A very stylish phone from Samsung is here and it’s called Samsung i900 Omnia. This full touch screen phone have a massive screen and what I like most about this phone is that it has only two buttons on front, i.e., call and end button. We need only these two buttons on any touch screen phone but most of the touch screen phones we see today have lots of buttons. So why only these two buttons? Well for me I could do without these too and I am really waiting to see a fully “no button” phone and every thing from touch screen but I think mobile companies will think it as a crazy (and flop) idea and never make such phone.

Talking about technical details, Samsung Omnia is a PDA phone running on Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system. Interestingly it comes with a good 5 MP camera with LED flash for taking clearer pictures even in low light conditions and also some advanced camera features like advanced smile shot and face detection, otherwise not all PDA’s have such good quality camera for simple reason that PDA phone are already stuffed with so many chips inside that manufacturers find it hard to embed a bigger and better camera, this is one reason and other reason is that mobile companies think that PDA phone users are mostly business users wearing suits and they will hardly have time to play with their phone and take photos. Other advanced features of this phone are GPS navigation, GPRS with EDGE technology for faster browsing, large 3.2 inch QVGA LCD screen. Wider screen is really useful for any phone which is GPRS enabled because browsing sites on small phone screen is really a pain. It is available in both 8GB and the 16GB versions. I am already in love with this phone and it can be my next phone if something goes wrong with my current PDA. In that case I’ll look for mobile phone deals at online mobile stores and buy it.

Samsung mobile phones are durable and last long and their built quality is also great. Some companies are degrading their phone quality to help maintain their profit margin even after reducing price; this is bad practice while Samsung has maintained quality in their phones always. Omnia weighs about 125 grams which is quite light for a PDA phone of this category and comes with a battery which provides 10 hours of talk time or 430 hours of backup on standby. Again these figures are good considering PDA phone with big LCD screen.

WoongJin ST unveiled its ultra-slim industrial PDA ‘STM-8100′ during CeBIT 2008, which supports 2D barcode scanner and GPS functionality.

Featuring durable design(IP65 rated), it is dust proof as well as waterproof. In addition, the STM-8100 provides GSM data transmission for European market.

WoongJin ST(www.wjst.co.kr) expects to unveil its luxurious designed industrial PDA ‘STM-7100′ at the upcoming CeBIT 2008, which features piano black finish.

Adopting a 3.5-inch LCD display and IC card slot, the STM-7100 supports built-in scanner and camera functionality. According to the company, it is suitable for department store or other high-end stores.

WoongJin ST plans to unveil its ultra-slim industrial PDA ‘STM-8100′ at the upcoming CeBIT 2008, which supports 2D barcode scanner and GPS functionality, and features durable design (IP65 rated). Being an industrial phone, you can expect a ugly phone but it’s all because they want to make it sturdy. However this one is little better looking but we can’t really call it a slim PDA phone.

HP to launch its 3.5-inch PDA ‘HP iPAQ 112 classic handheld’ in Korea market. The HP iPAQ 112 classic handheld runs Windows Mobile 6 classic and features touch screen, WiFi, e-mail/document sync, and Bluetooth connectivity. Display size of 3.5inch means it has got quite a lot of room for playing videos and viewing images. Body dimensions are 116.7mm x 68.9mm x 13.6mm, means it’s thin though you may have problem in holding it and keeping in pocket as well. Suggested price is 400,000 (KRW).

Samsung Electronics unveiled four latest Mobile WiMAX devices to the Korean market. The devices have been upgraded from previous Mobile WiMAX devices in terms of design and functions. One PDA type (SPH-M8200), one mobile convergence device (SPH-P9200), and two USB modem type(SPH-H1300, SWT-200K) devices have been launched. All four Mobile WiMAX devices are currently available through Korea Telecom (KT)’s Mobile WiMAX network.

SPH-M8200 is a PDA type Mobile WiMAX device which supports Mobile WiMAX and CDMA EV-DO connectivity. 16.6mm thin, this bar type device has enhanced usability with a full touch screen. It supports Terrestrial DMB, Bluetooth, file viewer and enhanced UCC related functions such as video editor, background music.

The SPH-P9200 is a convergence device capable of voice and multimedia data communications through Mobile WiMAX technology. With Microsoft Windows XP as the operating system, users will find the contents and applications familiar and easy to use for work and play. It supports voice, video-telephony calls, Mobile WiMAX, HSDPA and Wi-Fi. The SPH-P9200 has implemented a foldable device increasing mobility with a touch mouse function to increase usability. Users are able to run applications such as MP3, VOD and games without folding out the keyboard.

SPH-H1300 and SWT-H200K are USB type modems which can be connected to laptops for quick use of Mobile WiMAX technology. With the swivel type design, users can comfortably plug in the USB and automatically connect to PC program.

Bluebird presented its portable bar-type PDA smart phone ‘BM-500′ in Korea market, which adopts 2.8-inch TFT LCD with QVGA (240 x 320) high resolution display and 1.3M camera.

Running on Windows Mobile 5.0 Phone Edition, the BM-500 supports Bluetooth/Wi-Fi connection, USB and Mini-SD card slot. It also features high speed wireless LAN 802.11b/g, 512MB flash ROM and 64MB RAM.