In todays video review of the Verizon Samsung Omnia II I will go into the different methods of data input.

The finger touch friendly Samsung Omnia II still can hard using the on-screen keyboard. As its predecessor the device comes with a stylus. However this time they integraded the stylus in the casing instead of a separate lanyard attached stylus. Besides the standard build in keyboards on the Windows Phones I will be showing you the Swype and the Samsumg Keyboard.

The Swype keyboard is a new skill to learn, but it will let you input data using your finger or stylus without letting go of the screen. You just swype from letter to letter and it will recognize what you want to write.

Visit Swype for more tips and tricks on the Swype keyboard.

The Samsung Omnia II is available at Verizon for $199 after a $100 rebate and a 2-year contract.

Ps this video is not in HD since I had to use my Canon Powershot SD870 IS to make a macro close up “in Focus” shot to show more details.

Update: Tapping the” 123″  key two or three times on the Swype keyboard  will bring you to an edit on-screen keypad with arrows which allows you to move your cursor on screen to the right location for edits.

Please also see our other Verizon Samung Omnia II video’s

Verizon Samsung Omnia II Review Part 1-Unboxing
Verizon Samsung Omnia II Review Part 2-User Interface

In Part 1 of our review of the Verizon Samsung Omnia II we looked at the device quickly, including what came in the box with the device. Now in part 2 we will be looking more in the different user interfaces (UI) that the Verizon Samsung Omnia II has.

Samsung has their own Samsung TouchWiz UI and a Cube UI. We also will show SPB Mobile Shell 3.5 and the standard Windows Mobile 6.5 user interface on it. The video below is about 10 minutes long but we will give you a view of many options these different User interface’s will have.

As of today the Samsung Omnia II is available at Verizon for $199 after a $100 rebate and a 2-year contract.

Please also see my other Verizon Samung Omnia II video’s

Verizon Samsung Omnia II Review Part 1-Unboxing
Verizon Samsung Omnia II Review Part 3 – Data Input and Swype

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

Verizon will be launching the Samsung Omnia II on December 2nd. The Samsung Omnia has been very successful worldwide due to great specifications it had. With a large on-board memory,5 megapixel camera and the almost finger friendly UI the Samsung Omnia was a leader in the Windows Phone line up at that time.

Since then Microsoft has come out with Windows Mobile 6.5 which allows the operating system to be more finger friendly compared to the Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system. This now allows the standard Windows Phone applications and menu structure to be used in a finger friendly operation besides just the manufactures User Interfaces.

The Samsung Omnia II will be $199.99 on contract after a $100.00 rebate.  The Omnia II will have a 3.7 inch WVGA AMOLED screen, 8GB of internal memory (some previous omnia ‘s even had 16 GB), 5 mega pixel camera and of course it will be running the Windows Mobile 6.5 operating system. Samsung will have his own widget gallery available to have easy access on the Widget Tool Bar to your favorite social media places and other favorite places. Samsung will also have a 3D cube UI which we haven’t seen much about yet.

This is a Windows Phone we really want to get our hands on. As I hear many people say now,the Motorola Droid or the Samsung Omnia II ??

Key features:

• 3.7-inch ultra-brilliant touch screen
  • Widescreen WVGA AMOLED (Wide Video Graphics Array Active-Matrix Organic Light-Emitting Diode) responsive touch screen results in one of the brightest and clearest displays on a mobile phone in the United States
• Virtual QWERTY keyboard with Swype technology allows customers to input text faster and easier with one continuous finger or stylus motion across the screen keyboard
• Features Windows Mobile 6.5, which keeps customers connected with corporate and personal e-mail and synchronization of schedules and contacts
• Microsoft Office Mobile® enhances productivity with the ability to manage Word, Excel® and PowerPoint® documents
• Enhanced 3D cube user interface
• Full HTML Web browsing capabilities with Opera 9.5 enhanced browser
• One-touch access to social networking sites via shortcut widgets
• Supports Verizon Wireless services, including V CAST Music with Rhapsody, V CAST Video on Demand, V CAST Song ID, Visual Voice Mail, VZW Tones, VZ Navigator(SM), Mobile IM and Mobile Email

Additional specifications:

• Full messaging suite, including SMS, MMS, Mobile IM, Mobile Email and Corporate Email
• Access to social networking applications, including YouTube™, Facebook® and MySpace, with Samsung’s unique TouchWiz™ 2.0 user interface
• 5.0 megapixel camera with flash and auto-focus and camcorder and decoder with DNSe technology and on-device editing capabilities
• Wi-Fi technology (802.11 b/g)
• Support for Divx and Xvid movie files
• 8 GB internal memory and expandable memory of up to 16 GB with microSD™ memory card (card sold separately)
• Bluetooth® profiles supported: headset (mono and stereo), hands-free (car kits), object push for vCard, basic imaging, phonebook access profiles. Also supports serial port, dial-up networking, object push for vCalendar, file transfer, basic printing and human interface device profiles