PH from My-Symbian gives his first impressions of the Samsung Omnia HD. Mobile phones need more genuine write up like this. PH reports, “Ok, so I spent some time with the phone already, one weekend. What can I say? Maybe I will start from what I dislike about the phone:
1. The shape and ways of the UI is sometimes too complex indeed. Double tapping is ok, but the way the UI rotates to horizontal when you want to type something is sometimes irritating and bizarre. Definitely what we need here is a good qwerty keyboard for vertical operations.
2. The way the phone charges is insane – no way for cradling the phone. We have to open a cover and insert a pretty sophisticated plug in order to power up the battery. Very bizzare!
3. When using Opera Mini, it is sometimes very hard to press something or make a tick. For instance when you login to a site and you have an option of “Remember Me at next Login”, the box is very small and it is VERY difficult to make a tick (sometimes I was even failing).
4. The widgets of the Omnia are too big and thus too clattered for me. The whole system of the 3 pages for widgets plus the side bar with them is a little over the top for me. I chose the simple view.
5. I had a situation, when the pics in the album where showing pretty slowly one by one, I dunno what might be the reason. (PS. I installed pretty many apps already, some working in the background like Handy Shell).
The good things:
6. The screen is outstanding. If someone needs big and top quality screen, I have never seen something like this!!
7. The build quality is very good. It is maybe too easy to slip away from the hand, but it is classy for sure!
8. The speed and solidity of the OS is really of top quality. I have never seen and used something like this.
9. Pictures quality is outstanding, no doubt! It is worth to have a little bit bulkier phone for pics like this.
10. Onscreen keyboard in full qwerty mode in horizontal mode is working without problems. I am not doing any mistakes. You only need to be careful not to drop it in this position, as it is slightly slippery.
11. I dunno if it is preliminary, but the GSM reception seems to be very good. I was using the phone in bad reception areas and the sound was without problems. The only unit that was like this was my P1i. Plus the GPS is locking very fast!
That’s it for now. I will report more over time.
What do you think? Discuss in the Forum.
Sounds good.
Just tell me when a US carrier is going to change their mind and carry this Phone ??
Hi,
Can you plesae help me out for the followings:
1) I could not find video editor in Samsung Omnia HD (i8910). Only image editor is available.
2) My bluetooth hheadset BH 900 is working fine for the calls, but I can not losten to the music (etc) through the headset. Music is played only in the hand set.
Plesae also reply at my email:
mercy2997@hotymail.com
Thanx
Omnia does not have a default video editor,
Your BH900 does not have a stereo A2D profile to listen to music,
you need Bluetooth Headphones for that.
General it has been a rule for the US carriers not to Carry cool phones.
Not sure why, maybe we don’t deserve them.
Generally it has been a rule for the US carriers not to Carry cool phones.
Not sure why, maybe we don’t deserve them.
I also want to know when the Omnia HD is coming. Does anybody know?
Vern
August 18, 2009 at 8:42 am | Permalink
Generally it has been a rule for the US carriers not to Carry cool phones.
Not sure why, maybe we don’t deserve them.
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I agree, you have to go overseas just to get a good one like this, I got mine when I was in Dubai, also what’s crazy too is when it’s available in U.S., it’s only carried by one or two service providers to make you switch to their service. F*** that….. I’m just lucky that I travel a lot.
i got this phone for lets say 2 weeks now i really dislike the camera its a 8mp camera but it makes shity pictures..
9 out of 10 are blurry and not even sharp
i made about 60 photos and i only have 1 picture that’s sharp
there is alot of noice in the pictures you shoot.. dont even try to config it out cause it will only get worse
my nokia N95 made 10times beter pictures then this phone
so.. i fyour buying the phone for its camera think twice