The official Samsung i900 Omnia 'Ask Paul' thread |
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 Aug 12 2008, 15:38
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 The Main Man  Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage  |
 Is it the Diamond I hear you say? OK, so how about if I add it has a 5 megapixel camera with face recognition, smile recognition and a flash, a wide format screen, 16GB of internal storage AND a microSD slot, a 624MHz processor, a 1400mAh battery and you have probably guessed i'm talk about the other hot Windows Mobile release that's for once NOT coming from the HTC stable... The Samsung i900 Omnia! Courtesy of the wonders of eBay and FedEx, a 16GB Samsung i900 Omnia is what I have sitting in front of me now... which means it's your chance to quiz me on anything you'd like to know! Regular readers will know i've been giving the Diamond a thorough workout of late, so I should be ideally placed to compare the two. Fire away!  P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 12 2008, 15:39
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 Moderator - Boing! Group: Admin Team Posts: 8,595 Joined: 12th December 2002 From: Guildford, UK Member No.: 993 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
Hows the little joypad thing?
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Aug 12 2008, 15:40
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
I still prefer a real dpad, but unlike the i780, this one has a proper 'click' action?
*edit: Mono tells me the i780 had that too  *P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 12 2008, 15:48
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 Diehard  Group: Posters Posts: 342 Joined: 20th February 2005 From: UK Member No.: 112,171 Device(s): mda vario II :) |
paul, can you provide some photos taken by the device. if it's not too much to ask. cheers mate.
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Aug 12 2008, 15:58
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Here's 4 random pics I just snapped (default settings).
The camera application is supremely responsive  P 
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Number of downloads: 246-------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 12 2008, 15:59
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Newbie  Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 22 Joined: 18th November 2004 Member No.: 65,533 |
Paul how is the 3G reception, is it the same as the diamond?
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Aug 12 2008, 16:01
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Regular  Group: Posters Posts: 134 Joined: 17th December 2004 From: Kidderminster, UK Member No.: 102,495 Device(s): Samsung Omnia 16gb |
I've been waiting to upgrade my E650 but I like having a keypad of somesort (bit it slidy or numbers etc.).. this device looks good but how easy is it, in the real world, to cope with having a keypad on a touchscreen and therefore how much viewable space is there on the screen etc...
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Aug 12 2008, 16:02
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Not ventured into 3G yet
I'm quite used to soft keyboards now, shame there seems to be no keyboard haptics. I also seem to be unable to update my device to the latest ROM! P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 12 2008, 16:04
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 Did I say that out loud? Group: News Team Posts: 4,530 Joined: 20th August 2003 From: Kent, England Member No.: 13,469 Device(s): Kaiser, Touch |
still got the silly charging connectors? or have they seen the minUSB light?
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Aug 12 2008, 16:05
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Samsung proprietary still i'm afraid!
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 12 2008, 16:07
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Newbie Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 22 Joined: 18th November 2004 Member No.: 65,533 |
I thought that it had Haptics on keyboard, according to samsung website
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Aug 12 2008, 16:08
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 Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 14 Joined: 8th February 2008 Member No.: 354,246 |
QUOTE(bashi007 @ Aug 12 2008, 12:07)  I thought that it had Haptics on keyboard, according to samsung website Maybe a ROM upgrade (that paul can't do, heh) unlocks that functionality? -------------------- Tony Banks
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Aug 12 2008, 16:09
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Not in the build i'm running (DXHG3) nor in the newer one (DXHG4), which unfortunately doesn't want to flash to mine, keeps saying 'incorrect software version'! Bah!
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 12 2008, 16:10
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
I think the DXHG2 build had MORE haptics!
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 12 2008, 16:12
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Diehard Group: Posters Posts: 377 Joined: 6th February 2003 From: Taunton, Somerset Member No.: 2,662 Device(s): Apple IPhone |
FINALLY! A winmo mobile with a decent camera, are you listening HTC!!!
What's the video recording like pls Paul? |
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Aug 12 2008, 16:14
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Not tried yet, but I believe its QVGA @ 30 FPS or VGA @ 15 FPS. First VGA capturing WinMo?
P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 12 2008, 16:18
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Addict  Group: MoDaCo Ad Free Posts: 744 Joined: 19th November 2003 From: London - UK Member No.: 21,445 Device(s): HTC TyTN II |
The camera is very respectable for a phone thats for sure but it's not great either (there's quite a bit of colour bleed/possibly focus issues).
Any more shots of the UI? Also what resolution is the screen? |
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Aug 12 2008, 16:33
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The Main Man Group: Admin Team Posts: 21,067 Joined: 6th November 2002 From: Norwich, UK Member No.: 1 Device(s): HTC Advantage |
Screen is 400x240 IIRC...
I'll post some shots of the UI later. P -------------------- Paul O'Brien - Microsoft MVP, Mobile Devices, MoDaCo.network Founder. Check out my Blog! £10 off a £20 spend at eXpansys - click for details |
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Aug 12 2008, 16:41
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 Enthusiast  Group: Posters Posts: 213 Joined: 9th August 2004 From: Hanford CA Member No.: 52,407 Device(s): Cingular Tilt |
ok so i see you said it had a flash, is that a real flash like the ones on blackberrys or are we talking some little light that doesn't do diddly like on the 8125 (HTC wizard)?
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This post has been edited by pdtp: Aug 12 2008, 16:42 -------------------- -PDTP
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Aug 12 2008, 16:52
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 Newbie Group: Posters Posts: 20 Joined: 27th May 2007 From: Penang, Malaysia Member No.: 260,533 |
what i love about the omnia is its 5mp camera..if htc has that in the diamond..it would be fantastic. paul, how about a diamond vs. omnia side-by-side review? also, i know that the screen res is a bit unusual, do all programs work? how is the camera in low lighting conditions? thanks mate.
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