Samsung commits to bringing TouchWiz to the US -- yeah, we know

So Samsung just put out a press release this morning, buttering up a hungry American market for a promised onslaught of TouchWiz-enabled devices -- you know, that widget-based touchscreen interface that's been sweeping Samsung's international lineup by storm this year starting with the F480. The actual verbiage there is that Sammy expects to launch "several full touchscreen devices with TouchWiz technology in late 2008 and early 2009," and we're pretty sure we can nail at least three of those right off the bat: the a867 for AT&T, the T919 for T-Mobile, and the Omnia for Verizon. How'd we do, guys? Close? We were hoping all three of those would launch before the end of the year, but maybe -- just maybe -- there's something in the cards for Sprint, too.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2008 5:55PM]

Yawn ... no matter how good it looks its still WinMo 6.1 in a fancy frock... Note to Samsung call us when WinMo 7 is out or when you've grown the balls to release the ALP based i800...

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2008 6:59PM]

Ummmm....Samsung's TouchWiz UI is not Windows Mobile. ::rolls eyes::

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 2nd 2008 8:29PM]

thats right...touchwiz is not WM

but the omnia is a WM phone with touchwiz on it.....

all the other ones are normal phones

[Charles Knight Posted Oct 23rd 2008 7:04PM]

I find touch wiz to be a bit of a gimmick. sure it's fun for a couple of days but you can do anything you can do with the touchscreen, quicker with a d-pad and/or keyboard shortcuts.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 24th 2008 6:14AM]

Looking forward to this WinMo phone. Add a higher res screen and a place to put the stylus and it is very close to the perfect machine for me.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 24th 2008 4:53PM]

Ugh what don't you people understand!?! This is NOT Windows Mobile phone! Samsung's TouchWiz User Interface is not Windows based. I believe it is java based.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 23rd 2008 9:05PM]

Dont forget the US Cellular Samsung Delve you posted on

[Mark Larson Posted Oct 24th 2008 6:01AM]

Is there no Touchwiz in the Sprint Instinct? Its just a CDMA F490 right?

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 26th 2008 5:47PM]

Have had this phone here in the UK for over 6 months now, its dated, the new Samsung Pixon is coming out next week, same touchwiz interface, 8mp camera. Oh and you lot are confusing it witht the Omnia, which is WinMo6.1