at Samsung Mobile headquarters, we recently had the opportunity to get a hands-on look at some of the manufacturers newest high-end, touchscreen phones, including the Samsung Jet and the Samsung Omnia 2. Rounding out the bunch was the Samsung Omnia Pro, a phone we reported on last month when it was originally launched. In following with current smartphone naming traditions (a la HTC's Touch Pro), the Omnia Pro takes the basic Omnia design and adds a keyboard to it. But in our hands-on time with the Omnia Pro, we found changes far deeper than the simple full QWERTY keyboard.
The Samsung Omnia Pro uses an interface that is dramatically different from the fun and widget-happy TouchWIZ 2.0 interface on the Samsung Jet. The Pro's interface is all business. Underneath, the Samsung Omnia Pro is running Windows Mobile 6.1, and the company says buyers will be able to upgrade to Windows Mobile 6.5 when it becomes available, probably this September, if Microsoft
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