samsung omnia (i900)

aliqueenb

anyone heard of it?
i've found loads of reviews of it online but thats it.
it should be on sale but i cant find it anywhere? even online like?
any help would be appreciated!!

jimmycrackcorm

anyone heard of it?

yes

i've found loads of reviews of it online but thats it.

ditto

it should be on sale but i cant find it anywhere? even online like?

Not released yet.

any help would be appreciated!!

try this: http://www.amazon.co.uk/Power-Patience-Enjoy-Happiness-Success/dp/0767914864/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1218156328&sr=1-2

Mimikyu

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Cyrus

aliqueenb wrote: »

anyone heard of it?
i've found loads of reviews of it online but thats it.
it should be on sale but i cant find it anywhere? even online like?
any help would be appreciated!!

its on ebay for around 560 :eek:

id be getting a touch diamond instead i think

if only the omnia had a 640*480 screen :mad:

themoney

Does anybody know when this phone will be available in Irish Stores?

I was going to buy the Tocco but it has no Wi-Fi feature and my brother who has a N95 says the Wi-Fi feature is class so if the release date is in the next few months I will hold off.

aliqueenb

Solitaryman666 wrote: »

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urgggh doesnt give prices yet though, is it worth waiting for like or should i just go for the tocco.

omg i sound like a stalker now but lol clicked on your bebo link and my 2nd cousin is a friend of yours i see.

gcgirl

If i had the money i'd go for this phone ! The Tocco does not have wifi!

jimmycrackcorm

Expansys uk have the 8GB models available at £559.

gcgirl

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Expansys uk have the 8GB models available at £559.

but whats that in euros ?? i wonder who will be supplying it over here?

Mimikyu

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Royale with Cheese

I was thinking about getting a Tocco as most of the reviews were good, but then I read reviews of people who actually had the phone that changed my mind. Text messages impossible to write, can't hear people when you call them. Sounds like a pretty useless phone.

Mimikyu

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aliqueenb

just a thought. apart from how the iphone in ireland has the crappest tarrifs like ever. if they both had good normal tarrifs, which would most ye choose?

culabula

aliqueenb wrote: »

just a thought. apart from how the iphone in ireland has the crappest tarrifs like ever. if they both had good normal tarrifs, which would most ye choose?

You STILL looking for a phone? :-)

Get an unlocked iPhone in Italy on PAYG and stick a 3 SIM in it!

The Tocco is hideous......

Rags

The Tocco is a nice phone, very small and neat. Good camera. No problem with making calls etc on it for me. Texting is fine, just like a normal t9. Slightly slower then using buttons but not by much when you get used to it. Really miss that it has no wi fi tho.

culabula

Rags wrote: »

The Tocco is a nice phone, very small and neat. Good camera. No problem with making calls etc on it for me. Texting is fine, just like a normal t9. Slightly slower then using buttons but not by much when you get used to it. Really miss that it has no wi fi tho.

Worst web browser of all time......wifi or nay.

Rags

Never use the inbuilt browsers on any phone, usually all dirt. Only use opera mini myself.

culabula

Rags wrote: »

Never use the inbuilt browsers on any phone, usually all dirt. Only use opera mini myself.

Not Safari on the iPhone (or iPod Touch).

Rags

True, one of the best browsers next to opera 9.5 on windows mobile. But Tocco is very small and has a great camera thats its advantage over the iphone. Iphone is better in probably every other regard.

culabula

Rags wrote: »

True, one of the best browsers next to opera 9.5 on windows mobile. But Tocco is very small and has a great camera thats its advantage over the iphone. Iphone is better in probably every other regard.

Must say, it annoyed the bejaysus out of me. Widgets n' stuff all over the system screen for no apparent reason, multiple APNs a nightmare to configure and to set for use, sound quality very poor -oh and I forget all the other things too. It went back after 12 days. What was good though was the day I used it as a BT modem in Dundalk station -managed to get speeds approaching 7+ (on O2 Ireland). But for the most part, it felt like nothing but a toy. All in my humble opinion, of course.

aliqueenb

i heard though if the iphone ever automatically updates itself and you have it unblocked it like makes the phone break!???

culabula

aliqueenb wrote: »

i heard though if the iphone ever automatically updates itself and you have it unblocked it like makes the phone break!???

I think you heard something like that like.

If you have "jailbroken" your locked iPhone and you then allow subsequent updates from Apple, you may find that the phone is once more locked. Like. :-)

That's all. In these days of the App Store, there is really no need any more to have it jailbroken.

However, if you buy one on PAYG in Italy, where it cannot be locked by law, none of the above applies. Official updates will not lock it.

aliqueenb

sounds ok but then like the omnia has gps and wifi and 16gb memory and 5mp camera, lighter than the iphone...is more expensive though

seen you were making fun of me there with the extra like. SORRY!

culabula

aliqueenb wrote: »

seen you were making fun of me there with the extra like. SORRY!

Only slightly! :-)

Have you checked out the Nokia 6124 and 6220?

cahirhennessy

Slightly off topic, but does anyone know where i'd get a HTC Touch Diamond in Dublin. Had a bad expereience with ebay and Xpansys is to pricey....

