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Samsung Omnia 7 Windows Phone Launches Early

Window 7 Phone launches today in New York. Fortunately for us, “today” starts earlier over in Europe, and Samsung Russian has already outed the Omnia 7 aka. “the first smartphone based on the Samsung Windows Phone 7”, and it looks sweet. We’re very excited about Microsoft’s new phone OS here at Gadget Lab, and the […]

Window 7 Phone launches today in New York. Fortunately for us, "today" starts earlier over in Europe, and Samsung Russian has already outed the Omnia 7 aka. "the first smartphone based on the Samsung Windows Phone 7", and it looks sweet.

We're very excited about Microsoft's new phone OS here at Gadget Lab, and the success of all these phones will be down to the operating system. One thing's sure: the hardware certainly won't be letting anyone down: The Omnia 7 runs on a 1GHz Qualcomm processor (the same QSD8250 model found in the Google Nexus One), sports a 4-inch, 800 x 480 AMOLED display, a 5MP autofocus camera which can also shoot 720p video in H.264 and WMV formats (among a couple others) and A-GPS for navigation.

The battery will power the handset for six-hours of talk time and 13-days standby (3G) - video-playback time is absent. There's also an FM radio, and maps and search are powered, unsurprisingly, by Microsoft's Bing.

So far, so what, right? This is a good set of specs, for sure, but hardly different from any other smartphone. The secret sauce comes with the Windows 7, which integrates social features and gives you constant updates from your Twitter and Facebook, as well as syncing all your online content and contacts and syncing music and movie syncing at home over Wi-Fi.

If Microsoft has managed not to mess this up, and has built something as good as the preview I saw back in February at the Mobile World Congress, then Win Phone 7 could be very hot indeed. On the other hand, Microsoft has called this OS "Windows"", when it doesn't actually use any windows, so it's still possible that moronic, inter-departmental corporate bickering has ruined things already. Full specs press release below in case they get pulled in the next few hours.

Omnia 7 - the first smartphone based on the Samsung Windows Phone 7 [Samsung Russia]

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Samsung Omnia 7, smartphone Winows Phone 7
Network HSUPA 5.76 MB / sec. / HSDPA 7,2 Mb / sec. (900 / 1 900 / 2 100 MHz)
EDGE / GPRS (850 / 900 / 1 800 / 1 900MHz)
Dimensions 122,40 x64, 20x10, 99mm
Weight 138gramm
Display 4,0 "SUPER AMOLED, WVGA (800x480)
Operating System Windows ® Phone OS 7
Processor Qualcomm QSD8250 1GHz
Battery Standard: Li-ion, a 500mA / h
Talk time: 2G / 520 minutes, 3G / 370 minutes
Standby Time: 2G / 390 hours, 3G / 330 hours
Communications BlueTooth® 01.02, USB 2.0, WiFi b / G / n
Memory 8GB
Luggage 5MP, autofocus
Video HD-quality recording (720p) @ 25fps
H.264, H.263, MPEG4, WMV
Music MP3 / AAC / AAC + / eAAC + / WMA / AMR-NB / AMR-WB / MIDI
FM-radio with RDS
Ext. Features Metro UI, A-GPS, Bing Map, Bing Search

Moscow, October 11, 2010 - The company Samsung Electronics, a leader in mobile phones, winner of numerous awards for innovation, announces the release of the smartphone Samsung Omnia 7 (model GT-I8700).

This smartphone is the first in Eurasia, the mobile device on Windows 7. Samsung Omnia is equipped with seven 4-inch SUPER AMOLED-display with touch controls, a processor with a clock speed of 1GHz, 5-megapixel camera. The smartphone will offer customers various razlecheniya with pre platforms: Gaming Microsoft's Xbox LIVE ® and Zune ® for music and video.

DK Tyre (JK Shin), President and Head of Mobile Communications of Samsung said: «Samsung Omnia 7 - this is our first smartphone based on Windows Phone 7. We are confident that consumers will celebrate its performance, design, and ample opportunities for entertainment. "

4-inch SUPER AMOLED-display smartphone allows you to work with high-quality images even in bright daylight. The new model has a high speed data transmission. For example, a music file 4 MB downloaded in just 4.4 seconds and upload the video of 40 MB is up to 56 seconds. Thanks to clear the work of the speaker and microphone sensitivity of the conference will take place without any interference. Users will surely appreciate the design of the device, the elegant minimalism of the body and chrome surfaces.

With the new smartphone Samsung Omnia 7 customers will have access to popular entertainment services like Xbox LIVE ® and Zune ®. Gamers will benefit from an extensive library of games and content service Xbox LIVE, and the music lovers and film fans are passionate about the millions of videos and music service Zune. Omnia 7 automatically synchronizes all content from your computer via Wi-Fi connection. High-quality 5-megapixel camera with LED-flash helps capture interesting moments.

Samsung Omnia 7 Ways to be a convenient mobile assistant in everyday life. Intuitive dynamic interface of the operating system Windows Phone 7 is simple and convenient, and information hubs Windows Phone Hubs help to organize all the information and tasks. Customizable home screen feature advanced the concept of "information tiles". Instead of boring icons "information tiles" display constantly updated information from the network news and weather, the status of friends in social networks, scheduled meetings and much more.

Another useful feature of the new smartphone - advanced tools for working with social services. Users can literally on the move to share photos, leave comments on pages of friends, or just chat. And all this - at the touch of a button.