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Clove’s blog has just announced that, for a limited time, all Samsung Omnia devices will come with a free copy of the excellent-looking NDrive GPS Navigation software for UK and Ireland, worth around £50, preloaded on a 8GB microSD card.

Some great features of the software are:

• 3D aerial photo integration, better than Google – Reality View – See your route as it actually appears with real photos!
• Video quality graphics makes the fastest software in the market
• Simple and easy to use with gesture recognition
• Community features
• Location based services
• Faster search system
• Special Routing for pedestrian and Adventure modes

Supported devices include the Samsung Omnia 2, Samsung Omnia Pro, Omnia Lite, with prices ranging from £195 to £305 for the Omnia 2, which is excellent value.

Read more about this excellent deal at Clove here.

WindowsPhoneReview.com drew our attention to these pictures of the Chinese version of the Samsung Omnia 2, the Samsung i1810C.

The handset retains all the great features of the Samsung Omnia 2, including the great 3.7 inch AMOLED screen, and in addition supports China’s home-grown  TD-SCDMA 3G standard.

Interestingly one of the areas the handset does differ is the “cube” button, which is much broader here and seems to support 2 functions, back and another.

See more at Zol.com.cn

Via WindowsPhoneReview.com, thanks Amrita for the tip.

Swype has published this tutorial to show how to work their innovative keyboard, currently shipping on the Samsung Omnia 2 . The video gives a good idea of the actions involved, and despite the apparent complexity of its use, user reports are surprisingly good, both on the Windows Mobile and Android handsets where the software has found a home.

If you want to give it a try and do not have an Omnia 2, this Google search may be useful.

For more tips and tricks on its use, read Swype’s page here.

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In Korea, where the Samsung Omnia 2 is a pretty big deal, Prompt has developed some pretty cool graphical lock screens for the device.

The software comes with 4 interfaces, and only works on the Omnia 2.

It features:

• The device sensor senses the movement of the device and changes the background accordingly.
• The 3D background also changes according to the time of the day.
• By simply tilting the device back, the screen shows missed calls, messages, or mail information received while it is locked.
• When the user touches the screen, animation changes according to the applied theme.
• Touching the screen long enough unlocks the device.

The video above shows the Yellow man, but 3 further screens, including Butterfly and Hummingbird are available.

To add some more fun to your Omnia 2 visit WMSkins here for the download links.

Samsung Apps store has now expanded from UK to many more countries.

Now Germany, Singapore, Brazil and China , France and Italy will be able to get access to games and applications like Guitar Hero from Mobile Bus, Need for Speed from Electronic Arts, Spiderman from Gameloft and other big names, all localized to their language.

From mid-February, the Samsung Store will come preinstalled on devices sold in Germany and Singapore.  To add the store to a current device visit samsungmobile.com and download the client there.

Read more at GSMArena here.

In a few months Verizon subscribers in the US will have the choice between the Samsung Omnia 2 and the HTC Nexus One. CareAce.net have published this brief look at some of the features which make the Omnia 2 a better choice than the Nexus One.

Read more at CareAce.net here.

At CES Samsung has recently shown off their smart TV’s which features the ability to to play games on your TV by using your phone as a controller.

In this video it shows the phone being used to display the cards being held by each person in a game of Blackjack.

Unfortunately they do not show the user interface closely, but it is certainly a nifty feature which may predispose a Samsung TV owner to buy a Samsung phone or vice versa.