Samsung OMNIA Review

Samsung OMNIA Review

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Published on: 24 July, 2008 by PhoneArena Team

Samsung OMNIA Review

Translated from Latin, the name of Samsung’s new model means 'everything' and its main purpose is to fully satisfy the needs of the modern cell phone user. This is a phone with a unique combination of characteristics such as 5-megapixel camera, large touch display and GPS, taking advantage of the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform. In addition, this is the first device with a built-in support of not only DivX, but XviD video. The logical question 'Can it cook?' comes to mind …

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Well i know one thing...its coming to ATT thats for sure ....and its killing the iphone.......lol
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Yes it is coming to ATT however it's going to be crippled to death. http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=243
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Hello guys,

Who, Who, Who... what's going on here !? Fighting about what phone is better... ah that makes me think of my younger years. Well lets set this to the side (though i liked the part of "icrap" and "crapple", will use that in some of my jokes this year :P)

Nice review you did there. Though you keep being negative about this phone...
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Ughhh why did they only include a 240x400 screen. Why not make it 480x800 like the Sony Xperia?
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Comprehensive revew, though as with comment 23, thought it was overly negative in places. Agreed, the screen resolution isn't the best, but of course we're not at HD level just yet so i'm not all that bothered. Have to love that 5 mp camera though, its the only reason i've stuck with my N95 for so long. I hope samsung have sorted out some of the more basic customisable features. Anyone know whether you can change the message tone to a personalised tone, I know you couldn't do this with some previous samsung models. Either which way, I'm going to end up with one at the end of my current contract.

This whole thing with the iphone though, man its just the first in a series of phones that are all going to have the same/similar features. Who cares what you buy now, buy whatever takes your fancy and ignore everything else!
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Hi my Omnia arrived last week and I love the features, however I have a few problems. Could anyone tell me if I can create a group to send SMS messages to on a large scale basis? On my last Nokia this was very simple. Cheers all
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Is the CPU model really Marvell PXA312? But why can't I find it in the Marvell website? The nearest I can find is PXA320.
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cant wait for it to be released on Verizon, since this is another phone better than an I phone.


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so can anybody tell me the disadvantges if there are any? because i'm looking forward to buy.
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samsung omnia (i900)

so i bought this phone a month ago. it arrived from hong kong very rapidly.
i read through the instructions, and installed a couple of apps online. i found that a lot of the windows mobile apps did not work with this phone

the blue tooth is appalling in comparison to other samsung devices like the yp-p2 and yp-s5, with the signal losing strength very easily, and cutting out a lot.

the phone oftens hangs once a day, and i have found that i have needed to remove the battery and switch it back on to use it again. which isn't helped by the very long start up time. i'm not surprised by the lengthy start up time, but could do without it on a phone.

as with all samsung products, they do not provide software for use on a mac, which is troublesome having to find a windows machine to transfer data, sync the phone, or make any kind of back-up.

i have found the text input works well, but for me the only viable option of the 9 available is the samsung phonepad, meaning i'm no better off than using a traditional phone. but this works much better than an my dads iphone which i've played around with a bit.

the battery life is poor. i found i could completely run down a fully charged battery in 3 hours with wifi turned on. with 3g on it would be dead in under a day. otherwise the battery life is great when used as a plain phone.

the camera looks great when it works, which i have found to be infrequently. §1the normal response when trying to start the camera is a box saying that the program can not be run to to a lack of video memory. even after closing all running programs this is not remedied.

the screen looks great, and the accellorometer works great, and i have no problems with the 1-3seconds it takes to rotate. the problem is with video playback. not only does the phone not play back .svi (samsung video) but when the device plays a movie it tends to be quite laggy and unpleasant.

i haven't tried using the phone with the headphone jack, so can't judge the audio.

network strength is fine. i find the phone book great although the touch and drag scrolling can be annoying. when you touch to drag, sometimes this doesn't scroll but opens the contact.

the menu system is great, simple, but the touch drag through programs proves problematic like with the phonebook.

adding further widgets does not work. so i couldn't add any weather widgets like with the htc phones.

opera browser is lovely to use, and should be available on all phones. it works in every way that could be expected, and i found it much better than safari on mobile. copying and pasting is a big point that windows mobile has over apple mobile.

the phone looks cool, and i have kept it in a sock so have no scratches or finger prints which keeps it looking wow.

my bottom line is that i think the phone is wonderful but windows is slow and prone to crashing so i am selling the phone.
having played with an iphone this last week, and trying the nokia n96, htc touch diamond and black berry bold, i am most impressed by the black berry bold, and keeping a separate device for media playing.
the htc dream is out this week, and new blackberry thunder (touch screen) so for now i choose my samsun d900i.
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This phone is POOR!

I got it today and am taking it back tomorrow. If you are going to be using Emails and texts on your device, DO NOT get this phone. Yes, you can use a qwerty keyboard on the touchscreen, but it is far too small.

I am 19 and work in a phone shop...I bought this phone thinking it was going to be the DBs, it is not.

It is trying too hard to be an iPhone, and nothing can compete with the Jesus phone.

The accelerometer is far too sensitive and the screen switches round almost when it feels like it

If you want a stylish touch screen phone, get the Tocco

If you want a phone for Emailing and Internet, get the Jesus phone or a Crackberry

Simple
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