Verizon Wireless added another smartphone to its lineup just ahead of the official start of the holiday shopping season.
The carrier launched the CMDA Samsung Omnia, a touchscreen phone running on Windows Mobile with a five-megapixel camera. The phone uses Samsung's Touchwiz user interface and has haptic feedback that provides a little vibration when a selection is made. The phone has an on-screen QWERTY keyboard, runs on Windows Mobile 6.1, the Opera 9.5 web browser and is Wi-Fi capable. The phone is similar in may ways to the Samsung Delve being offered by Alltel, but the five-megapixel camera puts in on par with the Motorola Zn5 being offered by T-Mobile USA.
The Omnia will be available for sale online Nov. 26 and in stores beginning Dec. 8 for $250 after a $70 mail-in rebate and with a two-year contract.
For more:
- see this release [1]
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Links:
[1] http://www.fiercewireless.com/press-releases/verizon-wireless-adds-samsung-omnia-its-touch-screen-lineup
[2] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/samsung-passes-motorola-top-u-s-handset-maker/2008-11-07
[3] http://www.fiercewireless.com/story/verizon-t-launch-new-samsung-phones/2008-11-14