the i900 and location based services lets you find useful and popular locations around you. Find cash points, clubs, cinemas, restaurants, what ever you need.

Make better use of time. The Samsung Omnia i900 16GB offers the full suite of applications to let you make the most of your time. Create and edit Microsoft Office documents on the go. Get e-mails delivered instantly with push e-mail to always know what’s happening. Full Microsoft Exchange support lets you collect e-mails, schedule meetings and update your schedule information on the move.

Turn your Samsung i900 into a wireless jukebox with DLNA support. DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) allows your Samsung i900 to connect to other DLNA & Wi-Fi compatible devices turning into into a wireless multi-media jukebox. Watch movies on your TV sent directly from your Samsung i900, send high quality stereo music directly to your DLNA enabled hi-fi all without wires.

Find what you need. High speed 3G & Wi-Fi let you connect to the internet at broadband speeds. The installed Opera web browser intelligently scales complete web pages to fit the Samsung i900.

Relax with the Samsung i900 Omnia. The built-in media player and large hi-res screen lets you watch movies, listen to MP3′s or unwind listening to your favourite radio show. 8 or 16GB of on-board memory and microSDHC slot provides space for over 8000 songs.

But let’s just get these camcorders out of the way, because they’re worth taking a look at. The two cameras are almost the same spec-wise except the horizontally-oriented FH1 has a 3-inch LCD as opposed to the pistol grip HD2000’s 2.7-inch. They appear to be quite versatile camcorders, able to take 12 stills a second or shoot up to 600FPS video at reduced resolution, something which was until recently the exclusive ability of Casio Exilims. They’ll shoot 1080p video at 60FPS, which is pretty amazing, though I don’t recommend you do it. Interestingly, they won’t shoot 720p or 640×480 at 60FPS — a bit odd. SD cards are the medium you record to, and both cameras have a 10x optical zoom. Quite a neat little package for $500! Or $600 if you want the pistol grip.

But to return to the rant. These cameras will also shoot, and in fact will default to, the 960×540 iFrame format. Come on. It can do so much and you’re defaulting it to this random format?

HTC HD2

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Of all the Windows Mobile 6.5 smartphones announced this week at CTIA Fall 2009, the HTC HD2 is arguably the sexiest and most powerful of the bunch.

The HD2 boasts a 4.3-inch WVGA (480×800) capacitive touch screen and is powered by Qualcomm’…

Originally posted at CTIA Fall show

Features on the T-Mobile Touch Pro2 include: GSM quad-band – capable of global roaming, 3G, a 3.6″ WVGA touchscreen, 3.2 megapixel camera with video, Windows media player & FM radio, microSD slot, Windows Mobile 6.1 Pro, 528MHz processor, Opera web browser, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi, full QWERTY keyboard & mini USB port. As you can see, the T-Mobile Touch Pro2 is going to be one of the carriers’ top handsets of 2009. It’s got a superb feature line-up, a very stylish appearance & hopefully a competitive price.

On Tuesday we brought you news of the leak of the Omnia 2. This time the leak concerns Samsung’s possible N97 botherer, the Louvre B7610. Samsung just can’t seem to keep their developments secret – anyone would think that they were leaking them on purpose… On first glance the Louvre has a similar demeanour as the N97 or the G1, with the flip down keyboard – although I actually think the Louvre’s keyboard looks better. It’s got a slight ZX Spectrum look to it, with the red bits on the keys, and I’m all for that. The reported specs are as follows: Quadband (850/900/1800/1900 Mhz), GPRS, EDGE and HSDPA (3G+) to 7.2 Mbps GPS receiver (A-GPS) AMOLED Touch Screen size 3.5 inches with 800 x 480 pixels (WVGA) and 16 million colours 5-megapixel digital camera FM radio 1 GB built in memory – expendable to 32GB using MicroSD. Bluetooth 2.0 Wi-Fi 802.11b/g MiniUSB 2.0 Accelerometer 500 mAh Lithium-Ion 1 battery Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional – Possibly upgradable to 6.5 Dimensions: 11.2 x 5.8 x 1.6 cm The phone should retail in Europe from between €250 and €500. Until we’ve got the phone in our hands, however, it’s difficult to really judge whether or not this phone is really a threat to the N97. What is clear is that if it wants to compete, it has got its work cut out. (via GPSAndCo)

Features on the LG enV Touch include: a microSDHC slot, EVDO Rev. A, HTML web browser, document reader, 3.2 megapixel camera with flash (including a Schneider Kreuznach lens), stereo speakers, Bluetooth, VCast support, 3.5mm headset jack, a highly functional 3″ WVGA touchscreen, a 3″ WVGA internal screen, and a QWERTY keyboard for use when you get tired of the touchscreen. As you can see, the LG enV Touch is quite a loaded handset.

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There’s a very interesting article over at TeamXbox.com detailing some information about a supposed portable gaming device that Microsoft’s been working on. This device will apparently fall somewhere in between the Xbox 360 and the Zune.

The following information supposedly comes from anonymous sources within Microsoft:

• The device will be a “digital entertainment handheld” and is referred to by “xYz” — the Y denoting that it falls somewhere in between the Xbox and the Zune product lines.
• It will play games as well as movies and music. The anonymous sources say it’s unlike anything on the market today, but to think of it as a cross between the Sony Mylo, the PSP, and the iPod Touch. The iPod Touch reference is important because it underscores that the device will NOT have a cellular connection. The author of the piece, however, thinks it may have WiMAX.
• The device will apparently have “a large WVGA touchscreen” and “hardware features not found on any handheld on the market” — again, this could be WiMAX, plus there’s further speculation that it could contain NVIDIA’s new Tegra chipset and perhaps even play first-generation Xbox games.
• Sources say that this will be “a Live Anywhere device” with “a single online marketplace” that will blur the lines between the Zine, Xbox Live, and Sky marketplaces. For instance, if you buy a song or movie on your Xbox 360, you’ll be able to play it on this device — presumably it’d sync wirelessly. It’d also likely play Xbox Live Arcade games.
• The interface will be very similar to the New Xbox Experience interface.
• The device will compete with offering from Apple, Sony, Nintendo, and Google. So expect stuff like Live Maps, news, and traffic. Perhaps it’ll have a GPS chip (my own speculation).

Keep in mind that all this information supposedly comes from anonymous sources within Microsoft. Everything seems pretty credible and E3 is coming up in a couple weeks, which would be a perfect venue to announce such a device. However, as always, take this type of news with a grain of salt until more information is released.

Microsoft Working on Digital Entertainment Handheld [TeamXbox.com]