Up close with Samsung's Focus / Omnia 7 WP7 smartphone

Gallery by Michael Oryl on Monday October 11, 2010.

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Samsung Focus / Omnia 7

Omnia 7 / Focus

Today I got the chance to play around with with Samsung's new Omnia 7, a device that will be marketed in the USA by AT&T as the Focus. This new smartphone is the first device from Samsung to run on Microsoft's new Windows Phone 7 platform, and it was launched today in New York at a Microsoft press event.

The Omnia 7 / Focus has a rather sedate design that is entirely functional, if not particularly sexy. But the Super AMOLED^(INFO) touchscreen display looked, as always, magnificent and helped set the phone apart from its peers.

The WP7 user experience on the Omnia 7 seemed speedy, and it was quite visually stunning. Microsoft has done a good job at making the UI easy on the eyes, and the Focus makes it look even better.

As the thinnest of the Windows Phone 7 smartphones, the Omnia 7 felt both really good in the hand, and not as bulky as one might expect of a device with a 4-inch display.

The Focus version of the Omnia 7 will go on sale with AT&T starting on November 8.