Samsung Omnia W slides through FCC with North American 3G support

The Omnia W isn’t exactly a stranger among Julius Genachowski’s minions, whom first laid eyes upon the device back in October, but apparently, that first round of scrutiny just wasn’t enough. That’s right. The Omnia W is back, with one fundamental change: unlike the primary handset (GT-I8350), which maxes out at EDGE connectivity on our domestic 1900 / 850MHz bands, the newest model (GT-I8350T) has piled on support for WCDMA and HSPA over the 850MHz spectrum. Given the similarity of AT&T’s Focus Flash to the Omnia W, it kind of feels terribly unlikely that this one is certain for the States — which also means that this mid-sized Mango could have Canada squarely within its sights. With the utter absence of Windows Phone at Bell and Rogers, and merely the Optimus 7 at Telus, the coming of a few tropical fruit up north seems long overdue, indeed.

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