We were in Vivo and passed by a Samsung shop. I saw the Omnia ad pasted near the door. I also saw several Samsung phones inside which the shop had set out for demo purposes.
I had been very curious about the Samsung Omnia and had been dying to try the phone out. And this was the chance!
I dragged SO into the shop. There was already someone trying the Omnia, so we had to wait a while. After about 5-10 mins, the guy testing out the Omnia finally left.
So my impression of the Omnia? Now I am having second thoughts of getting the Omnia after getting a hands on demonstration experience.
I quite like the features, but I am frankly not used to the touch screen interface. There were finger prints all over the screen! I was just not used to that amount of prints on the phone screen. I was irritated by it. I found myself rubbing the screen against my clothes very so often to get rid of the prints stains.
And I think my fingers were just too fat for touch screen. I kept pressing the wrong keys. The menu on screen were too small and my fingers just kept missing them. In fact, I even had to use my fingernails to click on the screen. And I hardly had any long sharp finger nails.
The sensitive touch screen interface made usual common tasks like typing a short message seemed like some delicate procedure. Navigation on the touch screen may seemed rather user-friendly and intuitive, but somehow I just couldn't get the proper hang of it. Neither could SO. He was also not used to a touch screen interface. Frankly he was not really in favor of getting the Omnia.
The phone screen is quite large and wide with a large 3.2" LCD. Samsung did provide a stylus with the phone upon purchase. However there is no stylus slot on the phone. How stupid is that? You have to get a specialised Omnia fake leather pouch. That comes with a stylus slot.
Frankly, there has been some complaints online about the touch screen interface.As Cnet Asia described it, "it isn't optimized for use with finger taps unless your fingertips taper to a toothpick point in thinness". Ha ha!
Another complaint that I read in another blog was that cos it's touch screen and it's very sensitive, that sometimes one might accidentally dial one of the contact numbers while in the pocket or bag.
That blogger also said that since he got the new touch screen phone, his family and friends have been getting more missed calls from him or calls with no answer, due to him accidentally dialling their numbers unknowingly.
These are the 2 issues that are stopping me from getting an Omnia. That and the price. The price now with a 2 year plan is about $468 to $668, depending on the mobile phone operator.
Frankly, maybe I should wait for the Samsung INNOV8 (also known as the i8510) that comes in 8GB and 16GB with the onboard memory maxing out at 32GB with a microSDHC flash media. That phone is coming soon by the end of the year and is equipped with a 8 mega pixel camera. And no touch screen!
This new samsung phone has everything I ever wanted in a phone with the present technology. Frankly, I would definitely preferred this to the Omnia or the iPhone. The only thing stopping me? The price! With so many great features and functions, the price is to be sure in the high end range.
Well, one can dream, can't we?
I had been very curious about the Samsung Omnia and had been dying to try the phone out. And this was the chance!
I dragged SO into the shop. There was already someone trying the Omnia, so we had to wait a while. After about 5-10 mins, the guy testing out the Omnia finally left.
So my impression of the Omnia? Now I am having second thoughts of getting the Omnia after getting a hands on demonstration experience.
I quite like the features, but I am frankly not used to the touch screen interface. There were finger prints all over the screen! I was just not used to that amount of prints on the phone screen. I was irritated by it. I found myself rubbing the screen against my clothes very so often to get rid of the prints stains.
And I think my fingers were just too fat for touch screen. I kept pressing the wrong keys. The menu on screen were too small and my fingers just kept missing them. In fact, I even had to use my fingernails to click on the screen. And I hardly had any long sharp finger nails.
The sensitive touch screen interface made usual common tasks like typing a short message seemed like some delicate procedure. Navigation on the touch screen may seemed rather user-friendly and intuitive, but somehow I just couldn't get the proper hang of it. Neither could SO. He was also not used to a touch screen interface. Frankly he was not really in favor of getting the Omnia.
The phone screen is quite large and wide with a large 3.2" LCD. Samsung did provide a stylus with the phone upon purchase. However there is no stylus slot on the phone. How stupid is that? You have to get a specialised Omnia fake leather pouch. That comes with a stylus slot.
Frankly, there has been some complaints online about the touch screen interface.As Cnet Asia described it, "it isn't optimized for use with finger taps unless your fingertips taper to a toothpick point in thinness". Ha ha!
Another complaint that I read in another blog was that cos it's touch screen and it's very sensitive, that sometimes one might accidentally dial one of the contact numbers while in the pocket or bag.
That blogger also said that since he got the new touch screen phone, his family and friends have been getting more missed calls from him or calls with no answer, due to him accidentally dialling their numbers unknowingly.
These are the 2 issues that are stopping me from getting an Omnia. That and the price. The price now with a 2 year plan is about $468 to $668, depending on the mobile phone operator.
Frankly, maybe I should wait for the Samsung INNOV8 (also known as the i8510) that comes in 8GB and 16GB with the onboard memory maxing out at 32GB with a microSDHC flash media. That phone is coming soon by the end of the year and is equipped with a 8 mega pixel camera. And no touch screen!
This new samsung phone has everything I ever wanted in a phone with the present technology. Frankly, I would definitely preferred this to the Omnia or the iPhone. The only thing stopping me? The price! With so many great features and functions, the price is to be sure in the high end range.
Well, one can dream, can't we?
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