PeteK*

Does anyone know if Samsumg have a cover for the Omnia similar to the Tocco one?

I do have the clear film thing but it's not on yet.. rather get it done professionally instead of me doing it myself..

I've called Samsung and they gave me a site that appears to be offline.

The site was MobileSun.co.uk

Celticwarrior

Does anybody know when this is getting released in Ireland? Will all the networks have it similar to the Tocco?

Is this better than the Iphone? As I was thinking of getting the Iphone.

turly

As for Omnia prices, they were being demoed in fnac here in Barcelona yesterday - they go for E699 sim-free :eek:

Ponster

€479 sim-free in France

A lot of great reviews from testers and a lot of bad reviews from owners.

seamus

Vodafone will be releasing it November, though no exact date or 100% confirmation on that.

PeteK*

themoney wrote: »

Does anybody know when this phone will be available in Irish Stores?

I was going to buy the Tocco but it has no Wi-Fi feature and my brother who has a N95 says the Wi-Fi feature is class so if the release date is in the next few months I will hold off.

aliqueenb wrote: »

anyone heard of it?
i've found loads of reviews of it online but thats it.
it should be on sale but i cant find it anywhere? even online like?
any help would be appreciated!!

I have the Tocco and my boyfriend has the Omnia i900. Both are really good phones.. i900 has no cover, anyone know where he can get one? Like the Tocco's one or very similar.. not the clear screen protectors..

http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2055386358


Also the wi-fi feature is a bit weird.. he's not complately tried sort it yet tho' .. he has it about 3 or 4 weeks.

kao123

u sure they didn't mean http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/cat/Samsung-i900-Omnia.htm

kao123

Have had the Omnia i900 for about 1 week now and have to say that it is a pretty decent wee device,
It handles all the movies I try to play on it with the built in touch player (no feckin about with ppc codecs)
Loaded iGO8 on it which works pretty good, drove across the country and back without getting lost once :-)
Wifi works as good as any other PPC's I've had (Xda Atom Exec, HTC TYTN II)
3G works fine as well although haven't tested video calls as O2 decided no-one uses it so no-one gets it.
Audio playback is pretty decent once you change the memory settings via a tweak
The USB feature is a nice addition as I can use it as a 16Gb disk at work
Web browsing is pretty decent as well with Opera 9.5 installed
All in all pretty happy with it

PeteK*

kao123 wrote: »

u sure they didn't mean http://www.mobilefun.co.uk/cat/Samsung-i900-Omnia.htm

Maybe they did!

Thanks.. I'll get a look tomorrow when I have time!

PeteK*

PeteK* wrote: »

..... Also the wi-fi feature is a bit weird.. he's not complately tried sort it yet tho' ..

He got it sorted when they sent him the settings from Meteor. :pac:

PeteK*

kao123 wrote: »

Have had the Omnia i900 for about 1 week now and have to say that it is a pretty decent wee device,
It handles all the movies I try to play on it with the built in touch player (no feckin about with ppc codecs)
Loaded iGO8 on it which works pretty good, drove across the country and back without getting lost once :-)
Wifi works as good as any other PPC's I've had (Xda Atom Exec, HTC TYTN II)
3G works fine as well although haven't tested video calls as O2 decided no-one uses it so no-one gets it.
Audio playback is pretty decent once you change the memory settings via a tweak
The USB feature is a nice addition as I can use it as a 16Gb disk at work
Web browsing is pretty decent as well with Opera 9.5 installed
All in all pretty happy with it

Is that map thing free or do you pay O2?

Also, do all of the applications take up some of the 8GB memory do you know?

metalfest

what do you think of the phone?
where did you get it if you don't mind me asking..?....

PeteK*

I'm sure the site you gave me is what the lady on the phone said lol.

It's cool but it said about it kinda freezing.. but hardly ever does.

It would but me having to use the little pen all of the time but you do need it to hit some of the small buttons.

We went to Belfast to get it, he got it at Phones4u.

We phoned around looking for Sim Free ones.. they had 4.

kao123

did you manage to find the cover you were after haven't seen any covers stand out from the crowd yet, but it's amoot point really casue I am going to sell mine, it's a fanatstic phone and media player but it just doesn't cut it as a work device for me :-(

kao123

PeteK* wrote: »

Is that map thing free or do you pay O2?

Also, do all of the applications take up some of the 8GB memory do you know?

The map thing is software i bought here http://www.navngo.com/pages/ about a year ago it uses the GPS chipset built in to the Omnia so there are no charges from O2 (although it can if you tell it to).
Most new pocket pc apps these days let you choose where you want them to be installed "program memeory" or Storage Memory" so you can choose ... I usually install them onto the 16Gb on my Omnia

metalfest

is the samsung omnia coming to an irish network?

