53 replies to this topic

[danarc]

Am just bored with phone, windows could be improved but microsoft aint bothered to and there aint many good games for windows. Omnia might have much more features but u cant deny the fact that the iphone has little exciting features but puts it above the omnia.

you are free to comment. just be nice lol.....

[Ingvarr]

What is the point of this post? Except of starting the flamewar obviously.

[couzo]

My thoughts on the Iphone Omnia debate are this if you have patience the Omnia will pay off for you in the long run.  I know a week ago I wanted to throw the Omnia in the bin and never see it again but now i have spent time working with it and using it I really love this phone.

I love the touch screen of the Iphone but have found texting and email on the omnia to be a lot easier with the feedback and more firm presses of the screen which meant i am not always going back to delete miss pressed letters.

I think the iphone provides a more instant experience for the less patient person which is by no means a bad thing more a comment.

I would have had a iphone by now but I am on Vodafone and can't be bothered with all the unlocking and cost of a sim free iphone.

[3shirts]

Ingvarr, on Oct 21 2008, 11:09, said:

What is the point of this post? Except of starting the flamewar obviously.

Have to agree, what comments are you expecting.  Clearly most people here have chosen against the iPhone since they are similar products in terms of price/availability.  I hope you enjoy the iPhone but fear you may not

[MBA140]

Having "played" with an iPhone for half an hour this weekend I am more convinced that the Omnia is a PDA and the iPhone is anything but. It's an iPod with a phone. I hope you like it but beauty is only skin deep.

[danarc]

Ingvarr, on Oct 21 2008, 11:09, said:

What is the point of this post? Except of starting the flamewar obviously.

Thats not the point am trying to make. I haven't point out that the iphone is better than Omnia but just trying to say based on personal experience on using Omnia for nearly three months, its a hard work. I obviously liked the omnia very much to paid.....(more than the iphone) to purchase it but am in favour of userability at this point in time and hence, like the iphone.

[Yunabeco]

Interesting tale, brother. Enjoy your flamewar and your proprietary bluetooth.

[Omnia_1]

hahahahahaha...... Good for you, get your fashion accessory!
I don't see what is so good about the iphone anyway, it doesn't have anything the Omnia doesn't, except "itunes" big deal!
The phone module is terrible to say the least, the echo was enough for me to get rid of mine.
In comparison to any other mobile phone or PDA manufacturers the iphone is way behind, the Apple "per annum" upgrade to technology that is already far superseded by most brands certainly seems unappealing to me.
OK the interaction between Mac and iphone may be a better UI, but the fact remains, the iphone is not diverse enough in terms of 3rd part application support and software.
In 6 months or 6 years when I have my 100GB HTC with 20 mega pixel camera, mind reading UI, coffee making bread toasting PDA, Apple will just release something with a built in camera  I don't know why it is I just dislike Apple and their overpriced products.
I dont know why you would want to post a rubbish topic like this! Good luck with your Crap-ple icrap!

Edited by Omnia_1, 21 October 2008 - 11:57 AM.

[kslakhani]

Omnia_1, on Oct 21 2008, 12:40, said:

hahahahahaha...... Good for you, get your fashion accessory!
I don't see what is so good about the iphone anyway, it doesn't have anything the Omnia doesn't, except "itunes" big deal!
The phone module is terrible to say the least, the echo was enough for me to get rid of mine.
In comparison to any other mobile phone or PDA manufacturers the iphone is way behind, the Apple "per annum" upgrade to technology that is already far superseded by most brands certainly seems unappealing to me.
OK the interaction between Mac and iphone may be a better UI, but the fact remains, the iphone is not diverse enough in terms of 3rd part application support and software.
In 6 months or 6 years when I have my 100GB HTC with 20 mega pixel camera, mind reading UI, coffee making bread toasting PDA, Apple will just release something with a built in camera I don't know why it is I just dislike Apple and their overpriced products.

Your a goose mate I dont know why you would want to post a rubbish topic like this! Good luck with your Crap-ple icrap!

Hi all,
am totally agree with Omnia_1 and all Omnia supporters.
Let me say something abt Omnia, its 100% killer of Iphone
just compare it in by any means style design feature etc. etc, far behind technology may be my Nan like it . it beats I+phod      peice of sHIIIIt.
I am not criticising you its just i hate that SHIIIIIIIIIIIt
and just go to Iphod thread and ask same question I bet you will find there a lot of Omnia lovers
Hope this will help you

[danarc]

kslakhani, on Oct 21 2008, 12:58, said:

Hi all,
am totally agree with Omnia_1 and all Omnia supporters.
Let me say something abt Omnia, its 100% killer of Iphone
just compare it in by any means style design feature etc. etc, far behind technology may be my Nan like it . it beats I+phod      peice of sHIIIIt.
I am not criticising you its just i hate that SHIIIIIIIIIIIt
and just go to Iphod thread and ask same question I bet you will find there a lot of Omnia lovers
Hope this will help you

lol wow some very passionate comment but i parshly agree with what you saying.

