Samsung Omnia

Meaning "everything" in Latin and "wish" in Arabic, the Samsung Omnia for Verizon Wireless is designed to provide business users with stylish multimedia capabilities and personal mobile users with simple access to business based functions...

Features

• Touchscreen-enabled smartphone with 3.2-inch LCD, intuitive TouchWiz interface, and 8 GB internal memory
• 3G speeds on EV-DO network; access VZ Navigator for GPS-enabled for turn-by-turn directions; use phone as a modem for your laptop
• 5-megapixel camera/camcorder; digital audio player; multi-codec video player (WMA, DivX, Xvid); Wi-Fi networking (802.11g/b); Bluetooth stereo music
• Up to 4.2 hours of talk time, up to 350 hours (14.6 days) of standby time
• What's in the Box: handset, battery, charger, stylus, 3.5mm headset adapter/radio antenna; 2.5mm 3-way adapter, USB cable, user manu, quick start guide

Reviews

HONEST review of the OMNIA...Yes, the PHONE...not VZW's Data policy

by P. Moody from CT on 2009-02-03
Wow...I'm appalled at the child-like behaviour being thrown around here. If you don't like the policy, don't get a phone that is under said policy. As for the Phone itself, it is awesome. Not quite so out of the box, but with a few relatively easy to find apps, it becomes a powerhouse real quick. Details below. Phone: Signal...good, not great Call Quality...excellent Interface: TouchWiz is take or leave. I recommend a replacement, such as SPB Shell or Manila 2D Screen is responsive, sometimes with a little lag Screen resolution and color depth could be more, but it's still nothing to complain about Optical mouse input makes the optional (And annoying) dangling stylus an option, instead of a necessity. Works great. Browsers: Opera is GREAT IE is horrible Testing out Bolt and it looks to be a fast, smooth setup, so far I am impressed with this soon to be released browser. Camera and Media 5.0 MP and it works well. Better than the Dare, which I was also impressed with Touch Player works pretty well. Indexes all media for fast viewing Overall, I would have to say I am very impressed with the phone, and look forward to what else the community of smartphone gurus and users come up with next. As for the whiners...yes, it requires a data plan. Yes it is more expensive. But I hope if you want to send a message to VZW, and AT&T (Who has the same policy on their favorite kid, the iPhone), you do so in a mature, consumer-like manner and petition either the regulators and/or the companies to change their policies. If you aren't going to do more than whine and complain, just go away. If you are going to DO SOMETHING...go right ahead. But Samsung developed a great phone, and deserves respect for it, not getting bashed for who sells it.

Traded in my BB Storm

by Heath Pyle from Gilbert, AZ United States on 2009-01-16
I purchased the Blackberry storm -had it for two weeks. Just traded it in for Omnia! I love this phone. Keyboard much easier to use! ActiveSync blows blackberry away! Push email works better!

Good PDA for a phone

by Sama's29 from McDonald, TN on 2009-02-20
I was looking for a replacement for my HP PDA since I upgraded my computer to Vista. This phone is great! Not only can does it work with my home computer and its software but I can check my email everywhere. Since I don't have Wi-Fi in many places around my area (mostly farm country) the mobile broadband comes in handy when I need it while at my job. As long as I keep an eye on how many programs I am running at once the Omnia does not slow down but I can see how some people's might slow if they opened too many applications at once and did not know how to close them. I am a techi so I don't have a problem with this. In an upgrade I would like to see the Widgets have a bit more flexibility. It doesn't allow as many applications as I would normally use and can get kind of frustrating at times having to open up the main menu when I need to open up one that was too many for my Widget. Overall I don't think this feature is as poorly designed as others have stated on here. As far as the "hidden" fees goes, I disagree with giving a poor review based on the service plan. This is a great phone for people like me who are on the go. If you don't like Verizon, buy the unlocked phone. I was told by 3 different sales people when I was asking questions and then buying my phone about the $30 a month package that was required for the phone by Verizon. Maybe some other people have had bad sales experiences.

Very Nice

by Jeff from San Jose, CA on 2009-02-20
I've had it for about a week now, and I love it. I tried the pre-loaded UI's for a day or so, but found them a bit clunky. I loaded SPB Mobile Shell, which is a lot more touch-friendly. There are a few flaws with the phone. First, the stylus. It's leashed to the phone like some kind of charm. I ended up ditching it, but there are times when a stylus really helps. (It's Windows Mobile, after all, and those little radio buttons can be hard to get to with your thumb) The optical mouse is an acceptable solution, but a built in stylus would have been better. The battery is sort of a mystery to me. The meter goes in 20% increments. The low battery warning goes off at 40%, which seems early to me. And it beeps at you all the way from 40% to 0 every 5 minutes. At 20% it shuts down WiFi which I didn't like. Would be nice if I could disable that. I was able to find a registry hack for the 40% warning and beeps, but it would've been nice to be able to configure this without messing with the registry. (easy to do, but still...) Battery life has been great so far, though. Just as a test, when the 40% warning went off, I wanted to see how long it would last, so I started playing an mp4 movie. I ended up watching a 2 hour movie, and probably 30 minutes of a second movie before the thing finally died. With normal use, the battery lasts quite a while. After a full day of normal use, the meter showed 60% when I finally plugged it in before bed. (45-60min of phone use, some web browsing, texting, email, etc...) I imagine it was closer to 40%, though, and the meter just hadn't dropped yet. Other than the stylus and the strange battery meter, the phone has been a dream. I upgraded from a Treo 700wx, and I can't imagine ever going back. Also, I see a lot of people complaining about Verizon's data plan. While I had the data plan on my old phone and was used to the added expense, I can't imagine using a Windows Mobile phone w/o unlimited data. You get a phone like this to sync with an Exchange server, or browse the web. It's a connectivity device. If you just want to talk on the phone and maybe send some text messages, a cheaper, less capable phone would be a better choice.

Great phone!

by R. Leonard from Bloomington, IN USA on 2009-02-25
I just bought my Omnia this past weekend and it is such a fantastic phone! I've never owned a smart phone before the Omnia and I'm extremely impressed with the functionality the Omnia offers. It took me a day to get used to the touch screen and all of the features, but it is extremely easy to use now. The camera is very useful and takes excellent photos. The stylus attached to the phone is unnecessary because the interface enables the phone to be used simply by touching the screen. I would highly recommend this product to anyone who is interested in having a phone that works better than the iPhone on a network with far better service. Verizon has made a great decision in offering the Omnia. Hopefully, everyone will have as positive an experience with their Omnia as I have.

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