HTC Touch Diamond vs. Samsung i900 Omnia: Head-to-Head
It’s PocketPC playoffs and HTC are giving Samsung a match at the GSM Arena. With two of the stars of the season arriving in our office all at once, we thought it’s a heck of an opportunity for some Diamond-Omnia-Diamond-Omnia-Diamond-Omnia game-set-match. We got two aces up to the challenge, so sit back and stretch out. Ah well, get that six-pack too and join us for the kick-off...
- Johan Lont
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The article mentions the shutter sound of the Samsung Omnia's camera function and says "which unfortunately cannot be turned off". I believe this is (proposed to be) mandatory in some jurisdictions to prevent the use of camera phones to secretly take photos without permission of people in situations where they expect privacy. For example in fitness centers, locker rooms, and dressing rooms. The shutter sound makes it harder to take someone's picture without knowing. There have been a lot of concerns about this type of abuse.
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- 2009-05-20 19:53
- MFnj
- Amir
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Omnia is much Better
Maybe you should Comnpare Omnia with Touch HD
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- 2009-05-04 07:51
- 0U$r
- Anonymous
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> In reply to stan @ 2008-09-09 07:13 from kSmsHTC taiwan Brand not China
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- 2009-04-07 06:44
- vpdF
- Anonymous
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> In reply to Artanis @ 2009-01-29 05:07 from w0QNcome on... n97? how can you compare? its not even out in the market and it has a different opponet like omniaHD and HTC touch pro2... this 2 fons are out there for a while now and you compare to latest fons? are you even ok??
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- 2009-04-07 06:38
- vpdF
- jerra
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the omnia just seams better. the htc i agree looks more styleish but the omnia wins this race. It has everything going for it and is infact, i believe much MUCH better than the iphone which i think is a terrible phone, it has too many flaws.
anyway the omnia wins this race. but the htc is also very nice
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- 2009-04-05 12:06
- wgqW
- Anonymous
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oh boy oh boy.... it's just a phone for the GOD SAKE!
the main use for a phone is to communicating LOL... if you need great picture buy real camera, if u need good sound buy discman or Ipod, if you need good video buy video player,,,
People, it's up to you (and your cash LOL) whether you choose OMNIA or HTC, I hope those comments won't make you confuse ... EVERY TYPES, EVERY PRODUCTS have their weakness .. sorry for bad english
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- 2009-04-03 14:57
- PFAr
- Edson
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I can only be surprised with this review...
I know both are great devices.
But take a serious look at some of HTC DIAMOND top advantages:
8 of 13 (lowest in the review):
* Nicer design
* More compact body
* Lighter weight
* Active magnetic stylus (Omnia has no stylus slot)
* Better sunlight legibility (by a small margin)
* Comes with the amusing Teeter game (uses the accelerometer)
* Has pre-installed YouTube client and MP3 Trimmer application for ringtones
* Better video playback performance
Do you agree these points makes HTC DIAMOND a better choice for you?
I would choose OMNIA, that have better PRO's.
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- 2009-02-14 19:25
- m}9%
- Artanis
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To answer all the opinions, and also the iPhones' poor features, Samsung made the Omnia. Experts and critics call it, the greatest mobile phone today. The only competitors hailed to level it are the HTC Max 4D and Nokia N97, nonetheless.
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- 2009-01-29 05:07
- w0QN
- Anonymous
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Don't believe on the below mentioned stories, whatever you like out of omnia or diamond, just but it.
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- 2009-01-22 09:13
- M{3K
- Ez
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For those saying that if you want a PDA phone, the Touch Diamond is the better option. Can you please explain why that is? Thanks.
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- 2009-01-12 06:51
- 2GWx
- lordman
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it is great!! Samsung SGHi900 with mouse, it o make easy to oprate.never found the problem or error. HTC diamond, sorry...i/m not interested to use.
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- 2009-01-11 15:55
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- Stevan
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i just buy Omnia and not bad, it should be compare with HTC touchpro...not diamond. Diamond is to low performance than omnia.
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- 2009-01-11 15:48
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- ray liverpool uk
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hi had the samsung i900 for 7days interface is rubbish no multitouch no 3.5mm jack or stero speakers, plastic back cover should be steel. i think the i900 needs to go through another vesion change before i would look at it again. So sold it and put yep a 16gb iphone the interface multitouch and sound is spot on, but would like to see it all alluminium casing, mini sd slot, quad mini speakers would be nice, oh and a solar panel screen under the touch think that coming to phones next year. Oh and an embeded satnav and lastly the cpu increase to say 600mhz instead of 400ish sweet
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- 2008-11-29 10:33
- myIY
- Saint Tosin
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Been using Omnia for a while now, it aint bad. although i cant go against HTC cos i never used d version in question, i have used HTC Advantage, trust me its da bomb. My advice, NEVER pick a fone cos of the look and feel over performance. General review of processing power, bugs and battery life i think Omnia's got it. Its better to pick what will serve you rather than useless efizzie.
Fones are like women: some pretty looking babes as companion are preferred by guys because of people looking at us on the street BUT when we need them to cook for us they cant even turn on the gas cooker.... not worth it.
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- 2008-11-11 10:49
- mi$%
- Anonymous
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both are great phones. It's the OS that's the problem. It eats too much juice off the devices... Will wait for windows to release a new mobile OS first before buying another windows mobile device....
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- 2008-10-26 19:49
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- Nish
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> In reply to cris @ 2008-08-28 17:13 from wHr$Omnia does have TV output that can be used for connectivity to the projector...
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- 2008-09-29 18:39
- PU8d
- SizeMatters
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I upgraded from Orange SPV M300 to the Diamond and was NOT impressed, so have gone back to my M300!
Main points that I found:
1. You put the Diamond into your pocket (within its case) and, as you push it in, you accidentally switch on the power. This you don't realise until you've opened up a dozen applications, and probably rang out to someone unintentionally.
2. Ergonomics: I couldn't ever clearly hear what people had to say when putting the phone to my ear. Why? Because the speaker section isn't designed to fit in the ear - it's just flush! This became painful when trying to hold conversations for prolonged periods of time.
3. The screen rendering was quite slow, and the slide mechanism wasn't really that great (although Teeter was wicked!).
4. I found that the phone always felt "greasy" as well, and so was forever cleaning it.
The Samsung now sounds tempting... but can't see the real advantages over the M300 (brick) that I have now.
Watch this space ;)
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- 2008-09-25 11:42
- miAW
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