Verizon Samsung Omnia II Review Part 1 – Unboxing
December 1, 2009 by Johan van Mierlo
Filed under Featured, Phones, Windows Phones
A couple of days ago we announced that Verizon would officially release the Samsung Omnia II. This Samsung Omnia II is a Windows Phone running on Windows Mobile 6.5. Besides that this is a touch screen phone it still comes with a stylus integrated and not like a hanging pencil on the side like the original Omnia. The screen has a ultra-brilliant touch screen WVGA AMOLED display. Swype keyboard input (we’ll get back to that) and some other extras from the Verizon Vcast applications.
The Samsung Omnia II will be available on December 2, 2009 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a 2-year contract.
EDIT: December 2, 2009 ; The Samsung Omnia II is available with Verizon for $199 after a $100 rebate and a 2-year contract.
I will be making some review video’s on different parts of this device, so that you can get a good feel for it.
Below is my first video with the unboxing and my first impressions.
Please also see our other Verizon Samung Omnia II video’s
Verizon Samsung Omnia II Review Part 2 – User Interface
Verizon Samsung Omnia II Review Part 3 – Data Input and Swype
Johan van Mierlo has been writing and reviewing for the online communities since the launch of the handheld computer Palm IIIe and Compaq iPaq in 1998. He owned and tested many mobile devices including Windows Mobile, Palm, Symbian, Android, iPhone and many different GPS and Mobile products.Johan was awarded MVP Windows Mobile Devices by Microsoft in 2008 and 2009 for his community activities last year.
Can you do a video showing off the Nuance Voice Recognition? Thanks!
Hi Mark,
I will try. I have been just playing with it and it seems to work just like on my Moto Q9h
Verizon representative said that the release dates for phones are confidential so they would not be told until the phones are actually released. Now, is it true that Samsung Omnia 2 is going to be released on Dec. 2 (tomorrow)?
Hi Jen,
Yes, we got notification that they will be released tomorrow. I will add a link to their page as soosn as I have it.
Would you be able to see if Google Maps works on the Omnia 2? The profile page on VZW says it is compatible with VZ Navigator and that it has HTML web browsing capability, leading me to believe it will not work with Google Maps. Thanks!
I just tried the Navigation. And it works. It is a self standing application with it own UI. Could be using google data, but can’t get the google maps view as you are used to to navigate. Google maps is a Windows Phone application as well.
http://www.google.com/mobile/products/maps.html#p=winmo
However I like the Bing (old Live maps) better. They even came out with a new update today. Not fa ull blown navigation but it works great and is also clud based and location based communication app
http://www.discoverbing.com/mobile/
Great review! If you can, could you answer two questions? 1. How is the phone quality? 2. How easy is it use bluetooth to voice dial. I returned my Droids (2) because they were poor phones (loose signal in locations my others phones have no problem, and always cause others to ask me “what’s wrong – you sound terrible) and it was insanely worthless as in tap-the-screen while, say your contact and thn LOOK AT THE SCREEN to see it is correct THEN TAP THE SCREEN on OK – all while driving!!
TIA