Sunday, August 24, 2008

Samsung Omnia Review

MobileTechReview has a detailed review of Samsung Omnia phone. This phone looks very good but not for US at the moment. When it hits the US market (maybe later this year), it will most likely be with AT&T. Sprint better get Opera Mini 4.1 browser working on Instinct soon or people are going to defect!






Specifications

Display
65K color TFT flush touch screen, 3.2". Resolution: 240 x 400, supports both portrait and landscape modes (can use accelerometer to automatically rotate the screen).

Battery
1440 mAh Lithium Ion rechargeable. Battery is user replaceable. 2G claimed talk time: 5.8 hours, standby: 500 hours. 3G claimed talk time: 4 hours, standby: 400 hours.

Performance
624 MHz Marvel PXA312 processor. 128 MB built-in RAM. 256 MB Flash ROM and 8 or 16 gigs internal flash memory storage.

Size
112 x 56.9 x 12.5mm (4.41 x 2.24 x 0.49 inches. Weight: 122g (4.3 ounces).

Phone
GSM quad band unlocked 850/900/1800/1900MHz with EDGE for data. Euro-only 3G (2100MHz).

Camera
5.0 MP camera with autofocus, macro mode, face/smile detection mode. 2x digital zoom and LED flash. Camcorder: VGA max resolution at 15 fps, QVGA at 30fps.

Audio
Built in speaker, mic and Samsung blade connector audio jack with headset dongle that has a 3.5mm standard stereo headphone jack. Voice Recorder and Windows Pocket Media Player 10 included for your MP3 pleasure. DivX certified.

Networking
Integrated WiFi 802.11b/g and Bluetooth 2.0 +EDR.

Software
Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional with Samsung's TouchWiz UI. Opera 9.5, Outlook Mobile (email, Calendar, Contacts, Tasks), Microsoft Office Mobile (Word Mobile, Excel Mobile, PowerPoint Mobile, OneNote Mobile), Internet Explorer Mobile, Windows Media Player 10 Mobile, Notes, Calculator, Solitaire, Bubble Breaker, Internet Sharing, , Task Manager, Java VM and Google Maps. Samsung applications: Touch Player, Media Album, Photo Slides, Smart Converter unit converter, world clock, touch-friendly phone book, Digital Frame (photo frame style desk clock), ShoZu, RSS reader, Streaming Player, TV out, Video Editor, business card reader, Enhanced GPS, DivX codecs, vibration and accelerometer settings. ActiveSync 4.5 and Outlook trial version for PCs included.

Expansion
1 microSD card slot, SDHC compatible.

SAR rating
0.671 W/kg.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

To be fair, the Omnia is an actual Smart Phone, if I remember correctly. The Instinct is more between the spectrum of a normal phone and an iPhone (which is a semi-Smart Phone.)

Unknown said...

I expected instinct to be more like this.

Anonymous said...

You shouldn't because the Instinct isn't a smart phone. Maybe there was some misconception that it was, but really, if you look at all the features, it isn't. It has Windows 6 for crying out loud. If the Instinct had that we would have a completely different phone and it would be far more expensive than 129.99.

Anonymous said...

PS, But I agree. This is what the Instinct should have been. If it were, it would have definitely competed with the iPhone. Hell, I'm cancelling my phone, I don't care if I have to pay 200 dollars. Sprint really screwed us bad with the Instinct.

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The Quiet Observer said...

This is more like it! The phone I want. It would suck if it's going to AT&T.

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