Samsung Omnia
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Samsung Omnia (Vodafone) Vodafone UK £80.00 |
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Samsung Omnia (Vodafone) Vodafone UK £132.87 |
Pros
3.2-inch touch-screen, 240 x 400 screen resolution, 3G and HSDPA (7.2 Mbps), GPS, Wi-Fi, 5 MP camera, microSDHC slot (up to 16 GB), Opera Mobile 9.5 browser, Windows Mobile 6.1.
Cons
No Xenon flash, No browser flash support.
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SUMMARY:
Quad-band 3G HSDPA phone with 3.2-inch touchscreen, 5 MP camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, 8 GB or 16 GB memory, microSDHC card slot (up to 16 GB) and Windows Mobile 6.1 OS. OMNIA means 'everything' in Latin and 'wish' in Arabic.Samsung Omnia Review
The Samsung Omnia, aka Samsung i900 (SGH-i900) is Samsung's latest attempt at offering a good iPhone alternative. Samsung means 'everything' in Latin', 'wish' in Arabic and 'testicals' in Spanish.
Key features include:
- 3.2-inch WGVA (240 x 400) LCD touchscreen (with haptics - vibrates to the touch)
- Quad-band GSM
- MicroSD card slot (Samsung state 'up to 16 GB support', but it could support 32 GB cards when they're released in the first half of 2009)
- GPS
- TouchWiz interface - uses Widgets - same as the Samsung F480 Tocco
- Google Maps
- Wi-Fi
- 5 MP (2592 x 1944) pixels camera - Power LED (bright), shooting mode, image size, VGA (640 x 480) 15 fps video capture, macro mode, ISO, quality settings, white balance, effects, contrast, image stabilizer, geo-tag pictures, flash, scenes, face and smile detection, auto-panorama shot
- Multi-Codec Support - Divx, Xvid...
- Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS
- FM radio with RDS
- EDGE, 3G and HSDPA (up to 7.2 Mbps)
- 2 versions - 8 GB or 16 GB phone memory
- 1440 mAh battery
- MS Office - Powerpoint, Word, Excel
- Opera Mobile 9.5 Web browser
- TV-out
- Accelerometer - browser, media
- Video calling camera
Design
Platinum-look finish, 12.5 mm thick and "elegant hairline patterns" on the back.
Quick tour
Front: Send and end buttons, optical mouse.
Right: Volume, camera button, menu button.
Left: Connector, strap holder.
Back: 5 MP camera and power LED flash.
Features
TouchWiz Interface and Widgets
The home screen has 12 icons - call log, phonebook, music player, browser, messages, my files, calendar, camera, Bluetooth, applications, alarms, settings. Widgets Panel on the left. Drag and drop widgets onto the screen, giving you quick access. Widgets include: analogue and digital clock, time zone clock, calendar, gallery, games, birthdays, profiles, radio, music player, events and network information.
Drag an icon onto the screen to use the application.
Opera Mobile 9.5
Pan, zoom, double-tap to zoom in, auto-rotation, text fits the screen when you zoom in. Smooth and quick. No flash support.
5 MP Camera with Power LED
5 MP (2592 x 1944) pixels camera - Power LED (bright), shooting mode, image size, VGA (640 x 480) 15 fps video capture, macro mode, ISO, quality settings, white balance, effects, contrast, image stabilizer, geo-tag pictures, flash, scenes, face and smile detection, auto-panorama shot.
Power LED Flash
Power LEDs are high-power LEDs offering 12x light output as the feeble low-power LEDs, and similar brightness to Xenon flash units used in camera phones. Can be used as part of a dual-LED or triple-LED set-up.
Luxeon Power LED Benefits
- Power LEDs can be less than 10% of the volume of Xenon flash units
- Consume less battery power than a Xenon flash
- Fit easily into slimline mobile phones
- Cheaper and quicker to manufacture
- Lower voltage
- Comparable brightness to Xenon flash units
- Longer flash duration - hundreds of MS. During that time, the camera can invoke numerous features to better optimise the flash brightness - dynamic white balance, illumination level, auto-focus, red-eye
Speedy
624MHz Marvell PXA312 processor. Quick interface, few lags.
Battery Life
1440 mAh battery. 5 hours 50 mins battery life.
GPS and Google Maps
Built-in GPS. Get your location. Google Maps is installed. Google maps are downloaded in real-time over an Internet connection. To use the maps, you will need an Internet connection and you have to pay data transfer costs to fetch the maps over the mobile network.
You might want to install GPS software (EG: TomTom) - it's cheaper that way.
Summary
Launch price: approx. £539 SIM-free or get it cheap with a pay-monthly contract.
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Great phone. Getting one for xmas.
Much better than the Google Phone.
The Google Phone is like a brick.
iPhone is better than the T-Mobile G1.
yes
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