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Samsung Omnia

By Joseph Hanlon on 30 October 2008

In terms of features, the Omnia stands out as one of the best smartphones to date. It's a shame this doesn't translate into a phone we'd enjoy using from day to day.

Editor's rating:7.0 User rating:7.1

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  Stephanieeee gave 9/10 on 20/07/2009 15:08 Report abuse

  It's a great phone but I often find myself turning to the internet to look for simple things such as changing my bluetooth name. I soon found out it was in the 'About' in Settings.If you want more games you should go on omniahub and download it's apps.Camera life could be better. I suppose I should take into account of someone's loose stylus because I keep pulling it off for fun. Anyways overall it's a great phone, it's phone to use, and if you are more familiar with it, it isn't a hard phone to use.

  • Good: Looks, Java Apps, Responsive Touchscreen, A Variety of keypads such as a phone pad and qwerty
  • Bad: Overly complicated, poor battery life, camera could be better.
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  Euey gave a review on 16/07/2009 12:22 Report abuse

  If you want to improve the speed and usability of this phone - try POINTUI (punch into google). It's freeware that provides a user friendly interface for your phone, enabling you to bypass the clunky Windows Mobile interface.
  
  You need to be pretty tech savvy to use this phone.

  • Good: Heaps of features
  • Bad: Too many features
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  repta gave a review on 10/07/2009 17:25 Report abuse

  If you want to buy this phone I have one going cheap ... that is if it doesnt end up in the river first.

  • Good: mmm ... nothing
  • Bad: everything ..... very difficult to use, touch screen is hard to control during scrolling. Camera lags for an eternity.
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  astro gave a review on 01/07/2009 17:47 Report abuse

  I love this phone, a lot better that the iphone, I has a HTC touch which was good, but phone and water no mix :-( , great to play music / videos , is windows mobile so easy to connect to exchange server, better and easier than blackberry which is a noghtmare to use with exchange.
  Battery can be short if playing video with wifi and bluetooth on.
  Love the styles

  • Good: Great phone, windows mobile 6.1 easy input, can play full non converted videos ( use core player for wm), Great Sound, has a on screen mouse
  • Bad: Samang only jack for connecting to pc / power should be mini usb,
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  Xiath gave a review on 19/06/2009 17:42 Report abuse

  Before I bought it, I was extremely hyped up on the prospect that it was supposed to be the iPhone killer. Well, it is more like an iPhone imitator with high difficulty learning curve. But once you get past that, this phone is great. I recommend installing Spb shell for better improvement in terms of UI. No problems for music, video playback as long as you know what you're doing. Knowledge in IT is an advantage.

  • Good: Sleek design, fully customisable software (Spb), 5mp camera, one of the cheaper smartphones available in the market.
  • Bad: Learning curve, games not readily available like other smartphones.
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  Euey gave a review on 17/06/2009 22:15 Report abuse

  If you like IT and gagets you will love this phone. It takes a bit of work to set things up, but once it's done, the phone is brilliant. Battery is pretty good for a pocket PC. Integration with outlook is brilliant, set it up with the "Samsung Today 2" screen in the 'today' settings and it's better than an iphone!
  
  If you are not tech savy this phone is not for you...

  • Good: full specs, heaps of features
  • Bad: complex
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  cool but bored gave 1/10 on 04/06/2009 20:48 Report abuse

  please people do not buy this phone it is trash.

  • Good: nothing
  • Bad: camera lags , phone lags , battery life , sluggish , SUCHH A BAD PHONE
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  Amanda gave a review on 01/06/2009 15:03 Report abuse

  this is my second post and let me tell you...I hate this phone already!! It is the most frustrating piece of technology I have ever purchased. My stylus kept coming loose and now it's come off altogether and missing. I think I'm stuck with this piece of crap till my contract runs out!!!

  • Bad: everything
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  i hate the omnia gave a review on 30/05/2009 21:49 Report abuse

  Just bought it, huge mistake. Worst phone ever. Way to much tech and nothing user friendly. Doesn't even come with a proper manual to figure out how to use half of it.

  • Good: N/A
  • Bad: Everything about it.
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  cbcag gave a review on 22/05/2009 16:54 Report abuse

  do NOT use this phone. It has a huge list of features which you never knew you wanted, yet makes simple things like trying to make phone calls, text, email or connect via wifi incredibly frustrating. The predictive text is beyond a joke, and has no rhyme or reason - totally UNpredictable! Typing in webpage addresses is a nightmare. Editing numbers (including simple things such as adding country codes to stored numbers when overseas)is practically impossible.It takes about 10 button presses to sms someone, and navigating through contacts i time consuming also. It is difficult to tell whether connected via 3G or wifi, and the phone often doesn't respond to settings eg chooses a world clock and displys this one contrary to all attempts at changing it. Battery life is terrible, and if emailing/ messaging and taking photos, will not last 12 hours. There is no place to store the stylus. This phone will drive you crazy unless you only want a phone which looks nice with a list of unusable features

  • Good: Looks nice, quite sleek
  • Bad: see review. Do NOT buy this phone!!