Samsung Releases i900 Omnia Smartphone Flagship

I just received a few additional details of Samsung's new i900 Omnia smartphone. This new Windows Mobile device made its debut at the 2008 CommunicAsia show in Singapore this morning.

On Monday June 09, 2008 was the official launch day of the Samsung SGH-i900 Omnia, the Windows Mobile 6.1 smartphone that Samsung first previewed a week ago. The device made its official debut in Singapore this morning at the CommunicAsia show, and a few additional details have trickled out. For starters, the phone auto-rotates to 3 of its 4 sides in a unique way. Instead of using an accelerometer to detect this kind of motion, the Omnia instead makes use of its 5 megapixel camera. This is similar to the way that the Samsung Instinct for Sprint uses its camera for panning and scrolling in its browser.

The full opera browser should look quite nice on the Omnia's 400x200 pixel widescreen, and the 5MP autofocus camera supports features like image stabilization and Samsung's wide dynamic range. We're still missing specs on weight and battery life, but most of the details have been filled in at this point. In any case, take a look at the video below. One of Samsung USA's reps at the CommunicAsia show shot that and sent it to us this morning.