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November 29th, 2008 at 11:06 pm

Review: Samsung Omnia mobile phone


Samsung Omnia: perseverance pays off.
SAMSUNG is making quite a fuss over its potential iPhone killer. It’s based around Windows Mobile, meaning there’s more functions and features, especially for business. But is it as easy to use? The answer is no. The iPhone is virtually idiot-proof. It took some time to work out the Omnia. However, perseverance pays off and there are lots of glitzy and gimmicky features. Make of the following what you will: placing the Omnia face down activates silent mode. There’s no stylus, but the on-screen keyboard rivals the iPhone (although at 8cm, the screen is 8mm smaller) and the phone vibrates whenever you touch the screen. The five-megapixel camera is good for a phone and has unique smile detection (photos can only be taken when the subject smiles), plus there’s an excellent panorama feature that automatically stitches photos together. The massive 16GB internal memory can be expanded with a microSD card. GPS, Wi-Fi and Bluetooth are integrated and its quad-band will work everywhere. It can also be added to a computer network and plugged into a television. And the battery life is good.   READ Full review

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