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Samsung i900-Omnia Cell Phone

Samsung i900-Omnia

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The quad band 3G Samsung i900 Omnia sports a large touchscreen display and a 5.0 megapixel camera. Other key features include HSPDA data, Wifi, TV out, DivX/XviD/WMV/MP4 player, expandable memory card slot (up to 8GB), GPS, FM radio and stereo Bluetooth.

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iPhone 3g v HTC Touch Diamond v Samsung Omnia Part 3

iPhone 3g v HTC Touch Diamond v Samsung Omnia Part 3

It's the third and final part of the battle of the beasts. This episode focuses on messaging and overall impressions. Specs? UI? Flexibility? What really does matter in a phone? Voice quality, even?
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iPhone 3g v HTC Touch Diamond v Samsung Omnia Part 2

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Samsung Omnia i900 Unboxing

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Samsung Omnia i900 Hands-On

Samsung Omnia i900 Hands-On

Hands-on with Samsung's Touch-Wiz wunderkind, the Omnia. WinMo, TouchWiz, 5MP Camera, HSDPA and WiFi. Boom! I apologize now - I didn't have my usual camera for this and the video quality isn't great, especially on close-ups.
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Has the AT&T launch of the BlackBerry Bold been pushed back to November?  A data sheet BGR has gotten hold of says Yes.  BGR himself says No.  Hmm.  Here's the latest info ... or purported info, anyway:A supposed AT&T product sheet dated September 17 lists the following launch dates for some new AT&T gear:BlackBerry Bold: November ETAHTC Fuze (Touch Pro): 10/23Samsung Mirage i907 (Omnia for the US): 10/21Nokia...
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Unboxing: Samsung Goes Viral With Omnia Unboxing Video

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Noah Answers Your Questions - Omnia or iPhone?

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Samsung Omnia: Buy an Omnia, Get an Xbox 360 Free - In Italy

One of the most exciting phones currently not coming to the US is Samsung's i900 Omnia.  Omnia is set to launch in Italy next Tuesday, July 22, and will make its way across Europe by the end of August, but Samsung hasn't released any plans for a US launch.  Too bad, since this GSM Windows Mobile smartphone will feauture a WQVGA touchscreen display, 5MP camera with auto-focus and getotagging, GPS, 3G/WiFi, an optical mouse for...

Omnia not worth the money or effort

Overall Rating:
2 out of 5
By: girlgadgett Taylor on Thursday, September 25, 2008
From: notts, East midland (United Kingdom)
Experience: 3 Months
Pros: Looks good and very impressive however looks can be decieving.Camera takes good quality shots.

Cons: Fine but no better then a HP hand held computer,
battery life is terrible.good for emails,not so good for general texting and calls.

Summary: This from my experience is a poor substitute for a Blackberry,frequently drops calls,complex layout takes some adapting to,downloading pictures,music etc.is complicated.SD card is in the phone so you need to dismantle phone each time you choose to access it.Battery life is very poor 6 hoyrs max.if you do a few short calls texts and access the internet for approx 20 mins.Screen scratches very easily and limited overthe counter resources to protect it. Mobiles I believe are supposed to make life easier not more stresful and complicated.The dislay is difficult to read in sun light.

1 out of 1 people found this review helpful

It is amazingly packed with everything anyone would need in a mobile device!

Overall Rating:
4.5 out of 5
By: Saad Rabia on Friday, August 29, 2008
From: Abu Dhabi, AUH (United Arab Emirates)
Experience: 6 Days
Pros: 3.5G, WiFi, Bluetooth, Real full internet (including Flash and JAVA), Thin, clean design, crisp screen colors, 5 MP camera with smile detection, flash, auto focus and digital zoom, video recording with slow motion mode, strong GPS, 5 to 6 hours of battery life, creative & useful UI.

Cons: Windows Mobile is still a stick in the a**.

Summary: The Samsung Omnia is the best mobile phone I've ever used in my life. It has everything I wanted in one mobile phone; I got the 16 GB version, so I have a lot of space to play with. It has a built-in GPS that I use with Google Maps, and it is very precise and spot on and fast. The 5 MP camera is surprisingly real, meaning that it delivers the high quality images you would expect from the number "5 MP". Video recording is another great feature, with flash and digital zoom, slow motion recording, and a packed editing software built right into the mobile phone. Sound is great, not as high as you would expect but very real and usable; playing music is easy and fun, and using the head set gives you a clear crisp sound that you would want to have.

I love the Geo tagging feature, where every picture you take gets tagged by the GPS of its actual location at the moment you took that picture.

SMS, Mail, MMS and the whole package of internet communication. Opera browser beats every single mobile browser I've ever used on a mobile phone; it kills Safari, BlackBerry and IE Mobile browsers and bury them in mud and dirt.

The software bundle is great; Office and the works. WLM messenger for chat. Great UI, easy to navigate.

A front camera for video calls is also a great touch. The mobile is packed with all connection options; WiFi, Bluetooth, GSM, 3.5 G (7.2 Mbps, unlike the old and sluggish iPhone 1.5 Mbps max), USB.

I can't find better words to describe how good is this mobile phone, but I can assure you that it is by far the best ever made mobile phone in all markets around the world, and all other companies, especially NOKIA, imate, HTC and Apple who all should learn from Samsung's Omnia how to do some real-deal mobile phones instead of the crippled feature-missing phones they keep producing.

Omnia is a: iPhone killer, imate smacker, NOKIA hanger, HTC drawner.

7 out of 8 people found this review helpful
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Omnia on AT&T still?

Hey, does anyone have ANY idea whether the Samsung Omnia is still coming to AT&T or just Verizon Wireless now??

Samsung i900 Thrusting Web Browser!!! What do you say?

By analyzing gsmprofile, gsmarena, phonedog and any other websites I get information about the Samsung i900 Omnia white have every feature of advanced web browsing. But I have the confusion in this web browser. Does it works like a computer or computer internet browsing? So friends, if you have any idea then inform me. Please, please. Please............

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