Samsung Omnia, a Great TouchScreen Phone with a lot of features

I decided to stay with Verizon instead of switching to ATT to go with the Apple Iphone

. I am an early adapter, I picked my omnia over the blackberry storm when both had just come out in january 09.

The Omnia offered far better processing speed, immensley better use of the touch screen technology, better screen resolution, full version of MS office rather than just a viewer and the use of Internet Explorer Mobile for internet viewing as well as Opera (not able to view all internet pages). The camera was superior, the integration with outlook was phenominal and the bundled apps were perfect. Learning curve on the Keyboard was tough but manageable.

Althouth I believe this product is electronically far superior to the Iphone and Storm, there are some serious issues that have not - and probably will never be resolved as Samsung is already moving on to their next "superphone" without resolution of problems with this one and Microsoft has already (at the announcement of this phone) announced the release date of Windows Mobile 7.0..

Although the Iphone is slower and has less memory, it has a far more predictable speed allowing for constant rate of typing and response . . the Omnia - like anything running Windows - bogs down over the course of the day making the search and input speed vary. This is fine until you figure out how to use the keyboard to do email and are maddly typing only to find that the phone is three letters behind you...A simple reset solves the issue but . . . . you dont have to reset an Iphone every day!

The battery life is no where near advertized. If I unplug the phone at 7AM it starts complaining that a recharge is necessary by 5PM . . just in time for the evening commute- heck of a time for the cell phone to run out! If you are accessing the internet or listenting to music or a movie, you get about 6 hrs before the low battery alarm starts chiming. Standby time is about 36 hrs - lot of good that does though!

Apple had similar issues with their phones and worked some fixes on the early ones, Samsung has no intention. When you are on a high call day . .or watching a video on the phone, the phone gets hot . . my IR thermometer says over 103 degrees . . .Samsung says this is normal and fine . . .dont know about that as there is a Lithium Polymer battery in there and that is getting hot too.

I have had phones and they both acted the same way, this is a design issue not a particular unit. The biggest reason to think carefully about the purchase of this phone is that there are NO aftermarket apps that mix well with Mobile 6.1 and none on the horizon that are reasonable.

I tried to find a calculator to figure time cards, the Blackberry progam was 9.99, the palm version was 4.99, the Iphone app was 9.99 and the windows mobile version - with no promise of compatibility with 6.1 - was 49.99. Check on Amazon, downloads.com and try to find aftermarket software for windows 6. . . .not much . . . Go to Apple Store and see how many apps are out there for Iphone . . heck, there is even an app that allows you to use it as a flute!

I like the Omnia even with it's faults but wish I had known then what I know now . . If you have no intention of doing anything other than what this phone has built into it, then it is better than an Iphone. If you want to watch movies and listen to tunes, have some odd and end games for the train ride home at night, then dont waste your time with this phone, buy an Iphone.

Samsung Omnia, a Great TouchScreen Phone with a lot of features

By: Denniscool wong

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