Samsung Omnia I900 owners thread.

rossyl · 8 Sep 2008 at 19:08

VODAFONE Omnia questions pre purchase

1 - Is the Voda software awful and does it need to be removed? If so how hard is that to do?

2- What's it like texting on the phone?

3 - How is browsing compared to an iPhone?

4 - Whats the Mp3 playback and layout like?

5 - Can i drag and drop full DIVX films (750mb) without lessening the resolution, and will it play smoothly?

6 - Is reception generally good, or have you found it worse than previous phones?

Thank you.!!

fini · 8 Sep 2008 at 19:20

rossyl said:
5 - Can i drag and drop full DIVX films (750mb) without lessening the resolution, and will it play smoothly?

Yes

6 - Is reception generally good, or have you found it worse than previous phones?

Same as my old k800

Camalot · 8 Sep 2008 at 19:27

rossyl said:
VODAFONE Omnia questions pre purchase

1 - Is the Voda software awful and does it need to be removed? If so how hard is that to do?

2- What's it like texting on the phone?

3 - How is browsing compared to an iPhone?

4 - Whats the Mp3 playback and layout like?

5 - Can i drag and drop full DIVX films (750mb) without lessening the resolution, and will it play smoothly?

6 - Is reception generally good, or have you found it worse than previous phones?

Thank you.!!

1 - Yes it seems slow at times.

2 - Very hard to get used to, but once used to it, you can text one handed and faster than a phone with buttons! (Well i can anyway)

3 - Browsing is a joy, can't compare it to an Iphone as i haven't used one, but i doubt its any better tbh!

4 - Layout seems basic, playback seems fine to me.

5 - DivX files play nicely on mine.

6 - Haven't had any problems reception wise! Seems fine.

Burnsy2023 · 8 Sep 2008 at 21:30

Camalot said:
3 - Browsing is a joy, can't compare it to an Iphone as i haven't used one, but i doubt its any better tbh!

What I like about the iPhone is the scaling of large webpages. How well does IE deal with it? It's not great on the last PDA I used

Burnsy

Camalot · 8 Sep 2008 at 21:36

Burnsy2023 said:
What I like about the iPhone is the scaling of large webpages. How well does IE deal with it? It's not great on the last PDA I used

Burnsy

The Omnia has Opera, when a page loads its all in full screen. But a quick double tap of a certain section and it zooms in. The words all auto wrap to fill the screen. It's very nice.

Burnsy2023 · 8 Sep 2008 at 21:40

Camalot said:
The Omnia has Opera, when a page loads its all in full screen. But a quick double tap of a certain section and it zooms in. The words all auto wrap to fill the screen. It's very nice.

So comparable to the iPhone? Or a good try but not as good?

Burnsy

SiD the Turtle · 8 Sep 2008 at 21:45

Burnsy2023 said:
So comparable to the iPhone? Or a good try but not as good?

Burnsy

I've not seen the iPhone's one in action, but Opera mobile on the Omina is fantastic. The page renders, you 'double-tap' the screen to zoom in, drag to pan around, that's all there is to it really.

You should demo one in the shops.

Burnsy2023 · 8 Sep 2008 at 21:47

SiD the Turtle said:
You should demo one in the shops.

I've already ordered the phone, but Orange say it'll be a few days before they get stock

Burnsy

Camalot · 8 Sep 2008 at 21:55

I dont know how the iphone works so cant compare the two.
This suits me fine though. Typing on here is very easy now im used to it.

Scoobie Dave · 9 Sep 2008 at 09:37

Burnsy2023 said:
I've already ordered the phone, but Orange say it'll be a few days before they get stock

Burnsy

The phone your getting is it from Orange direct?

"andy" · 9 Sep 2008 at 10:50

is there any obvious reason why i cant watch you tube videos using wifi ? in both iexplorer and opera it always trys to connect to GPRS once i get to the actual streaming of the video. uses wifi fine when searching etc though :/

hornett · 9 Sep 2008 at 11:26

looks good

Camalot · 9 Sep 2008 at 11:39

"andy" said:
is there any obvious reason why i cant watch you tube videos using wifi ? in both iexplorer and opera it always trys to connect to GPRS once i get to the actual streaming of the video. uses wifi fine when searching etc though :/

Yea i've noticed that, its annoying

"andy" · 9 Sep 2008 at 11:49

its asthough you tube are in cahoots with phone people so everyone gets charged to use you tube lol

other video streaming mobile sites are fine with the wifi :S

finally getting used to texting with it a bit more now too. when i first tried yesterday i was considering getting rid of it i was so bad !

Burnsy2023 · 9 Sep 2008 at 12:24

Scoobie Dave said:
The phone your getting is it from Orange direct?

As far as I'm aware.

Burnsy

Scoobie Dave · 9 Sep 2008 at 12:40

thought said:
Official ROM released for Omnia:

http://www.modaco.com/content/pocke...icial-samsung-i900-omnia-dxhh1-update-leaked/

It seems that Samsung are really doing some cool developments for this phone.

Just wanted to tell everyone that I flashed to this rom this morning and everything went fine. Anyone else given it a go?

What is the best way to get rid of small fine scratches on the i900's screen?

rossyl · 9 Sep 2008 at 14:51

what's the best case that isn't too bulky and includes storage for a stylus

Cheers.

cokebottles · 9 Sep 2008 at 15:04

Hi guys. This is day 4 of Omnia fun for me. Settling in nicely now, used to the basic controls and touch screen etc. Now I have a few questions, which I'm sure others would be interested in having answered too;

1) Can the SPB 'Now' screen be set to the today page? - Camalot asked this earlier - I agree, I need the 'Now' page to be my defualt today page - this must be possible, does anyone know how?

2) Is it possible to lock the phone from the SPB 'Now' screen - I currently have my 'call end' key mapped to disconnect data calls instead of phone lock. Is there a way to lock the phone quickly from within the SPB interface??

3) Has anyone figured out how to get the "X" button to actualy close applications properly yet. I am aware this is possible through a menu settin on the HTC phones, but has anyone figured this out for the Omnia yet?

Appreciate your efforts guys

Camalot · 9 Sep 2008 at 15:37

cokebottles said:
1) Can the SPB 'Now' screen be set to the today page?

2) Is it possible to lock the phone from the SPB 'Now' screen

1/ I couldn't figure this out - But i have the bottom right touch key set to "home". So it's only 1 click away.

2/ Hold the bottom right hard key in for 3 seconds.

Do all networks add VAT onto the bill? My £35 a month contract is actually £41+ after VAT has been added, what the ....... :mad:

cokebottles · 9 Sep 2008 at 15:56

Camalot said:
1/ I couldn't figure this out - But i have the bottom right touch key set to "home". So it's only 1 click away.

2/ Hold the bottom right hard key in for 3 seconds.

Do all networks add VAT onto the bill? My £35 a month contract is actually £41+ after VAT has been added, what the .......

@ 1/ - Do you know how to change what the bottom right touch key is set to? When I originally installed SpB it changed to 'Spb home' - but since I've installed a theme, it has returned to 'live'. Can I change this manually??

@ 2/ - As I said - I mapped my call-end button to disconnect data calls instead of locking the phone so I cannot do this.

-In regards to your tariff. If your on a £35 a month plan, that is including VAT, so your price before VAT should be around £29.79. I think vodafone discount about £5/6 a month for the unlimited web surfing thing, so it could be correct. You may want to call 191 from your phone. Press option 1 to go through the accounts questions, then option 4 for to speak to a customer service person.