Samsung OMNIA Review

21. (unregistered) posted on 17 Aug 2008, 14:48 0 0

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...

22. (unregistered) posted on 20 Aug 2008, 23:14 0 0

Ughhh why did they only include a 240x400 screen. Why not make it 480x800 like the Sony Xperia?

23. Anon (unregistered) posted on 25 Aug 2008, 16:56 0 0

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!

26. (unregistered) posted on 16 Sep 2008, 04:50 0 0

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

27. (unregistered) posted on 17 Sep 2008, 09:10 0 0

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.

28. (unregistered) posted on 19 Sep 2008, 11:42 0 0

cant wait for it to be released on Verizon, since this is another phone better than an I phone.

29. (unregistered) posted on 19 Sep 2008, 14:23 0 0

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

30. (unregistered) posted on 23 Sep 2008, 05:48 0 0

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.

31. (unregistered) posted on 23 Sep 2008, 12:24 0 0

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

32. (unregistered) posted on 29 Sep 2008, 18:13 0 0

The jitter bug rules.......

33. (unregistered) posted on 02 Oct 2008, 11:30 0 0

I got this phone and I hate it more than any other electronic item I've ever owned. The user interface is so awful that I want to snap the damn thing in half several times a day. Also, it gets rubbish reception, bugs mean that programs crash or won't work, sometimes for days at a time, sometimes requiring a hard reset. If you listen to music, it blares the music through the speaker at high volume if you disconnect the headphones. etc. HORRIBLE PHONE

34. Massive Attack (unregistered) posted on 06 Oct 2008, 08:43 0 0

take a look at the picture of the bears at strong light and medium light at full size, pay attention to the lower right part corner of the picture, you see some "green"? i have an omnia and the greenish corner is bugging me.

35. ZA (unregistered) posted on 27 Oct 2008, 05:55 0 0

The HTCs ( P3600 / Touch ) feel better in hand but look at this: The South African box contains the following: a quick start guide the handset the battery a 8GB memory card with card reader getting started CD Garmen Navigator software for life CD stylis normal charger car charger headset spare in-ear pieces 3.5mm adapter USB cable Car Cradle with suction cups

36. Atlantagreg (unregistered) posted on 23 Nov 2008, 01:16 0 0

Good review, but it would be better if the guy who narrated the Samsung OMNIA Video Review spoke more recognizable English. He mumbled here and there, and his accent was too strong.

37. (unregistered) posted on 25 Nov 2008, 10:51 0 0

anyone can give me advice for choosing between innov8 and omnia? thx~

38. (unregistered) posted on 07 Dec 2008, 03:54 0 0

I got this phone this week and I cna't believe how good it is. Omnia's custom interface coupled with thw windows GUI is top notch, it's so easy to use. Battery life is amazing considering what a power-house this phone is. The camera is excellent. This phone is easily better than the i-phone, just for compatibility and features. It looks better too, I won't be trading this thing for a LONG time. Buy one.

39. Chuck (unregistered) posted on 11 Dec 2008, 00:12 0 0

I just got this phone and am happy with it except for one thing--I can't access the 8 GB of internal storage. i contacted Samsung and they told me that was a mistake in their spec sheet. Has anybody been able to use the internal 8 or 16 GB of internal storage?

40. Antonio1980 posted on 01 Mar 2009, 13:39 0 0

Low cost phones only at: www.brandfone.de.be Just visit the link above if you want to buy a new phone and you don`t want to spend much on it. Thank you.