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Samsung has already had a busy day, announcing the 2 Omnia Pro's and the Jet this morning. Well, they have just announced 2 more Omnia's, the Omnia II aka I8000 and the Omnia LITE (the B7300).

The Omnia II aka I8000 has already been unveiled, but this time it's official. The Omnia II has: a 3.7-inch WVGA AMOLED touchscreen display (world's largest for a phone, I believe), 480p video recording and playback, HSUPA 5.76Mbps / HSDPA 7.2Mbps, WiFi, up to 48GB of storage, the new TouchWiz 2.0 UI, "Advanced R Touch (Resistive Touch) that 'enables faster, more accurate touch response'", and will run on WinMo 6.1, but it will be upgradeable to WinMo 6.5 when it gets released. This looks like an awesome phone and it would be even better if it was upgradeable to WinMo 7.0. If the rumoured specs are true, we could also see an 8.1MP camera with dual-LED flash, a Qualcomm CPU, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth, and GPS.

The Omnia LITE is the B7300 that we saw last month. It has: a 3MP camera, TouchWiz 2.0 UI, Push e-mail support, Microsoft Office, Opera web browser, HSDPA connectivity, WiFi, aGPS, and is another touchscreen handset. If the rumoured specs are true, we could also see: a 3-inch WQVGA touchscreen display, Bluetooth 2.0, a microSD card slot, FM radio, and autofocus on the 3MP camera.

The pricing and availability for both handsets has not been mentioned yet, but the Omnia II will be hitting Verizon sometime this year.

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This is a pretty good day for release dates for Samsung's handsets. The Samsung M8920 - that has a 12MP camera with 3x optical zoom - will be available by the end of Q3, which is pretty far away, but I'm sure we won't mind the wait. Another handset that will be available by the end of the year is the Samsung I8000 Omnia2. This WinMo-packing handset  - that has a 3.7-inch AMOLED resistive touchscreen WVGA display - will be available in October of this year.

According to the latest rumours, the phone that will be unveiled at Samsung Unpacked could be the Samsung S8000 Jet. We'll just have to see on June 15th. I really hope it's running Android, similar to earlier rumours.

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Doesn't this look like the Samsung S8000? Well, it does look like it, but it's actually the Samsung I8000 which is the Omnia2. The Omnia2 will have: a gorgeous 3.7-inch AMOLED WVGA resistive touchscreen display, an 8.1MP camera with dual-LED flash and 30fps VGA recording, a Qualcomm CPU (unknown model), a microSD card slot, Bluetooth, 3G, miniUSB connectivity, GPS, and WiFi. On a side note, I can't believe Samsung decided to go with a resistive touchscreen here. Anyways, the Omnia2 will be rocking WinMo 6.1 - which is also terrible - but I'm pretty sure it will be upgradeable to WinMo 6.5 when it is available. It will, of course, have Samsung's TouchWiz UI. The Omnia2's availability date has been mentioned.

You may be wondering why the Omnia2 looks like the Samsung S8000 and the M8000. Well, that's because they are all a part of Samsung's Cubic project, hence the cubical central button. By the way, don't forget about Samsung Unpacked on June 15th.

[GSM Arena]