http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/ Engadget Comments for Verizon's Samsung Omnia II launching December 2 for $200 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 6:27AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/btw engadget when is the hd2 review coming]]>Nov 20th 2009 6:28AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/
Don't kid yourself, it's still a Windows Mobile phone and we all know what that means.]]>Nov 20th 2009 6:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/well i have the tp2 and i LOVE it more than the iphone 2g had before it.
i honestly dont get why people hate winmo so much]]>Nov 20th 2009 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 27th 2009 9:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 7:07AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 12:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/
I don't think resistive is a joke. It's a matter of preference. Some other factors come in to play as well..

Take Nokia's for example. A lot of people in Scandinavia wear gloves, where a capacitive touch screen just wouldn't work. It would work, but it would go something like this:

Take gloves off.
Type text message.
Put gloves on.
Repeat.]]>Nov 20th 2009 1:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 3:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/
If you have to pay $200 dollars for a samsung device plus sign a 2 year contract than that does not seem like good value to me.

Basically signing a lengthly contract and paying for the phone is pointless because a device drops in value quicker than . So why would I pay for a device on a long contract.]]>Nov 20th 2009 7:09AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/
If you just wanted the phone contract free, the price you'd pay would be a hell of a lot more. :(]]>Nov 20th 2009 7:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/
Sadly we pay $200 for the phone (after rebate...) AND that ties us to a 2 year contract (which for a Verizon smart phone with unlimited text/data and around 450 minutes is close to $100 a month or so) that, now Verizon has enacted their new ETF rates, is something in the $300 range if you want out of the contract before the two years is up.

Yeah. Its pretty messed up here cell contract wise.]]>Nov 20th 2009 8:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 21st 2009 10:39AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/I really wanted a WVGA OLED Android phone, but as soon as a good ARM Corten A8 WVGA land around, I'll be happy enough with an LCD.]]>Nov 20th 2009 7:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 7:51AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/]]>Nov 20th 2009 9:26AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/
Now, maybe if this phone is perfect in every way, then I'll consider giving this phone to a family member, and getting the Omnia... but I'll wait for the reviews. It's too bad its as thick as physical-keyboard phones. The specs of the GSM version were a lot more appealing.]]>Nov 20th 2009 8:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 6:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 8:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/
I really appreciate what HTC did with TouchFlo though, and the interface seems sweet, so I'm leaning towards HTC. Add in the superb speakerphone, world capabilities, and awesome physical qwerty, and there would have to be a significant speed difference for me to choose the Omnia II.

Now, if HTC made an Android phone to rival the Droid, that would make me salivate... And wouldn't it be great if it was built like the Touch Pro2? (**Hint!) I've got a few months yet before my contract ends, so I'll just keep my fingers crossed...]]>Nov 20th 2009 8:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/
]]>Nov 20th 2009 9:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/This whole phone pricing thing is getting pretty screwed up lately with so much competition in the high end, forcing prices down into the low end market. I guess the only reason for going with a $10 dumbphone these days is to get a cheaper plan (for those not interested in data)]]>Nov 20th 2009 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 10:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 11:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Does anyone remember when this launched in Singapore, IN JULY!?
Then engadget and other sites said it would come to Verizon in AUGUST, then SEPTEMBER, then OCTOBER, then Mid NOVEMBER, and now we finally have a FIFTH release date of December 2nd. What a joke. Verizon obviously hates windows mobile, but come on...this could have been the best winmo phone of 2009, but they took so god damn long in releasing it that there are much better options out there now. I am switching to verizon soon, but I'm not sure I will take the bait on this one. Despite "Theoneandonly's" comment about this being equal to the Imagio or TP2, it's not. It's much faster. I've personally compared all three phones (with the GSM \ Euro verzion of the Omnia 2 and the Verizon versions of the TP2 and Imagio) and the Omnia2 blows it out of the water, provided that touchjizz is disabled. Install SPB mobile shell or just use the standard WM6.5 interface, and this baby FLIES. I would say it's 2-3 times faster than Imagio\TP2, and it comes with Xvid\Divx\x264 support out of the box, unlike HTC's craptacular quallcomm cpu sporting wares. I believe this phone actually runs a Samsung made Arm11 based cpu.

Conclusion --- still not sure about this. If the HTC passion comes out on verizon before the Omnia 2 -- then forget it...I will go HTC all the way. By the way, even though this has a resistive screen, it's not very noticable. The responsiveness is very quick (on gsm version, first hand experience not quoting some review site :P).]]>Nov 20th 2009 11:20AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 11:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/
"$350 ETF"]]>Nov 20th 2009 12:04PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 6:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 1:21PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XCWwuIXxBuI]]>Nov 20th 2009 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 2:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 2:55PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 2:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 3:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 4:00PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 7:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 7:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 7:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 20th 2009 10:15PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Not that I'm complaining, however, I was looking forward to the OM2 and the AMOLED technology.]]>Nov 21st 2009 9:34AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 21st 2009 12:33AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/http://www.engadget.com/2009/11/20/verizons-samsung-omnia-ii-launching-december-2-for-200/Nov 21st 2009 12:10PM