Steve Ballmer definitely gets around, last month taking a trip to the UK just to
mock Android, this month heading all the way to Korea to praise Samsung's new T*Omnia. He says it's "at the forefront of this new generation of mobile devices," and digs how it "brings together communications, productivity, multimedia, and entertainment in a way that meets the needs of both consumers and mobile professionals." We think he's most fond of its operating system (WinMo 6.1), but must admit we're smitten by the handset too -- especially its 800 x 480 screen. That's more than twice the resolution of the older Omnia, which by the sounds of it will be released in the US sometime this month. Samsung didn't actually say
which Omnia, but since it's the older one that's been
FCC approved don't go holding your breath for WVGA goodness. Lucky Koreans, meanwhile, can expect the T*Omnia to start being served up by SK Telecom on November 20.
posted Nov 5th 2008 10:27AM
omnia is boring, touch HD is the way to go
Yep, it is!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OddxxxXUuNk
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ks6Fz7PqCcw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wo7I6K8U7L4
W00t!!!
I assume "praised by Ballmer" means he jumped around like a loon roaring and gesticulating like a baboon on heat to a bunch of fanboys. No, I haven't forgotten THAT video. Tool.
Wow guys. I've never heard such exciting and interesting news. Ballman [sic] promoting a WinMo phone... If Steve Jobs came out and said he thought the iPhone was great, would that make the news too?
More space and robots, less cell phones and idiots. This is soooo not news. Even on a Wednesday.
TOTALLY AGREE!
I concur, the iPhone is great!
long live the Apple iPhone!
It's not about whether or not "Steve talking about how great the iPhone is" would also make the news.
It's about whether or not you would meet that kind of article (non-news about the iPhone) with the same kind of disdain.
If you would use it as an opportunity to spam comments with how much you agree with Steve, then that's pretty hypocritical of you. And you don't really have a reputation that lends you credibility, so I would prescribe a healthy dose of stfu.
Well, it looks cool. I'd have to play with it a bit to know if I'd like it.
That's...what...she said?
oh you bastard, I was going to say that!
The Anycall label is lame, but so is everything now that obama got elected. I'm in a world of SUCK right now.
No one is stopping you from leaving...
@iEye
Actually, if he doesn't have a passport then border agents will indeed keep him from leaving.
At least you'll be welcomed overseas now :)
"At least you'll be welcomed overseas now :)"
Now that we have a "leader" as weak as the ones in Europe-Arabia, I'm sure they will "love" us now.
Yeah - democracy sucks when it isn't getting rigged by some guys brother. Get back to Russia
"Yeah - democracy sucks when it isn't getting rigged by some guys brother. Get back to Russia"
It's better when it's done by ACORN.
I may be a whiny little bitch about our new presidents reckless disregard for capitalism, but I'm still a proud American Marine that could never desert my country.
No, I meant leave the planet...
http://www.engadget.com/2008/07/28/virgin-galactics-white-knight-2-spaceship-carrier-gets-unveiled/
@ieye: Pigs in spaaaaaaceeeee!
what iEye actually meant was. leave the world. fastest way = suicide. his choice
That's right, our new president was the mastermind behind the bailout plan. Oh wait, that was our old president who disregarded capitalism.
I thought it was bag of hurt?
Those lucky Koreans get everything. Cute picture....and the phone's alright.
http://www.worldgonemobile.com
I didnt realize iPhone had 800 by 480 resolution screen in it...
Dude, cant you just shut the F up? Every comment from you is plain stupid! Your life is a waste of air and everything else!
Besides the WVGA screen (and bigger 3.3") it also has a fucking DVB TV tuner! (and 5M cam with face detection, 16gb mem..)
What we really need right now is the Samsung Obamnia :D
Am I wrong, or is (800 x 480) FOUR times the resolution of a (400 x 240) screen? It is twice the resolution in each of two dimensions, so you get 4 times the number of pixels.
Been over this before.
Displays are measured in linear resolution (20", 24" display; not 180in², 260in² display).
Sensors are measured in areal resolution (5mp, 10mp sensor; not xxxx by yyyy sensor).
Ergo the T*Omnia has twice the (linear) resolution (at 290dpi) of the i900 (at 145dpi).
hey cool...no one said anything about the girl...
oops!
she should stop smoking... her teeth match her shirt!
I was surprised as well. She's very pretty, so I figured one of the first 3 comments would have been Korean girl related.
shes very pretty?? well i guess everyone is entitled to their own opinion...
Twice the res? from 400x240 to 800x480 that's 4x the amount of pixels... isnt it?
Doubled in each direction. Semantics.
If you had a box that was 2'x2'x2' and another box that was 4'x4'x4', would you consider the larger box to be 2x or 8x the size of the smaller?
its 4x duh
No offense, but according to my grade 4 math text book, it is defined as 2x larger (2x in each dimension). Engadget + Brett is right.
@initialxy:
You had to dig out your 4th grade mathbook? Wow.
My point was that when I look at a screen, the number of pixels is what i notice, not how long and wide it is.
No one is right or wrong, but calling it twice the resolution sort of undermines how great this screen is.
And I would consider a 4'x4'x4' box to be 8 times larger than a 2'x2'x2' box, since you can put 8 times the stuff into it. I don't really care that it is twice as big in each dimension.
Yeah its just the way they worded it... but then they do say that it's more than twice the resolution which is like saying my laptop's 1920x1200 display is more then twice the resolution of the original Omnia :)
Very nice phone, I found the original Omnia a little cramped.
As much as i hate WinMo's default UI I still think it beats the iPhone simply for the usual Win Vs Mac debate choice, I can install at least 4 or 5 different UIs for WinMo so i never get bored.
I love the iPhone for it's UI, I think it looks amazing I just like being able to customise to my hearts content.
Still no omnia for at&t?
"I hate my yellow teeth!"
I'm so disgusted with Verizon for having 2nd rate pda type phones. I'm also disgusted with Samsung. I've got the i730.
I was hoping this would be the time to upgrade. If Samsung and Verizon don't give us the new Omnia (or the iphone), the only way I can protest is to not buy it. Maybe I can protest more by switching carriers and buying some other phone.