According to Samsung, the third quarter of 2009 is when they expect to release the new Samsung Omnia 2 I8000 mobile. The time has finally come for us to get our hopes up as this means the Omnia 2 I8000 should be hitting store shelves in a month or two.
 

Although this mobile may share its name with the Samsung i900 Omnia, the Omnia 2 I8000 is actually more of a descendant to the highly regarded Samsung i8510 INNOV8 which also gives priority to imaging.
 

With dimensions of 118 x 59.6 x 11.9 and a weight of 117 grams, the Omnia 2 I8000 has a very sleek and stylish design. Much of its front panel is dominated by its 3.7-inch AMOLED resistive touchscreen display (65K colours and has a pixel ratio of 480 x 800).
 

There will be three versions of the Omnia 2 I8000, the only difference being the internal memory. There will be 2, 8, and 16-Gigabyte internal memory versions of the device, but all three’s microSD card slot can accommodate up to 32GB of external memory. The Omnia 2 I8000’s camera is reputable at 5 Megapixels with a dual power LED flash and a 2592 x 1944 maximum pixel ratio. It will also come equipped with the latest camera functions such as autofocus, geo-tagging, mobile blogging, and face & smile detection. You can also capture videos with a pixel rate of 720 x 480 @30 fps. 
 

The Omnia 2 I8000 will be a quad-band GSM device and will work in the HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100 networks for 3G. It will also use an ARM 1176 800 MHz processor to run the Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional operating system.