New competitor: Samsung T*Omnia

There is a new version of the Samsung Omnia about to be released in Korea; it's called T*Omnia
Here are the specs, compared with the M8 specs (in brackets)
Quad-band (Quad-band)
7.2 MBits/s HSDPA, UMTS (---)
Touchscreen: 3.3" 480*800 (3.4" 480*720)
WIFI, Bluetooth (WIFI?, Bluetooth)
GPS (---)
DMB-TV (---)
8 GB, 16 GB internal memory (8 GB, 16 GB internal memory)
microSD slot (---)
5 megapixel camera (3 MP camera)
Windows Mobile 6.1 (Windows CE 6)
115.2x58.1x13.65mm (107x59x11.9mm)

more detailled specs:
Samsung T*OMNIA, an Improved WM6.1 OMNIA for Korea : Akihabara News .com

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Further ressources:
Samsung's T*Omnia: all that and double the i900 Omnia's resolution - Engadget
I4U News - Samsung T-Omnia unveiled
Samsung Omnia: Neue Version angekündigt - News - CHIP Online (German)


Impressive, isn't it?

Biggest thing I need to know... price.

Price is still unknown

It must be very expensive .

Current Omnia is ~$600 on ebay. And this should be more expensive.

The specs are great in my opinion, but I guess at $600+, you get what you pay for.

Maybe not even unlocked (I like being pessimistic for other phones )

Oh yes, was the original Omnia's interface finger-friendly at all? I remember someone here posting that it was unintuitive, and difficult to navigate through, even with using the stylus.

It's still Windows Mobile, and I hate that... I had a HTC Touch but sold it after 2 weeks because I didn't like it at all

A friend of mine has the HTC Touch and the only reason I'd get it would be how loud the ringer is.

I just bought (about a week ago) an HTC Touch to see how it is (definitely not keeping it too long, getting an M8). Is the screen to small for you?

Yeah, and it's not that finger-friendly as I imagined it would be... I hate the stylus and the fact that I have to use both my hands to navigate through the menus, etc. Also it was very slow and freezed a lot

The problem with the HTC Touch's touchpad is the fact that it's a stylus pad. It won't recognize fingers (or you'd have to use a lot of pressure which makes it inaccurate), only hard points. I've been using it as well and I refused to use the stylus. You can use it with a finger, but you'd have to touch it with your nail. I didn't like it either, and the software is rather confusing.

Another thing is the sound quality and max volume... even on max volume I could hardly hear what the other person is talking about. Quite annoying.

I think your touch is damaged. I had a P3300 artemis (wich is older than the touch) befor my diamond. The sound was great. I also have a frien dwho has a touch ane everything works smooth on it.