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samsung omnia (i900)
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Have had the Omnia i900 for about 1 week now and have to say that it is a pretty decent wee device,
It handles all the movies I try to play on it with the built in touch player (no feckin about with ppc codecs)
Loaded iGO8 on it which works pretty good, drove across the country and back without getting lost once :-)
Wifi works as good as any other PPC's I've had (Xda Atom Exec, HTC TYTN II)
3G works fine as well although haven't tested video calls as O2 decided no-one uses it so no-one gets it.
Audio playback is pretty decent once you change the memory settings via a tweak
The USB feature is a nice addition as I can use it as a 16Gb disk at work
Web browsing is pretty decent as well with Opera 9.5 installed
All in all pretty happy with it
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Is that map thing free or do you pay O2?Have had the Omnia i900 for about 1 week now and have to say that it is a pretty decent wee device,
It handles all the movies I try to play on it with the built in touch player (no feckin about with ppc codecs)
Loaded iGO8 on it which works pretty good, drove across the country and back without getting lost once :-)
Wifi works as good as any other PPC's I've had (Xda Atom Exec, HTC TYTN II)
3G works fine as well although haven't tested video calls as O2 decided no-one uses it so no-one gets it.
Audio playback is pretty decent once you change the memory settings via a tweak
The USB feature is a nice addition as I can use it as a 16Gb disk at work
Web browsing is pretty decent as well with Opera 9.5 installed
All in all pretty happy with it
Also, do all of the applications take up some of the 8GB memory do you know?0 -
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Is that map thing free or do you pay O2?
Also, do all of the applications take up some of the 8GB memory do you know?
The map thing is software i bought here http://www.navngo.com/pages/ about a year ago it uses the GPS chipset built in to the Omnia so there are no charges from O2 (although it can if you tell it to).
Most new pocket pc apps these days let you choose where you want them to be installed "program memeory" or Storage Memory" so you can choose ... I usually install them onto the 16Gb
on my Omnia 0 -
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did you manage to find the cover you were after haven't seen any covers stand out from the crowd yet, but it's amoot point really casue I am going to sell mine, it's a fanatstic phone and media player but it just doesn't cut it as a work device for me :-(
Not a one that is as good as the Tocco's .. but I think he'll go with the one we saw on MobileFun.co.uk
I'd imagine so ..is the samsung omnia coming to an irish network?
Oh, cool.. I'll have to look into that. I'm sure you drains the battery like mad?The map thing is software i bought here http://www.navngo.com/pages/ about a year ago it uses the GPS chipset built in to the Omnia so there are no charges from O2 (although it can if you tell it to).
Most new pocket pc apps these days let you choose where you want them to be installed "program memeory" or Storage Memory" so you can choose ... I usually install them onto the 16Gb on my Omnia0 -
Oh, cool.. I'll have to look into that. I'm sure you drains the battery like mad?
The battery actually didn't drain as much as I thought it would, driving for about 2 1/2 hours with GPS on all the time and had about 40% battery left, I should add that I have flashed the ROM on mine to version DXHI3 which does solve the battery drain issues found on the original ROMs - have since bought a car charger though - just in case 0 -
The battery actually didn't drain as much as I thought it would, driving for about 2 1/2 hours with GPS on all the time and had about 40% battery left, I should add that I have flashed the ROM on mine to version DXHI3 which does solve the battery drain issues found on the original ROMs - have since bought a car charger though - just in case
Not sure what that means but obviously helped! :pac:0 -
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So would you guys recommend getting this phone, just heard about it about 30 mins ago - looks absolutly savage and i'm a sucker for good looking phones
O and is the the omnia as well or some different phone
http://fmmobiles.ie/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=351
Thanks
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So would you guys recommend getting this phone, just heard about it about 30 mins ago - looks absolutly savage and i'm a sucker for good looking phones
O and is the the omnia as well or some different phone
http://fmmobiles.ie/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=351
Thanks
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Yes, it is!0 -
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I've had one a couple of weeks now and I have to be honest and say that I wanted to throw it out the window for the frist few days. There is a learning curve letting Windows control your phone. For one the layout of text messages is very different - in fact it's more like Outlook and your emails get kept in the same 'Messaging' app. I almost never use Bluetooth so my battery life is great with the MoDaCo ROM (a must). However the WiFi is still extremely problematic - it connects to my Eircom router at home with no issues (though it took me a while to figure out that WiFi doesn't work once you plug in the USB cable - and that Active Sync acts as a proxy server to the Internet) but it won't connect to the UCC WiFi network, it denies me access to the settings for PEAP and I had to use a registry hack to put the settings in but it still won't connect.
I managed to install Garmin Mobile XT with the Ireland/UK mapset which is great. The GPS really is a killer app.
You really have to jump through hoops as well with the 3G versus WiFi settings - it's an either or situation - either you tell the phone that everything connects via WiFi OR everything connects via 3G - if you want to use 3G 'on the fly' then you have to go into the 'control panel' of the network settings and reset it. Not a big deal but a bitch to figure out since it doesn't come with a manual.
I'm a Microsoft man for years (systems admin) and this phone took me a week to hack/customise and otherwise get used to and under my control.
Apart from that it's great 0 -
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I've had one a couple of weeks now and I have to be honest and say that I wanted to throw it out the window for the frist few days. There is a learning curve letting Windows control your phone. For one the layout of text messages is very different - in fact it's more like Outlook and your emails get kept in the same 'Messaging' app. I almost never use Bluetooth so my battery life is great with the MoDaCo ROM (a must). However the WiFi is still extremely problematic - it connects to my Eircom router at home with no issues (though it took me a while to figure out that WiFi doesn't work once you plug in the USB cable - and that Active Sync acts as a proxy server to the Internet) but it won't connect to the UCC WiFi network, it denies me access to the settings for PEAP and I had to use a registry hack to put the settings in but it still won't connect.
I managed to install Garmin Mobile XT with the Ireland/UK mapset which is great. The GPS really is a killer app.
You really have to jump through hoops as well with the 3G versus WiFi settings - it's an either or situation - either you tell the phone that everything connects via WiFi OR everything connects via 3G - if you want to use 3G 'on the fly' then you have to go into the 'control panel' of the network settings and reset it. Not a big deal but a bitch to figure out since it doesn't come with a manual.
I'm a Microsoft man for years (systems admin) and this phone took me a week to hack/customise and otherwise get used to and under my control.
Apart from that it's great
yep, that's the problem with those new wm phones and their slapped on user-friendly ui's: people get to learn the basics too late...wm offers a lot if you put in some work.
as to the sms
layout: there's a ton of 3rd party stuff to give you nicer presentation, threaded conversation etc etc...there are also good free connection manager to set various profiles for wifi, usb etc etc
I read an interesting review on trustedreviews yesterday: especially the comments. A lot of annoyance due to some pro-iphone bias in that review, and those who defended the omnia made some valid points: e.g. that when new to wm, you have to invest some time to let the omnia grow on you.
funnily, the iphone fans said the same everytime an iphone feature - or lack thereof - was criticised...but they generally dismissed the omnia after a couple of hours with it! that, imho, is rubbish. both the iphone and the omnia do things differently to 'normal' phones.
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My first wm phone frustrated the sh*t out of me for a few days, but luckily I still had my 'old' phone, and could thus afford to properly 'practice' with the wm device before I HAD to use it. I guess some of the frustration stems from having to use it fulltime cause the old phone's no longer around, and the new isn't familiar yet.
I see a lot of frustration on forums with X1's, and omnias and diamonds because on the surface they are deceptively simple to use, but they ARE wm !
same with the iphone, I guess?!?0 -
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