If you knew nothing of Samsung's lineup you might think that they'd just announced five Windows Mobile smartphones, but the reality is much, much less interesting: they've basically announced one (which was
already widely known) and whipped up a rebranding and relaunch campaign for the other four. To the
Omnia range, Sammy has now officially added the Omnia Pro B7330, essentially an upmarket
B7320 with a square 320 x 320 display in place of the earlier model's QVGA unit and HSUPA thrown in for good measure. The bigger news might be that the i8000, B7320, B7300, B7330, and B7610 -- every current Omnia model -- will be packaged with Windows Mobile 6.5 going forward, while updates will be offered to Omnia IIs, B7610s, and B7320s currently in the field running 6.1. The B7330 launches on October alongside the previously-announced Omnia Lite B7300; Samsung's being a little more coy about dates for the upgrades, but we're hoping owners aren't waiting too long.
posted Sep 17th 2009 1:49AM
Fun stuff.
Anyone have a spare Touch Pro2? My KRZR makes me want to pull an Oedipus and gouge my own eyes out, minus the whole killing my father and marrying my mother thing.
I don't get it. What so fun about using a WinMo phone these days?
Samsung will have to pay me to carry a WinMo phone! :)
Most importantly, can you upgrade WinMo 6.5 devices to WinMo 7 for free a la Vista bought post June 26th. Heck can You even allow them to do the upgrade and charge them for it?
Unlikely, most of the WinMo 6.5 devices don't meet the hardware requirements for WinMo 7.
Yea!
AWESOME. I can't wait for this phone. It has all sorts of really cool features like email and.... stuff.
The display is perfect for playing back all those perfectly square videos I have.
One of the huge advantages of Windows Mobile is the ability to choose your web browser, so you can use either Internet Explorer or Opera Mini. Sure, they both suck, but at least you have the CHOICE!
...Pretty lame comment buddy
Two square videos is four videos, I'm jealous for you.
Don't forget Internet Explore browser is 5th best mobile browser in the world.
How can you not be excited to use the 5th best mobile browser.
WinMo for business. Android for consumers.
Simples.
Yup, the world keeps changing weirdly. Four to five years ago, I used to hear that Palm was for business, and PocketPC was for leisure. Now I personally won't even try to determine for what each software platform is!
RIM in more for Buisness.Iphone is for consumers (consumers wallets really), Android is for,innovation, evolution, and an overall better experience in whatever your needs are in a mobile device. Winmo is for those who would chose comfort over progress.
Lame comments. Business or consumer, people need to access the Internet.
WinMo browser is the worst browser on the market. Surveys show doctors,
lawyers, and sale people pick other mobile OS over WinMo. That explains
why WinMo has died.
@Fred
Do you just read and copy comments?
Where is this evidence that WinMo has died? I keep reading this and fail to see what you are talking about.
Just keep spreading your crap I think some people are starting to believe you.
HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Acer, LG, Toshiba are still on board with WinMo. Just because they also produce Android phones doesn't mean that WinMo is dead.
Please find me more powerful phones on the market than the TG01 and the soon to be released HTC Leo
Android for consumers?
More like
WinMo for business types who can't hack change
Android for script kiddies and cheap ass manufacturers
iPhone and Pre for the tech chic and digiterati
RIM for those seeking carpal tunnel
S60 for mobile phone diehards "just phone and text"
feature phone for the conned-sumers
By today's standard, WinMo = MS-DOS when comparing to other mobile OSes.
It is incredibly slow with horrible user interface.
Good to see a handset maker issue WM updates to existing users. Wonder if they'll do the same when WM7 hits the scene (whenever that is). You'd think it would have made a lot of sense to coincide the Windows 7 launch with WM7, IMO, but 6.5 has yet to take over. Bummer. And judging from the new store rules from MS, the marketplace is going to shrink. Please, MS, through the Zune into the mix and foster more competition.
what does this run, like IE6? You know what... it is because of Microsoft that the web cannot progress. Seriously! If they put Firefox as their default browser, or even better, use Google Chrome to build a better IE, 70% of the web will look better, run smoother, and finally advance.
Anyone else agree?
You mean using Webkit instead of Google Chrome. Yeah that would work and I've always thought why not instead of packaging/prettying up stupid old IE code even further with bloatedness.
@Haha
Chrome is build upon Webkit, but yeah, IE is super bloaty!
Without that dinky hexagonal button? Is it you Samsung?
this is the same thing as my samsung jack
lame
Where is Window Mark? :)
I just don't see the relevance of WinMo 6.5 in the market right now. Palm, Apple, and Android do the consumer experience far better, while Blackberry rocks the business world (and Apple does a pretty good job too). What's left for Windows Mobile?
What's left for Windows Mobile? The scrap bones of die hard winmo fanboys. ;)
I'll stick on WM, there is no need to get RIMs when there is the blackberry option for WM but no option to use WM appz on RIMs
Personally...
I have 2 phones: my everyday workphone is a blackberry pearl, small, neat, powerful enough to do some browsing and the email is fantastic - its biggest flaw from my point of view is the poor pdf support
I also carry a WinMo HTC Kaiser, which is my office away from the office - qwerty keypad which is very usable, vpn software, exchange synch to email/my calendar/office calendar, ssh software remote desktop, decent camera for snapping client setups - literally, I can (and have) connect to any of my clients servers and administer them from this phone
In the office, we have mutliple different blackberry's, but amongst the staff also have an iPhone, which we do dev work for. its pretty, its browser is ace, but as a business phone, the lack of a today screen lets it down.
We have a G1, which we think was a mistake to buy, its camera is poor, the unit feels fragile and android just doesn't feel like a completed interface.
Finally, we have an E71, which we've had loads of problems with. When its working, its a nice phone, the keypads a bit too cramped for my liking.
Of our clients - most have blackberry's (probably in excess of 90% of them, approx 70 units), we have a few iPhone users, and one or two WinMo users, but no Android users. The WinMo users tend to be the ones who NEED a good today screen with instant visual access to their calendar/email/task list etc
Damn, I totally agree on the E71.. sometimes it works but sometimes its a monstrous pain in the ass. Sometimes I hate the device passionately because it denies to serve in the most critical situations. But, heh, on the bright side.. it has encryption and a qwerty keyboard.
Couldn't they just add encryption to the Pre? Then I'd buy it and shut up for the next 5 years.
and don't get me started about the 2.5mm jack on THE F***ING RIGHT SIDE!
I think Android is the best mobile OS on the market so far, but then again my work doesn't allow personal devices to connect to the email server so it's strictly a personal and entertainment phone, not a business one.
No i900? :(
Oh well, back to homebrew.
This article is a little confusing. You say that they're putting WinMo 6.5 on all their phones, but then the picture is of a non-touchscreen phone that doesn't support the touch-only WinMo 6.5, and thus has to be running 6.1 Standard. What gives?
I made a short review about B7330 OmniaPro and I think it might get interesting...http://www.itsagadget.com/2009/10/samsung-b7330-omniapro-announced.html