It’s kind of hard to tell but the screen looks amazing, stunning, incredible. Not only is it high resolution but the colour just blows me away. It’s easily the best thing about the Omnia 2.

Other random thoughts. While it has a 800Mhz processor Opera still feels kind of slow. The hexagonal button in front isn’t a navigation pad – instead it’s a single button that looks like a nav pad. It’s a waste of space.

TouchWiz 2.0 is nice but having the Windows Mobile menus and TouchWiz makes for a inconsistant user experience.

The camera is very similar to the camera on the Samsung i910. It’s very good except when you’re trying to take close ups where the flash is needed. In those situations it blasts the subject out – that said you can raise the ISO to 800 so you don’t need to use the flash as much.

In the past, whenever I tested a Bell CDMA phone there was always very low signal levels in my house. The Omnia 2 runs on Bell’s new HSPA+ network and it too gets very little signal – FYI.

Anyways that’s all for now. I’ll have a full review up later after I’ve had a chance to play with it more and drool at the screen some more.

Here’s the Samsung Galaxy. It’s their first Android powered phone. If you’re familiar with Android here’s very quick low down:

It’s a very generic Android implimentation (it’s cupcake) – It’s their first Android device so there’s no Samsung customization. I’m sure the next version will be more customized.

The 2 distinguishing features are it’s AMOLED display – it’s incredible. It also has a 5 megapixel camera on the back.

Fully loaded with fun multimedia features and practical smartphone capabilities, the 3G Samsung OMNIA includes Windows Mobile^®, a 5 megapixel camera, GPS, a customizable touch screen and much more.

3 year: $129.95
2 year: $399.95
1 year: $499.95
no contract: $549.95

Head over to Bell Mobility to purchase.

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Like Bell’s model Telus’ will feature a touch screen and a full keyboard, Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional Edition, chat-style view for text and multimedia messages (similar to the iPhone), and a 2.0MP camera.

As you can see from the graphic, launch pricing is as follows:
3 year: $149.99 (voice and data over $20/month)
2 year: $399.99
1 year: $499.99
no contract: $549.99

Head over to Telus to learn more.

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AT&T has launched the full QWERTY Samsung Impression.  The Impression features a full HTML browser, touchscreen interface, 3MP camera, and Bluetooth 2.0 (to name a few).  Current pricing below:

$399.99-no commitment
$249.99-2 year term
$50.00-mail in rebate
$199.99-2 year term after mail in rebate

Head over to AT&T to learn more.

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Bluetooth

Head over to Virgin Mobile to learn more or to purchase.

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April 29- Nokia 1661 prepaid
May 6-Samsung T349 prepaid
May 13-Samsung T239 prepaid
May 13-Sidekick 2009 (Blade)
July 1-HTC Snap (HTC Maple)
July 22-HTC Wing II (HTC Rhodium)
June 24-Sony Ericsson CS8
July 15-Samsung T559
July 15-Samsung T469
July 22-Samsung T749
August 19-Samsung T659
TBD-HTC Magic (HTC Sapphire)

Of course dates and models launched are subject to change.

Source: TmoNews

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Source: EngadetMobile
Video: Nokia Conversations

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