PeteK*

kao123 wrote: »

did you manage to find the cover you were after haven't seen any covers stand out from the crowd yet, but it's amoot point really casue I am going to sell mine, it's a fanatstic phone and media player but it just doesn't cut it as a work device for me :-(

Not a one that is as good as the Tocco's .. but I think he'll go with the one we saw on MobileFun.co.uk

metalfest wrote: »

is the samsung omnia coming to an irish network?

I'd imagine so ..

kao123 wrote: »

The map thing is software i bought here http://www.navngo.com/pages/ about a year ago it uses the GPS chipset built in to the Omnia so there are no charges from O2 (although it can if you tell it to).
Most new pocket pc apps these days let you choose where you want them to be installed "program memeory" or Storage Memory" so you can choose ... I usually install them onto the 16Gb on my Omnia

Oh, cool.. I'll have to look into that. I'm sure you drains the battery like mad?

kao123

PeteK* wrote: »

Oh, cool.. I'll have to look into that. I'm sure you drains the battery like mad?

The battery actually didn't drain as much as I thought it would, driving for about 2 1/2 hours with GPS on all the time and had about 40% battery left, I should add that I have flashed the ROM on mine to version DXHI3 which does solve the battery drain issues found on the original ROMs - have since bought a car charger though - just in case

PeteK*

kao123 wrote: »

The battery actually didn't drain as much as I thought it would, driving for about 2 1/2 hours with GPS on all the time and had about 40% battery left, I should add that I have flashed the ROM on mine to version DXHI3 which does solve the battery drain issues found on the original ROMs - have since bought a car charger though - just in case

Not sure what that means but obviously helped! :pac:

kao123

PeteK* wrote: »

Not sure what that means but obviously helped! :pac:

It's the operating system and applications installed on the device itself, most PDA manufacturers install their own extra apps on top of windows mobile, which is all packed into the ROM of the device and they update their devices by releasing a new ROM, it's like re-installing an operating system onto a regular PC from scratch.
There are lots of various people out there creating their own ROMs for many different windows mobile devices, they call it "cooking" check out i900.modaco.com for an excellent source of knowledge on the Omnia and http://www.modaco.com/category/368/i900-omnia-custom-rom-discussion/ for custom roms, some really great changes and modifications aimed at the Omnia going on there

BROWNE51

Upgraded my rom many times since I got the phone(if I hadnt it would be back on ebay by now!)...flashed MoDaCo DTHJ6-MCR02 yesterday seems very solid..battery life has improved but in general this is a hungry phone..you have to disable bluetooth when its not needed and use task switcher alot,my usage is moderate to heavy,prior to the upgrade to the mcr02 rom I never got more than a half day's usage.However having said that ...best phone I have ever had.:)

kao123

BROWNE51 wrote: »

Upgraded my rom many times since I got the phone(if I hadnt it would be back on ebay by now!)...flashed MoDaCo DTHJ6-MCR02 yesterday seems very solid..battery life has improved but in general this is a hungry phone..you have to disable bluetooth when its not needed and use task switcher alot,my usage is moderate to heavy,prior to the upgrade to the mcr02 rom I never got more than a half day's usage.However having said that ...best phone I have ever had.:)

Hi BROWNE51 just wondering if the auto rotate still works for you with this rom ?

Ace2007

So would you guys recommend getting this phone, just heard about it about 30 mins ago - looks absolutly savage and i'm a sucker for good looking phones

O and is the the omnia as well or some different phone

http://fmmobiles.ie/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=351

Thanks

-Ace-

strecker

Ace2007 wrote: »

So would you guys recommend getting this phone, just heard about it about 30 mins ago - looks absolutly savage and i'm a sucker for good looking phones

O and is the the omnia as well or some different phone

http://fmmobiles.ie/shop/index.php?main_page=product_info&products_id=351

Thanks

-Ace-

Yes, it is!

Ace2007

would you recommend the phone now that some of ye have had it for a while...
after all it costs 600+ quid sim free

nodolan

I've had one a couple of weeks now and I have to be honest and say that I wanted to throw it out the window for the frist few days. There is a learning curve letting Windows control your phone. For one the layout of text messages is very different - in fact it's more like Outlook and your emails get kept in the same 'Messaging' app. I almost never use Bluetooth so my battery life is great with the MoDaCo ROM (a must). However the WiFi is still extremely problematic - it connects to my Eircom router at home with no issues (though it took me a while to figure out that WiFi doesn't work once you plug in the USB cable - and that Active Sync acts as a proxy server to the Internet) but it won't connect to the UCC WiFi network, it denies me access to the settings for PEAP and I had to use a registry hack to put the settings in but it still won't connect.

I managed to install Garmin Mobile XT with the Ireland/UK mapset which is great. The GPS really is a killer app.

You really have to jump through hoops as well with the 3G versus WiFi settings - it's an either or situation - either you tell the phone that everything connects via WiFi OR everything connects via 3G - if you want to use 3G 'on the fly' then you have to go into the 'control panel' of the network settings and reset it. Not a big deal but a bitch to figure out since it doesn't come with a manual.

I'm a Microsoft man for years (systems admin) and this phone took me a week to hack/customise and otherwise get used to and under my control.

Apart from that it's great