Korean-handset maker Samsung today announced its Omnia (SGH-i900), a business device running on Windows Mobile 6.1 with Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel and Word). The Omnia has an ultra-slim 12.5mm design. The centerpiece is a 3.2-inch WQVGA (240 x 400 px) touch screen from Synaptics. With haptics, vibrations give users feedback when the display is touched. Tap, sweep, drag and drop operations let consumers navigate through the TouchWiz UI. An accelerometer auto-rotates the display when tilted on the side. A trackpad and on-screen QWERTY keyboard are included as well.

The Omnia comes with a built-in 5.0-megapixel CMOS camera with auto-focus, facial and smile detection, auto-panorama shot and image stabilizer. Internal memory configurations of 8 or 16GB are expandable with microSD memory cards. Internet access is fast with up to 7.2Mbps on HSDPA and Wi-Fi. An FM tuner and GPS reception are standard for navigation and geo-tagging.The Samsung Omnia will be launched in Southeast Asia starting late June with European sales starting in July.

source: http://www.mobiledia.com

Samsung and Adidas unveil miCoach fitness phone

A new mobile phone which doubles up as a fitness coach has been unveiled by Samsung.

Developed in conjunction with German sportswear giant adidas, the miCoach handset comes with a stride sensor and a heart rate monitor.

Using data from the two sensors, the device is able to create a personalised training program based on your fitness level.

The phone, which features an mp3 player and a 2 megapixel camera, also provides training tips and time updates during workouts.
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The handset is the latest in a series of gadgets aimed at health conscious gadget fans, following on from the Nike+ iPod accessory, and Nintendo’s forthcoming Wii Fit computer game.

The miCoach phone is set to go on sale in the UK later this month.

news source:
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/technology/2008/03/06/samsung-and-adidas-unveil-micoach-fitness-phone-89520-20343638/

Samsung's Ultra Smart F700 Phone

Samsung’s newly announced Ultra Smart F700 phone has a slide out keypad.

The slide out keypad is a full QWERTY affair, quite like the i-mate K-JAM. It also comes with a large, 2.78-inch touch-screen going up to 440x240. It also boasts of a 5 megapixel camera!

It supports GSM, EDGE, 3G/WCDMA and also HSDPA going up to 7.2Mbps. The phone comes with a full HTML browser, Bluetooth, a microSD expansion slot. The phone doesn’t run Windows Mobile or any other smartphone OS, but it seems to have all the features that any smartphone user would need, except of course, the ability to install new applications.

The phone will be shown off at the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona this year. We’ll let you know if they drop a price tag on this one.

news source:
http://www.tech2.com/india/news/mobile-phones/samsungs-ultra-smart-f700-phone/4141/0