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The Samsung Omnia is the latest in Samsung's TouchWIZ phones for the global market, and also the most advanced

“The Window-Mobile 6.1 Samsung Omnia SCH-i910 is the best Verizon phone we’ve seen for photos, video recording, and Web browsing.”

However, it looks like there are some cons:

“Frustrating touch screen and accelerometer. No standard headphone jack. Video playback can be jerky”

I witnessed some of those frustrations myself when I played with the Omnia at the PDC. The concept is cool and the display is awesome but the overall performance was sluggish. Not sure if I’m a fan of widgets either…

The Samsung Omnia is the latest in Samsung's TouchWIZ phones for the global market, and also the most advanced, as that TouchWIZ interface here runs atop Windows Mobile 6.1 instead of a standard carrier OS. This idea of creating an overlay to improve Windows Mobile is all the rage right now, but instead of making things easier, the Samsung Omnia is more confusing and difficult to use. There are a few things this phone does well, including DivX movie playback and Web browsing, courtesy of Opera. But for the most part, there are better all-touch smartphone options for Verizon Wireless. All in all, we think the concept of TouchWIZ on multimedia phones works better than using the widget-based UI to turn a Windows Mobile phone into a multimedia powerhouse. There's no doubt about its potential, but eventually the overall experience left us feeling seriously annoyed

"The i900 is packed full of top-end features and presented to the user in a very good package...its specification is superior.(to the iPhone) My money would certainly go onto the i900 rather than the 3G iPhone."


The Omnia is a Windows Mobile 6.1 phone, so at the basic level, you know what you're getting. The difference between it and basically every other WinMo 6.1 phone lies in the TouchWiz UIcing that's been slathered on top, and the hardware. If you're doing a double-take after peeking Sammy's Behold for T-Mobile, we wouldn't blame you—the Omnia is kinda like the smartphone version of the Behold, since it's got an almost identical industrial design, the same TouchWiz UI and a 5MP camera.


Pros: Good Opera Web browser with cool 'upshifted' navigation. Fine camera with auto focus and loads of pixels. Cons: TouchWIZ experience disappoints when running atop Windows Mobile. Confusing redundancies in the interface.

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Features

Introducing iPhone 3G. With fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. And like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one � a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with rich HTML email and a desktop-class web browser. iPhone 3G. Specification Display 3.5-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display 480-by-320-pixel resolution at 163 ppi Support for display of multiple languages and characters simultaneously Audio Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz Audio formats supported: AAC, Protected AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV User-configurable maximum volume limit Video Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats Headphones Stereo earphones with built-in microphone Frequency response: 20Hz to 20,000Hz Impedance: 32 ohms Camera and photos 2.0 megapixels Camera located on back of iPhone. Photo geotagging iPhone and third-party application integration Sensors Accelerometer Proximity sensor Ambient light sensor Capacity 8GB Cellular and wireless UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz) GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz) Wi-Fi (802.11b/g) Bluetooth 2.0 + EDR GPS Assisted GPS Mac system requirements Mac computer with USB 2.0 port Mac OS X v10.4.10 or later iTunes 7.7 or later Windows system requirements PC with USB 2.0 port Windows Vista; or Windows XP Home or Professional with Service Pack 2 or later iTunes 7.7 or later Environmental requirements Operating temperature: 32 to 95 F (0 to 35 C) Nonoperating temperature: -4 to 113 F (-20 to 45 C) Relative humidity: 5% to 95% noncondensing Maximum operating altitude: 10,000 feet (3000 m) Power and battery Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery3 Charging via USB to computer system or power adapter Talk time Up to 5 hours on 3G Up to 10 hours on 2G Standby time: Up to 300 hours Internet use Up to 5 hours on 3G Up to 6 hours on Wi-Fi7 Audio / Video Time Video playback: Up to 7 hours8 Audio playback: Up to 24 hours9 Physical Description Size and weight Height: 4.5 inches (115.5 mm) Width: 2.4 inches (62.1 mm) Depth: 0.48 inch (12.3 mm) Weight: 4.7 ounces (133 grams)

Specifications

Color Display Yes Resolution 480 x 320 Frequency Band 850/900/1800/1900 Internal Memory 8GB Expandable Memory No Infrared No Bluetooth Yes GPRS Yes Camera Phone Yes Dual Camera No Camera Pixel 2.0 Video Recorder Yes MP3 Player Yes FM Radio No MMS Yes WLAN/ Wi-Fi Yes Web Browser Yes 3G Yes USB Yes Handsfree Speaker Yes Talk Time Up to 10 h Standby Time Up to 300 h Dimension 115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3 mm Weight 133 g EDGE Yes Touch Screen Yes Full Keyboard No Camera Flash No GPS Yes