Samsung sneaks out snazzy 3G iPhone rival... the Omnia.

Richdog · 21 Jun 2008 at 10:02

Do some googling/wiki on Windows Mobile/Symbian.

Richdog · 14 Jul 2008 at 08:45

fini said:
Anyone know the release date for this and what network's it's likely to appear on first?

I'd like to know this myself... really think this may be a front-runner for my next phone.

Richdog · 14 Jul 2008 at 09:50

A phone like this needs an unlimited browsing tarrif... i'm going to be browsing a lot on it that's for sure.

Richdog · 14 Jul 2008 at 11:14

SOme people have this phone in singapore already but details are thin on the ground... I think we may be looking at an end of July release for this baby.

Richdog · 14 Jul 2008 at 15:25

bam0 said:
If this phone had a higher resolution I'd be all over it, to really get the most out of the web browsing and the new opera browser it should have been better than 400x240. That one lacking feature means I think I'll be going back to a moto Q9 until around xmas see what the iphone is going for then and what the competitors are like.

I think using Opera it should be fine as it scales the page to suit, and you can zoom the page size right down. It should'nt be TOo dissimilar to iPhone in most respects with regards to scaling.

Richdog · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:04

Camalot said:
Anyone know what the video recording is like yet?

Seen some from the N95 - Amazing. Hope this is on par.

No idea there's no user feedback yet.

Richdog · 14 Jul 2008 at 16:29

bam0 said:
it scales but it just doesn't have the pixels to work with, I haven't seen this link elsewhere in this thread yet but look at the screens in comparison, the lower res is a real issue when it comes to web browsing.

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_touch_diamond_vs_samsung_i900_omnia-review-262.php

I hadn't seen that yet, good find!

Richdog · 19 Jul 2008 at 11:09

Look at the youtube vids and read the spec pages that are linked in this thread...

Richdog · 19 Jul 2008 at 11:20

rossyl said:
so it's a no to all?

and texting is ok

http://www.gsmarena.com/htc_touch_diamond_vs_samsung_i900_omnia-review-262.php

Richdog · 22 Jul 2008 at 07:35

The screen size is really putting me off... I think it's sheer laziness on the part of Samsung, and I think it may have ruined what could have been damn near the perfect phone. Also 30fps video recording is a glaring ommission imo that they coiuld have added and it would have rivalled the Xperia.

Richdog · 22 Jul 2008 at 15:53

Of course I mean resolution, slip of the tounge (or finger).

Richdog · 25 Jul 2008 at 06:49

Spit said:
Well I never mms, never use stereo bluetooth and I dont think i have ever taken a video on my phones. So... im not missing anything.

That's nice dear, but this isn't an iPhone spaff thread, there are plenty of those already.

Richdog · 7 Aug 2008 at 10:53

I've really decided against this phone now... I feel the screen resolution is just too low for a screen of this size, and the lack of 30fps VGA recording is really putting me off... I use that a lot on my N82.

Close... but no cigar for me.

Richdog · 7 Aug 2008 at 11:41

Camalot said:
Looks like ill be heading towards the i8510.

No touch screen though.

fini said:
Why do iphone users feel the need to come in here and continuously say 'its not as good as my iphone'? If I wanted an iphone I'd get one, clearly people looking at this phone don't want an iphone.

Just what I was thinking... quite sad really. And thats without getting into the iPhones lack of features that are now standard on most phones. Fanboyism I guess.

Richdog · 7 Aug 2008 at 13:30

Camalot said:
I have a feeling the novilty will wear off with touch screen, maybe just me !

It's no novelty... it's been in use on PDA phones for years. Makes browsing/navigating etc a hell of a lot simpler.

Richdog · 7 Aug 2008 at 14:04

The first were a long time ago... there's been plenty since then, all more than passable.

Richdog · 7 Aug 2008 at 16:29

I'll pass on the rather long articles from Apple fansites as I haven't got time to read them at the moment, but cheers anyway.

Richdog · 12 Aug 2008 at 06:37

david.n.c said:
Lets face it no one in here is a big enough mug to throw "sim-free" kinda £££'s at a phone. All I want to know is when is it out in the UK on 02.......now please!

Well it all depends whether you want to be locked into a contract or not! I bought my N82 SIM-free and it worked out the same price as a contract when I added it all up, with the added bonus I wasn't tied into anything.

Richdog · 13 Aug 2008 at 14:15

Scoobie Dave said:
Really thinking of just buying this phone sim free. The 16GB version can be had for about £479

Nah just get the 8GB and get a high capacity card to go with it, works out much cheaper.

Richdog · 13 Aug 2008 at 14:25

About a ton less than the 16GB from the last time I Googled it (week or two ago).