Samsung debuts Omnia touch phone in Middle East

Samsung Electronics has launched its top selling Omnia touch phone in the Middle East.
“The Samsung Omnia is everything you could ever wish for in a mobile phone. Whether its surfing the net at high speeds, listening to your favourite radio station whilst navigating to your destination or sending high quality photos to your friends, whatever it is this phone does more,” said Sandeep Saihgal, general manager of Mobile Phones Division at Samsung Gulf Electronics.
“We are pleased to be able to offer the Omnia touch phone in both English and Arabic and hope that this feature will further solidify Samsung’s prominence in the full-touch market.”
Samsung’s cutting-edge smart phone Omnia is emerging as the hottest-selling model in major European smart phone markets, he added.
'We’re seeing a major shift towards smartphones, like the Omnia, in the Middle East and research findings show that more than one in four handsets will be a smartphone with more than 1.5 billion being sold in year 2010.'
'This growth will be driven by applications that enable the consumer to enjoy accessible and relevant mobile phone and internet browsing.” Saihgal said.
With Samsung’s patented TouchWiz the user interface makes entering data and text simple.
The phone's high resolution touch-sensitive screen uses intuitive tap, sweep, drag and drop operations as well as an on-screen keyboard.
The wide 3.2-inch WQVGA LCD screen makes the Omnia great for viewing videos and slide shows in high-resolution and advanced audio capabilities, he explained.
The phone also comes equipped with a five-megapixel CMOS camera with the latest value-added features and the handset’s generous internal memory (available in 8GB or 16 GB capacity options and extendable slot for additions) ensures ample storage space for digital assets like music.
Samsung Omnia also offers GPS, including navigation and geo-tagging capabilities.
Based on the most up to date Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system, the Omnia offers access to MS Office documents such as PowerPoint, Excel and Word. Users can also send and receive email and manage their appointments in Outlook while on the go.