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Yesterday, before Apple CEO Steve Jobs announced a new version of iPhone, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. launched one of its flagship phones of 2008; Samsung SGH-i900, also known as Samsung Omnia.

Omnia is a Latin word which means everything. In Arabic, it means wish. You can also refer it as an ‘iPhone clone’. Samsung is now desperate to break into iPhone’s market. Earlier, the company also released other models such as Samsung F480 TouchWiz saying it will be an ‘iPhone killer.’

If you are a regular reader of Asianbiz, you have already read about the phone. A Chinese website: pconline.com.cn., leaked out pictures of Omnia on the internet.

The current Omnia version will work in Asia’s 3G network but not in the USA 3G. On June 17^th, the phone will be unveiled at te CommunicAsia trade fair in Singapore and would go on sale in South East Asia that week. It will be available in Europe in July.

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It looks like Samsung has become desperate to take over Apple’s iPhone. Earlier, it released Samsung F480 TouchWiz to take over the phenomenal iPhone. Now, Samsung is going to release another iPhone killer Samsung SGH-i900. Samsung revealed this phone set on 15^th April at a Dutch Telecom event ‘Televisie 2008’. Samsung said that they will release it in summer. Recently, images of the phone have been leaked out over the net by a Chinese website pconline.com.cn.

Dimension:
Length: 112 mm.
Breadth: 56.9 mm.
Width: 12.5mm.
Weight: 122 gm.
From outside, the Samsung SGH-i900 looks just like iPhone; except it is a bit thicker and shorter than the iPhone. The phone has a brushed metal finish all around. On the face it has only two buttons.

Features:

The Samsung SGH-i900 is a Windows mobile smart phone that comes with Windows Mobile 6.1 version.
The Samsung SGH-i900 has single-band 7.2mbps HSDPA/UMTS.
The Samsung SGH-i900 comes with tri-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE.
The Samsung SGH-i900 has Bluetooth 2.0 and EDR.
The Samsung SGH-i900 has FM Radio.
The Samsung SGH-i900 comes with an autofocus 5 mega-pixel camera.
The Samsung SGH-i900 has a 3.5" haptic touch screen with 240×400 pixel.
The Samsung SGH-i900 has 8GB internal memory. (in crave.cnet.co.uk, it was 16 GB).
The Samsung SGH-i900 comes with WiFi b/g.
The Samsung SGH-i900 has 624MHz Marvell processor.
The Samsung SGH-i900 has 128MB of RAM.
The Samsung SGH-i900 has an optical sensor. It can be used in two modes: as regular four-way directional pad and as onscreen mouse pointer.
One of the major problems of the Samsung SGH-i900 is that it does not come with a stylus. You have to depend on your fingers.
The Samsung SGH-i900 has MicroSD expansion.
The Samsung SGH-i900 comes with 1,480mAh battery (according to gadgetell 1500mAh battery).
The Samsung SGH-i900 has TV-output.
Probably Samsung is going to launch two versions. The i900 will be branded as Samsung and the i908 will be branded as Anycall.