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Samsung i900 Omnia review: The whole nine yards

25 July 2008 | Read the review | Post your comment
Samsung i900 Omnia review: The whole nine yards - read the full textNow that the dust of the Diamond vs. Omnia PocketPC battle settles down, our up close and personal look at the rivals continues with Samsung i900 Omnia. Slick looks, great feature-pack and ingenious software solutions are things that hold true...

 

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Perhaps I overlooked the paragraph or maybe it wasn't covered... but how it the quality of the flash. How does a pic in a dark room turn out? I see it has LED flash as opposed to the growing-popular xenon flash.

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  • 2009-02-13 23:49
  • 4R$g

Had mine about 4-5 months now, battery lasts a good 2 days with light usage. Using it a decent amount lasts a easy 24 hours.

To the people complaining the battery dies quickly and it's not the same as the reviews.

Low battery life depends on signal, usage, what programs you've still got running (In task manager) and in optimal conditions (Room temperature ect). If all else fails, do you want a phone that lasts for days upon days or a phone that does everything that the omnia does?

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  • 2009-01-26 10:58
  • Mk4i

Have to always bring a charger inside my bag and a car charger inside car. Dont know when i would have Low Batt! please comment on your battery life experience.

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  • 2009-01-23 14:58
  • uS{6

battery life is very disgusting. you cannot use special features in order to prolong battery life to 1 day. i dont believe the reviews that battery life lasts for 3-4 days. try for yourself!

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  • 2009-01-23 14:51
  • uS{6

I've had my Omnia for a month and love it.

I love; using handwriting to enter text, free Wifi at McDonalds, watching Family Guy on the train, using GPS navigation. I love that it has a few external buttons (when I press 'end call' to lock it for example), or that button that when held brings up Task Manager.

I dont like the small volumn control slider - but once you select it you can use the external buttons for fine control.

I like recording voice notes for myself, controlling what's on my desk top including background and windows theme.

Would definately buy this phone again if it was lost/stolen etc.

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  • 2009-01-14 12:22
  • MNJb

I just dump my N96 & HTC TouchPD and get my Omnia a week ago.
Omina really everything.....performance very good n I can installed a lot of software without worrying screen revolution...I love it very much....Omnia is the best

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  • 2009-01-14 06:46
  • wuq3

Wow...I just switched my Omnia to M2D04 firware.
The battery life time really good performance....I lOve U Omnia

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  • 2009-01-14 06:42
  • wuq3
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> In reply to jack @ 2008-07-31 19:14 from ibbB - click to readThx Jack!

You should start your own website for reviews!

Funny and informative.

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  • 2009-01-13 23:31
  • vu{Z

accidentally delete some of my internet explorer applications & now cant log in to internet ...how am i going to do now ? download internet explorer from web or go to sevice centre ???plzz help

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  • 2009-01-11 10:56
  • wHTj

Loved the phone but had to return it was not the phone for me. Unless you have small fingers there isn't a virtual keyboard out there for anyone no matter how "smart" the phone is, it was hard for me to touch several buttons, especially on the sides. The volume was low even on the highest level, but the speakerphone was very good volume.
The keychain stylus is a big pain, it should of had a slot in the phone for it. I would probably lose 10 of these a year, and is very inconvenient if keep your phone in your pocket. And my biggest complaint is that if you are outside on a sunny day (even in the shade) it is next to impossible to see anything on the screen (really, really bad). When I returned it, the person said that was the most common reason for people returning the phone.

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  • 2008-12-26 16:58
  • 4DXY

please help me choose buy among HTC Touch HD Samsung Omnia & Sony Ericsson Xperia, Which is the best of the three ???

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  • 2008-12-20 18:29
  • wucQ

> In reply to chip @ 2008-12-19 16:58 from B$xp - click to readI reset the phone and did a soft reboot. Changed it to manual then to automatic and it still doesn't rotate. I returned my phone because of the problem and got a new one yesterday. The same problem is incurring. Help!!!!

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  • 2008-12-19 18:05
  • iJdS

> In reply to Jill @ 2008-12-19 16:51 from iJdS - click to readi had to reset it to "on" and moved it to the most sensitive setting as well.

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  • 2008-12-19 16:58
  • B$xp

I am having a problem with my Omnia. The motion sensor doesn't work anymore. Does anyone else have a problem with it?

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  • 2008-12-19 16:51
  • iJdS

hello,
i feel like an idiot, but any help on how my new 16gb sandisk micro sd hc card fits into my omnia? thanks!

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  • 2008-12-19 16:32
  • B$xp

I'm planning on buyin the omnia for $400 (good price or not?)
& I'm getting it unlocked not through verizon, I was wondering if the wi-fi will still work? (my carrier is t-mobile so..)?
sorry im a newbi* :)

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  • 2008-12-18 08:22
  • q8xa

HTC Touch Diamond Vs Samsung Omnia :

Guys Samsung Omnia is much much better. Below is the comparison :
OMNIA : 5 mp cam + flash (check the additional features of its cam. you guys will be zapped)
DIAMOND : 3.15 mp cam + no flash

OMNIA : Touch screen is very user friendly to fingers (not the same as iphone but very similar to it)
DIAMOND : Touch screen is not user friendly at all. I have used both.Its very irritating to use DIAMOND apps becoz its not that userfriendly.

OMNIA : Screen size is 3.32 inch
DIAMOND : Screen size is 2.8 inch

OMNIA : Internal Storage upto 16 GB + mini sd card upto : 16 GB =32 GB
DIAMOND : Internal Storage of only 4GB

OMNIA : It only lacks in resolution and ram. But processor is fast in starting and switching application. :)
DIAMOND : It has better resolution and ram.



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  • 2008-12-10 09:46
  • vGEt

> In reply to innov8oromnia @ 2008-11-16 22:30 from miWm - click to readU cannot comparate innovo and OMNIA. Both have different operating system. Its an insult to OMNIA for being compared with INNOVO... Omnia has WM 6.1, 5 MP cam + flash (check the features in camera, u will be zapped). Touchscreen is so userfriendly to fingers. GPS receiver, etc.
Please dont do such funny comparison again.

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  • 2008-12-10 09:32
  • vGEt

everything else is forgivable except for the BATTERY LIFE! it says in 1 review that the baterry life is about 3-4 days but upon testing it without WIFI , 1-2 short calls, around 10 SMS and a couple of Excel functions- IT HAS TO BE CHARGED EVERY NIGHT! DO YOU EXPERIENCE THE SAME BATT LIFE?

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  • 2008-12-01 03:31
  • P@1W

> In reply to Meena @ 2008-10-30 22:03 from pw9E - click to readI have the same question!!! did you recived it???

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  • 2008-11-30 13:42
  • 05Gw
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