Now that you know almost everything there is about the Samsung Omnia, including the WiFi, Verizon has made the Samsung touchscreen official. Honestly, there isn’t anything new here that wasn’t covered in our extensive review including the $250 price post $50 MIR and the December 8th availability.

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First off, someone at Verizon Wireless must have been drunk or asleep at the wheel when they gave the Omnia the green light because it has Wi-Fi. Isn’t Verizon notorious for stripping that feature from every single phone in its lineup? Something tells me the other manufacturers are going to throw a fit over this bit of news.

Quick Version: The Omnia boasts just about every feature you’d want from a smartphone and Verizon, surprisingly, left it exactly the way it leaves the Samsung factory. Sure, they added their VZ Navigator app and the VZAppZone but we’re okay with that because they left the Omnia untouched. For a Windows Mobile device with a decent skin Samsung calls the TouchWiz, the Omnia is the clear choice for Verizon Wireless customers. Read More

Looks like Samsung is sending little exploding paraders as ambassadors for the Omnia. Check out the video over at MobileCrunch >>

(Thanks, David!)

IntoMobile is reporting that Samsung Singapore has released the first ROM update for the i900 Omnia Windows Mobile 6.1.

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Dave at MobilityToday rocked out with the Samsung Ominia, a WinMo 6.1 smartphone straight out of Hong Kong. He does a full video review so I won’t spoil it for you but it’s a rare bird and there’s no pricing and availablity for the USA.

I’m over in Singapore, where Samsung has just pulled back the curtains on their Windows Mobile 6.1 touchscreen handset, the Omnia. I got to spend a bit of time with it — check out the full hands on over at MobileCrunch.

This new WinMo 6.1 phone from Samsung comes in both 8- and 16-gigabyte versions and should be available this month – in July for Europe – and has quad-band EDGE and HSDAP support. There is also Wi-Fi and an accelerometer. It is also very pretty… holy cats! I think Steve Jobs just ordered a burrito!