Samsung i900 Omnia unveiled, WM 6.1 with TouchWiz Desktop Widgets
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June 10th 2008 |
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Over 3 months ago i told you about the TouchWIZ UI made by samsung which is what TouchFlo and now TouchFlo 3D is for the HTC. Samsung decided they are going to one up the HTC diamond and the iphone all together and triumph over tem in hardware terms. easy to do in the iPhone but not so easy to do with the HTC diamond. but they done it. they have made a High End Smartphone with WM 6.1 pro with TouchWIZ. so now i know why they did the Widget desktop in a Vista like form factor.
The TouchWiz was ported from the previous phone they had it running that was the Anycall haptic phone into Windows Mobile. i must say that the Widget Desktop idea where you can drag and use the widgets right from the desktop sits better with Windows Mobile because it feels like a simulation of what you do in Vista Sidebar or with Vista Sidebar like software like Google and Yahoo own desktop widgets. a form factor that is now truly a standard and they way to place widgets since Google is also using it for Linux and i have seen in WebTops and Web Operative Systems (webos).
The name of the Phone is Omnia i900 and it is a truly interesting and very nice WM 6.1 phone. Samsung is so sure about this phone that they even dared to announced when the WWDC keynote kicked off. i am sure that it will do well after the iPhone 3G hype is over and people discover that while the iPhone is now $200 “anywhere”. it not really true and also learn that a 2 year contract with hefty carrier plans is also waiting for them among other many details and hidden costs.
Samsung also brought iPhone like style into the form so it can convey a hybrid of the UX and UI you can have wit the iPhone and the work like usage you have with a Windows Mobile phone. so they want you to have something also very cool to use.
Widgets Lab is not a Gizmo (not of that nature) blog but i like to point out to how Widgets and Widgetization is leaking out into everything and jumping from the web to the desktop and now into mobiles and other varied kind of hardware. and this is one quite direct and interesting example of that.
For the full details on the phone just go to GSM Arena:
Samsung i900 Omnia announced, live pics inside
They got all the info and photos you may want on it.
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Could anyone help me to get the software of widget for my omnia i900. I bought Omnia a month ago. and A tried to install any software into my Omnia. Then after installed the software, My Omnia was loosen the widget desktop. How should I do?
Comment by anto — 10-1-08 @ 8:10 pm
@anto: as i am looking to maybe buy one myself. i will look that up for you and reply later (hrs) to let you know.
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