• Microsoft Displayed Modded Omnia HD at MIX10

    Microsoft Displayed Modded Omnia HD at MIX10

    Techtree News Staff, Mar 17, 2010 1823 hrs IST

    Samsung puts speculations to rest

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We are sure you might have seen the Samsung Omnia HD lookalike running Windows Phone 7 at yesterday s MIX10 conference. A day later, Samsung has confirmed that the device was not made by them. In fact, the phone was actually a very professionally modded Omnia HD which is originally designed to run Symbian S60 v5.


Folks over at Techradar managed to grab a quick byte form senior Samsung officials who said that launch was from Microsoft, not Samsung, and that they used the i8910HD to demo Windows Phone 7. Samsung also said that it's not yet clear whether existing i8910HD users will be able to upgrade to Windows 7 as this demo was a one-off.


The use of the Omnia HD has set off speculations pointing towards the possible adoption of the phone to work on the Windows Phone 7 platform. Except for the 600Mhz processor and the lower resolution screen (which seems to be limited by S60v5 OS that doesn't support higher resolutions than 320x640), the Omnia HD does match the specs required for running WP7S. Still, it is unlikely that the current Omnia HD users will get such a radical OS update. The unofficial modders out there might have already started their work by now, we believe.

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Vijay
,Bangalore, on Mar 18, 2010 04:29 AM
The fake Samsung handset was just part of the smoke and mirrors display for Windows Phones at Mix. Windows Phone 7 Series seems to be pretty on the surface, but nothing underneath. Basic functions (like copy/paste) missing. Less functionality than Windows Mobile had, but WP7S has a pretty face. Because Microsoft is going to put an unfinished WP7S platform to market, it will fail. The public does not need to tolerate an unfinished OS, when the competition (eg Android and iPhone) is much better and mature.
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