Samsung i900 Omnia review
August 12, 2008 by admin
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 for the i900 Omnia in the same extent as for the Diamond.
And since the Samsung i900 Omnia boasts loads of character and personality it's no wonder it holds the crowd hooked ever since it was announced. The first five megapixel Windows Mobile cameraphone has inspired quite a following and now that it's already market available in Europe we are more than happy to welcome the Omnia back after a well deserved breather. Well then, we've seen it race, let's watch it cruis
Key features:
- Quad-band GSM support
- 3G with HSDPA 7.2 Mbps
- Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional OS
- 624MHz Marvell PXA312 CPU and 128 MB RAM
- 3.2" 65K-color touchscreen with resolution of 240 x 400 pixels
- 5 megapixel autofocus camera with wide dynamic range mode, face tracking, smile detection, geotagging
- 8 to 16 GB of storage memory, microSD expansion
- Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS
- Wi-Fi
- Stereo Bluetooth and USB connectivity
- FM radio with RDS
- Optical joystick with virtual mouse functionality
- Built-in accelerometer for auto screen rotation and call muting
- TV-out
- Solid build and great finish
- Slick design and slim body
- Nice battery life
- Fast response and performance
- Excellent thumb-optimized software package
- Thumbable virtual QWERTY keyboard with optional landscape mode
- TouchWiz UI
- DivX video support right out of the box
- Above average audio quality
- Headset comes with a 3.5mm audio jack
Main disadvantages:
- No stylus slot
- Poor sunlight legibility
- Memory card not hot-swappable
- Non-standard display resolution
- No dedicated 3D accelerator
- Non-standard USB port
- Web browser lacks real Flash support
The PocketPC mid-season may as well be a hush before the storm with the HTC Touch Pro and Xperia waiting to be unleashed. But for now we have two other bitter rivals to keep us busy: Samsung i900 Omnia and HTC Touch Diamond. It truly is a great achievement for Samsung to have a gadget fit to stand up to the top PocketPC manufacturer HTC.
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