Samsung Louvre: The Omnia with the keyboard

Written on 1/30/2009 08:06:00 AM by poison_ivy

At last! Samsung has answered my prayers. Just when I thought that no new phones would pique my interest this year, aside from the Palm Pre and the Nokia N97, the people over at Expansys said that Samsung is working on another Windows Mobile Phone, has the same Samsung widgets, but more importantly, it has a keyboard!!! Whoohoo!!!

However, I do hope that they're wrong about the specs. The Samsung Louvre has a slide out keyboard similar to the Nokia N97 and the TyTN II. It will run on Windows 6.1 but the thing I didn't like is that it only has a 3.2 megapixel camera...whaatt??? From 5 megapixel to 3.2 megapixel??!!

Another windows mobile device that Samsung will be releasing is the update to their i780, the Samsung Pivot. I also like the i780 so I'm also excited about this one. This time, the Samsung Pivot is the one with the 5 megapixel camera and will run on windows mobile 6.5.

That's why I'm a bit confused. Maybe Expansys got it mixed up and the Samsung Pivot is actually the update to the Omnia while the Samsung Louvre is to the i780? I'm hoping for pics and more specs soon so that I know if this will be worth upgrading to. Unfortunately, I couldn't find that particular post over at the Expansys blog which leads me to believe that maybe they removed it.

Anyways, I'm crossing my fingers and hoping for the best.