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Samsung appears to be rivaling with LG to see which Korean vendor can show Windows Mobile 6.5 the most love.

According to a Samsung Press Release appearing on YTN, Samsung is releasing a whole pack of models in their Omnia line, all now slated to run Windows Mobile 6.5.

The Omnia Series will feature five devices: the OmniaPRO B7610, OmniaPRO B7320, OmniaPRO B7330, OmniaLITE (B7300), as well as the already announced Omnia II (I8000) with an updated Windows Mobile? 6.5 operating system. Samsung will release the series later this year and announce a set of customized strategies to differentiate and expand sales of each model by appealing to a broad spectrum of user groups.

Within the OmniaPRO lineup, the OmniaPRO B7610 is the premium device, featuring a high-resolution 3.5 inch AMOLED display and QWERTY keyboard. The OmniaPRO B7320 and OmniaPRO B7330 will target businessmen with a QWERTY keyboard and email/wireless internet capabilities. The OmniaPRO B7330 will feature HSDPA 7.2 Mps, HSUPA 2.0 Mps and Windows Mobile 6.5, providing the most versatile option for emailing and wireless internet use. Rounding out the new series, the OmniaLITE will have a user-friendly interface and various multimedia functions for younger users.

That sounds like quite a lineup, but even more interesting then that Samsung has announced that all existing Omnia series devices will be updated from WinMo 6.1 to 6.5. This is the first clear promise of an update I have heard from any vendor or carrier.

Samsung Electronics plans to feature Windows Mobile? 6.5 on all Omnia Series devices after its release, while offering an update to 6.5 on the Omnia II, OmniaPRO B7610, and OmniaPRO B7320, previously shipped with Windows Mobile 6.1. Please contact your mobile operator and/or local Samsung office for updateability details.

All of this is exciting news for Omnia owners and fans of Windows Mobile. At least for the moment, it appears the road to Windows Mobile 6.5 runs through Seoul.

So, Palm…any hope of an update for the Treo Pro?

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By day a department manager and writer for a major network device vendor...by night Zealot stalks the mean magnetic streets, striking fear into the hearts of bandwidth abusers and theme park mascots. Zealot has been involved with mobile devices for more than a decade now, starting off with dumb phones, moving to PDAs and then to smartphones, notebooks and netbooks with the odd PMP thrown in. Most of his mobile time currently is spent on a Treo Pro, Zune HD, Thinkpad T61, Gigabyte M912M or a Hackintoshed Compaq Mini 704. He proudly groks the Geek community and considers himself a Neo Maxi Zune Dweebie (thanks Will Wheaton!).