Samsung Omnia II Poses for the Camera

South Korean mobile phone maker Samsung announced not too long ago a new device that would be added to its Windows Mobile-powered device lineup, while also being included in its Omnia series, namely the Samsung Omnia II. The new handset comes to the market as the successor of one of the best selling, touch-enabled mobile phones running under Microsoft's operating system, the original Samsung Omnia smartphone.

As anyone can easily imagine, the new device comes with a wide range of improvements over the previous version, not only in what the hardware it packs inside is concerned, but on the software side as well. For starters, we should mention the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform that will come on the device, but that will be upgraded to the future flavor of the OS, 6.5, which is expected to land on the market sometimes in September this year.

The new mobile phone also includes an ARM 1176-based S3C6410 mobile application processor at 667 MHz, along with quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE, tri-band UMTS/HSPA (900/1900/2100MHz) with HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps, and HSUPA up to 5.76 Mbps connectivity options, as well as WiFi b/g and Bluetooth 2.0+EDR.

The Samsung Omnia II also sports a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display that boasts a 480 x 800-pixel resolution and the Advanced R-type tactile feedback feature, as well as aGPS capabilities and an FM radio with RDS. A 5-megapixel CMOS auto focus photo snapper is also present in the package, offering users the possibility to record videos at 30 fps with up to a 720x480-pixel resolution. The camera also comes with geo-tagging, face detection, smile shot and dual power LED, and is coupled with a secondary front-facing camera that enables video calls.

The Samsung Omnia II measures 118 x 60 x 11.9 mm, though we should admit that the design is a rather attractive one. The phone includes 2, 8, or 16 GB of internal memory, as well as a microSD memory card slot for additional storage space. The device should land on the market sometimes towards the end of the summer – beginning of fall, but, until you will be able to grab it from a store near you, check on the entire photo gallery available here.