Samsung i900 Omnia review: The whole nine yards

25 July 2008
Now 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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  • mac
  • w0Q
  • 28 Jul 2008

im empress with the quality of the camera, sharp and clean.

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    • Anonymous
    • PnY
    • 28 Jul 2008

    Crow, 27 Jul 2008yeah, it got fl3 through a firmware update this march. so what...I misunderstood you. Thought you said fl3 was not available at all. My bad.

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      • Yts
      • pRJ
      • 28 Jul 2008

      so what are the final words ! Is there a way the OMNIA can view any flash page ? or what can I do to make it has that flash lite 3 !
      Come on guys almost every internet page now has a flash interface !

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        • Crow
        • n{F
        • 27 Jul 2008

        Anonymous, 27 Jul 2008n95 has flash lite 3 officiallyyeah, it got fl3 through a firmware update this march. so what...

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          • Anonymous
          • PnY
          • 27 Jul 2008

          Crow, 27 Jul 2008Well, it's not windows that has got a problem with flash, i... moren95 has flash lite 3 officially

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            • Crow
            • n{F
            • 27 Jul 2008

            Yts, 27 Jul 2008sorry I didn't get it ! how it's windows mobile and there i... moreWell, it's not windows that has got a problem with flash, it's the user that has a problem with adobe. Flash lite 3 isn't freely available. It is just available for developers, OEM, etc. So you can't just install it. It has to be supplied with the phone or the browser (opera).
            There is a internet explorer installed on every WinMo, but honestly... it sucks! Opera is much more comfortable to use. And as it doesn't come with the flash plugin, it wouldn't help you at that matter either.

              • Y
              • Yts
              • pRJ
              • 27 Jul 2008

              sorry I didn't get it ! how it's windows mobile and there is a problem with the flash player couldn't I just install another browser and it should work fine with the flash stuff ! and isn't there is a internet explorer brwoser in windows mobile by default !
              HOW COME WINDOWS MOBILE HAVE ISSUES WITH FLASH

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                • Jason
                • nim
                • 27 Jul 2008

                Very good review GSMArena team! Well done!

                The device looks very promising indeed.
                Personally I'm not that worried about the screen. Of course it could be better! But the down side is a worse battery life. On my PDA (about four years old now) I have a screen resolution of 240*320, 65k colours. This is acceptable. Could be better, but it is well acceptable. So I'm quit sure the Samsung Omnia i900 will be my next device!

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                  • NIR
                  • M@T
                  • 26 Jul 2008

                  Crow, 26 Jul 2008Heeellllooooo... you are talking about a Windows Mobile dev... moreHey crow,
                  Thanx alot.actually i didn't used any windows mobile.currently i m using N81.So i think Omnia would be a nice upgrade.i m gonna get it.
                  Have u heard any music on ur Omnia?
                  How is it?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Sve
                    • 26 Jul 2008

                    yes you can turn it off.

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                      • Thorgar
                      • iEP
                      • 26 Jul 2008

                      [The Samsung Omnia also offers nice touch feedback when you touch the screen. The Omnia vibrates shortly to confirm every key press. Unfortunately, the haptic feedback doesn't always mean your key press was actually accepted and the command is being run.]

                      Anyone know if you can turn this off?

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                        • Crow
                        • n{F
                        • 26 Jul 2008

                        NIR, 26 Jul 2008Theres a big drawback.there is no equalizer here.its a grea... moreHeeellllooooo... you are talking about a Windows Mobile device. If the integrated player doesn't have an equalizer, simply install a mediaplayer of your choice which supports this (e.g. MortPlayer).

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 0vT
                          • 26 Jul 2008

                          very very nice .

                          thanks samsung .

                          i900 and i8510 is the best

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                            • NIR
                            • M@T
                            • 26 Jul 2008

                            Theres a big drawback.there is no equalizer here.its a great regret for me.it cant be used as a music phone.is it true?

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                              • Dee
                              • MuM
                              • 26 Jul 2008

                              "imran wajid" agree whith you

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                                • darkmax
                                • TIE
                                • 26 Jul 2008

                                Finally a decent and justifiable review. The Diamond vs Omnia article should be reviewed.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • pJq
                                  • 26 Jul 2008

                                  Is The QVGA Down To Hardware Support Of Software Preference ?

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • PnY
                                    • 26 Jul 2008

                                    Striker, 25 Jul 2008Yeah I agree, Phone looke phenomenal but I'm a little worri... moreYes it worth the risc. I will buy it for sure =)

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • ns6
                                      • 26 Jul 2008

                                      If it wouldn't have been for the terrible resolution, I would have bought/waited-for this over diamond.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • mD6
                                        • 26 Jul 2008

                                        now i want a review for either SE g900 or Xperia x1