[us1111]

Well I have to agree a bit with danarc.. I've got the omnia also because of the superior specifications.. However at this time hardware is (imho) secundair to good software. And say what you wan't but the IPhone has got a very good Operating System and Windows mobile sucks at this moment (look at all the custom shells and third party improvements). Also the multi touch screen is very handy when you got as less buttons as the omnia does..

I truly believe that the omnia has A LOT more in store for us, but for now I cannot explain that part to my wife (who's got an omnia too) who's getting a bit frustrated by the inconsistency of the Windows OS.

I sure hope that sometime soon we can get Android to run on the omnia.. That would be the perfect combo in terms of customizing and development of stuff... Sigh!

Edited by us1111, 21 October 2008 - 12:27 PM.

[nelkz]

(Why??, because i like to play safe lol)

says it all....

Apple is for "out of the box ease of use for most people"
Windows Mobile is for "people who like to tinker and take risks"

Oh and can i have your old Omnia if you dont it anymore

I hope you enjoy the Iphone

[Ingvarr]

What people fail to understand is that Windows Mobile phones is for technically-savvy people. Its not "phones that just work".
Granted its partially fault of companies like Samsung that market them for wrong audience,  which later only creates grief for their tech support.

[danarc]

Ingvarr, on Oct 21 2008, 13:32, said:

What people fail to understand is that Windows Mobile phones is for technically-savvy people. Its not "phones that just work".
Granted its partially fault of companies like Samsung that market them for wrong audience,  which later only creates grief for their tech support.

Coming from a person that has a degree in Information systems i will say am very technical but u cant deny the fact that iphone has a great OS (User interface) and thats what has attracted me to it most. i like a well designed phone however, am not putiing omnia down at all. I think i need to make that CLEAR

[danarc]

nelkz, on Oct 21 2008, 13:32, said:

(Why??, because i like to play safe lol)

says it all....

Apple is for "out of the box ease of use for most people"
Windows Mobile is for "people who like to tinker and take risks"

Oh and can i have your old Omnia if you dont it anymore

I hope you enjoy the Iphone

LOL nelkz i would like to have given you my omnia if only i was that rich lol. i have returned it for a full refund

[us1111]

Ingvarr, on Oct 21 2008, 12:32, said:

What people fail to understand is that Windows Mobile phones is for technically-savvy people. Its not "phones that just work".
Granted its partially fault of companies like Samsung that market them for wrong audience,  which later only creates grief for their tech support.

I think not that that statement was the initial intention for Microsoft as wel as Samsung LOL! And I think that in essense the IPhone unix OS is much further in terms of architecture than the windows OS... However the way Apple is implementing it is not my way...

Edited by us1111, 21 October 2008 - 12:42 PM.

[nelkz]

danarc, on Oct 21 2008, 13:40, said:

LOL nelkz i would like to have given you my omnia if only i was that rich lol. i have returned it for a full refund

oh well..... if you dant ask you dont get...lol

Will you come back and share an omnia joke with us someday soon...lol

[danarc]

us1111, on Oct 21 2008, 13:40, said:

I think not that that statement was the initial intention for Microsoft as wel as Samsung LOL! And I think that in essense the IPhone unix OS is much further in terms of architecture than the windows OS... However the way Apple is implementing it is not my way...

lol totally agree. every mobile company will like to have its phones being used my everyone. Take blackberry for example, it used to be marketed directly for business driven ppl but they are now trying to open up more to the broader market. A company wouldnt be stupid to market its product exclusively to just a particular ppl.

[Omnia_1]

This topic should be scrapped before ppl become abusive, for even now I can barely contain myself !

US111 WinMo has had this exact menu structure UI  etc since its first release (WM2003 if Im not mistaken), if you need a phone that does everything "very basically" then iphone or symbian is probably suited to you   I came from the iphone and it sux hard with similar inconsistency ie. crashes and freezes often etc.

Edited by Omnia_1, 21 October 2008 - 12:52 PM.

[3shirts]

danarc, on Oct 21 2008, 13:38, said:

Coming from a person that has a degree in Information systems... iphone has a great OS (User interface)

With a degree in IS, I'd have thought you'd know the difference between an OS and a UI, very much not the same thing