Samsung Omnia Review
Samsung Omnia
In the middle of the maelstrom iPhone in its second generation, is a bit risky to speak of a terminal without being eclipsed by the terminal Apple, but if you have the opportunity to spend a few minutes, you will see an excellent alternative to him by the company Korean Samsung.
The Omnia also known as Samsung SGH-i900 is a terminal with Windows Mobile 6.1 operating system, comes in addition to various Microsoft applications: PowerPoint, Word and Excel, without forgetting that it has received mail them on the Push Email.
The first thing that draws attention to know the characteristics of this new phone is that despite being completely in touch its features, Samsung has included an optical mouse to facilitate navigation.
The optical mouse is similar to those that can be found on laptops, and lack of a try, I think that besides being an innovation, an issue that is appreciated, can be very interesting to work in web browsing or situations in which we should click on elements of the screen.
As you said, has no operating system itself, uses the Professional version of Windows Mobile 6.1, by applying the familiar interface TouchWiz of the mark. To highlight its huge screen, 3.2 inches, which in a way similar to the iPhone, takes almost the entire surface of the phone, with a resolution of 240×400 pixels, possibly the most widespread in future terminals.
If not for the first time, if the first Windows Mobile phones in use TouchWiz, which allows the user to customize the screen with widgets. This interface also enables us to make touch-screen selections, drag, and different actions that allow us to make everyday functions of a phone in a simple and effective, also has a QWERTY keyboard on the screen. Implements also the possibility of auto rotation of the screen depending on the position that we are seeing the information.
One aspect very carefully on the phone from the Korean brand is the photographic section, Omnia has a 5-megapixel autofocus camera based on CMOS technology, the same used by professional digital cameras, entering discuss in detail some features like the detection faces and smiles, the ability to make panoramic pictures automatically, image stabilizer, so wide dynamic range or recording video.
As for videos, has a small application that allows us to edit, add subtitles, giving us the ability to capture images, video cut or perform audio dubbing it recorded.
Another aspect neglected by Samsung is nothing connectivity, is a phone HSDPA (7.2Mbps), with WiFi and Bluetooth 2.0 (A2DP), FM radio (RDS), and USB port.
There are two versions, with 8 or 16 GB of memory and includes the possibility of expanding the storage via a microSD card slot. No less important are the Omnia your GPS, fully integrated with the functionality of the phone, both in navigational tasks such as the ability to geo-tag files.
In a matter of size highlights its extreme thinness taking into account the type of terminal that is, with 12.5mm. Other measures are 112 mm high and 56.9 millimeters wide. Samsung adds details elegant as finished leather in the back of the phone.
As far as multimedia formats, nor is lagging behind is supported video files to play DivX, XviD, H.263, H.264, WMV and MP4, while in audio format: MP3, AAC, AAC +, WMA, OGG and AMR.
Final details on the specifications are a battery of 1440 mAh, the increasingly widespread but no less important outlet television, and software issues, the system has already premiered his brother Samsung Instinct, visual voice mail, which allows us to users to listen to messages stored.
Samsung has set the bar very high with this phone, on paper, Omnia is arguably the best phone that has built, and the first tests simply confirm this.
Skin design, in full multimedia capabilities, and excellent technical specifications make the Samsung Omnia one of the best devices with Windows Mobile 6.1 that will have on the market.
The device will have its public presentation at CommunicAsia, Singapore from 17 to 20 June, and will be launched commercially this week. The phone will be available on the European market from July.
As curious comment that Omni, also known as SGH-i900, it means’ everything ‘in Latin and “desire” in Arabic.
