Samsung Omnia HD Gains JB1 Firmware Update

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By way of a brief update for those of you who with the Samsung Omnia HD smartphone as you can now get your hands on the new JB1 firmware which, aside from offering numerous bug fixes and enhancements, also brings kinetic scrolling to the Omnia HD (though only to certain parts of the UI).

Aside from kinetic scrolling the Samsung Omnia HD JB1 firmware update also tweaks the Omnia HD’s camera whilst also enhancing the responsiveness of the Omnia HD’s web browser but, by way of a word of warning, as the update will see your phone left with a mere 17MB of free memory (rather than the 30MB you will have had free pre-update) you may find that your Omnia HD struggles somewhat under heavy loading – that said, we’re not seeing any user reports confirming this just yet so perhaps the drastic cut in free memory isn’t going to have the impact one readily assume it should.

The Samsung Omnia HD JB1 firmware update, which has just been made available, can be obtained via PC Studio 7 but, in light of the above, we’d strongly suggest you ensure backup your phone prior to applying the new firmware (just in case). But you always backup devices prior to updates, right? Yeah, me too.