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Samsung Omnia SGH-i900 (8GB)

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CNET Asia Review

By John Chan
Jul 2, 2008

Excellent

8

out of 10

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The good: Full range of wireless features; haptic feedback; improved text input methods; navigation software included; attractive design; excellent battery life; Opera 9.5 browser included.

The bad: Some apps may not work properly; finger scrolling not consistently implemented; use of microSD slot requires battery removal; no stylus slot.

The bottom line: The Omnia is a good alternative to the HTC Touch Diamond with a competitive price and a truckload of features, though Samsung does need to work on the interface to improve its consistency and usefulness.

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User Reviews

All Around Phone!

Jul 11, 2009

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: 5 Megapixel Camera, Wifi, Business Functions.....everything i guess!
Cons: NONE
Opinion:
Got the the Phone Last Thursday and so far im impress with the its capabilities, ive syncing your email account is so easy, ive already synced my Yahoo, Gmail and Webmail in this phone.....Good Work Samsung!

 

Excellent phone since I used the windows platform phone.

May 2, 2009

Rating: 9 out of 10 (Spectacular)
Pros: Good graphic and user friendly. Camera works perfectly.
Cons: Touch screen need to impeove. Touchpad doesn't work that good.
Opinion:
Overall it's a perfect windows platform phone with camera that works perfectly good. Don't have to carry any extra camera or mp3/mp4 player. Touch player need sound management such as equaliser to improve listening thru headphone. Need improvement on the touch screen/touchpad. Lastly it's a excellent phone.

 

A few kinks but otherwise a very good phone

Apr 6, 2009

Rating: 8 out of 10 (Excellent)
Pros: Excellent design and build quality, Excellent bundled multimedia package
Cons: lack of styllus slot, low resolution, no 3.5 mm jack
Opinion:
I have been using smartphones for 9 years employing both Symbian and WM OS.
First and foremost, you should have already reconciled with the fact that it has no stylus slot , no 3.5mm jack and no hot swap before purchasing this phone.
Three things that you will appreciate with the Samsung Omnia not well implemented in other phones:
1. Tactile Feedback
2. Fast Response and System Stability
3. Excellent suite of multimedia features

I usually use the Samsung Omnia for medical applications, and large ebook files with the CHM format that would usually take a toll on other PDAs I've used (HTC Touch HD for example).

As a movie and music lover and social networking afficionado, I do appreciate the inclusion of the native easy-to-use touch player which supports multiple codecs, mp3 player, podcast app, FM radio, and Sharephoto app that easily uploads your pics to friendster, facebook, etc.

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User Discussion

olmir: How come you guys discuss such trivial things as optical zoom, while Omnia has a big and serious flaw ...
BaiLoNg: anyone noes how to set ur very own message ring tone for i900 OMNIA phone? if yes teach mi ...
tshipuku: Yes, pleaase. I need a solution for the screen going blank. The only way I am able to solve ...
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tonym18: my omnia is only less than 1 mth old and always encounter with the screen turning blank. no matter how ...

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