Verizon Wireless Announces the Availability of the Samsung Omnia II

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Nice looking phone… it’s amazing all of these phones that come out all of the time, how can we decide which to get? Especially WinMo phones, they’re my favorite, I want them all, but just can’t afford them…

Verizon Wireless and Samsung Telecommunications America (Samsung Mobile) today announced the availability of the Samsung Omnia® II(TM), a full-touch all-in-one smartphone powered by Windows Mobile® 6.5 to keep customers connected to their corporate and personal e-mail accounts and synchronized with their schedules and contacts.

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  Available Colors: Black with red accents on the battery cover

  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(TM),
      Facebook® and MySpace, with Samsung's unique TouchWiz(TM) 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(TM) 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

  Pricing and availability:
  --  The Samsung Omnia II will be available online at
      www.verizonwireless.com and in Verizon Wireless Communications Stores
      beginning Dec. 2 for $199.99 after a $100 mail-in rebate with a new
      two-year customer agreement.  Customers will receive the rebate in the
      form of a debit card; upon receipt, customers may use the card as cash
      anywhere debit cards are accepted.
  --  For additional information on Verizon Wireless products and services,
      visit a Verizon Wireless Communications Store, call 1-800-2 JOIN IN or
      go to www.verizonwireless.com.

  About Verizon Wireless

Verizon Wireless operates the nation’s most reliable and largest wireless voice and 3G data network, serving 89 million customers. Headquartered in Basking Ridge, N.J., with 85,000 employees nationwide, Verizon Wireless is a joint venture of Verizon Communications (NYSE:VZ) and Vodafone (NYSE and LSE: VOD). For more information, visit www.verizonwireless.com. To preview and request broadcast-quality video footage and high-resolution stills of Verizon Wireless operations, log on to the Verizon Wireless Multimedia Library at www.verizonwireless.com/multimedia.

About Samsung Telecommunications America

Samsung Telecommunications America, LLC, a Dallas-based subsidiary of Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., researches, develops and markets wireless handsets and telecommunications products throughout North America. For more information, please visit www.samsungmobileusa.com.

About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd.

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. is a global leader in semiconductor, telecommunication, digital media and digital convergence technologies with 2008 consolidated sales of US$96 billion. Employing approximately 164,600 people in 179 offices across 61 countries, the company consists of two business units: Digital Media & Communications and Device Solutions. Recognized as one of the fastest growing global brands, Samsung Electronics is a leading producer of digital TVs, memory chips, mobile phones and TFT-LCDs. For more information, please visit www.samsung.com.

Samsung Mobile is proud to provide ENERGY STAR-qualified power adapters with its mobile phones and accessories. ENERGY STAR-qualified products use less energy, save money, and help protect the environment. Products that have earned the ENERGY STAR meet strict energy-efficiency guidelines set by the US Environmental Protection Agency and the US Department of Energy.

Web Site: http://www.verizonwireless.com/