I got 2 questions for this phone:

1. Is WQVGA screen 240 x 400 pixels common enough for most of third party software to be compatible? For 3.2 inch screen, this resolution seemed a bit low, and the pixels maybe be very obvious. Even SE Xperia X1 has 800 x 480 pixels.

2. Does the phone come with a stylus? I don't see a slot in the phone.

I personally don't really like the TouchWiz UI with the Vista-like sidebar, seemed not "professional" enough like Touch Diamond's TouchFLO 3D. But the overall specs are quite attractive though.

This post has been edited by TYK: Jun 11 2008, 07:02 PM

Here is Samsung Omnia official webpage.

http://omnia.samsungmobile.com/

If only it has WVGA (800x640) instead of WQVGA (240x400), it would be a perfect WM smartphone.

If most 3rd party softwares have common resolution of QVGA 320x240, will they even compatible with the Wide variant of QVGA, which is WQVGA at 240 x 400?

Here is a hands-on preview on Samsung Omnia User Interface and Program Menus.


I am quite convinced up until this stage that is will be my first PDA phone.

In retrospect, my purchase target of PDA phone keep changing over time:
HTC Touch -> HTC Touch Cruise -> Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 -> HTC Touch Diamond -> Samsung Omnia i900

If something better announced, I might need to wait further. Sigh.

A few more videos here:

1. Phone physical design and menu system;


2. Web browsing;


3. Camera;


4. Movie and music player.


It seemed the screen is quite responsive, even more so if compared to HTC Touch Diamond. What you all think?

This post has been edited by TYK: Jun 16 2008, 01:45 AM

Yupe, the WQVGA is the one big downside that disappoints me. But if they incorporate WVGA, the price might go higher and battery life shortened too.

25++ for 16GB or 8GB? Official price for Malaysia announced already?

It just been launched in Singapore, and according to PPCSG, all units was sold out in one day.

Yeah this is the biggest downside of the phone.

But some reviewers hands-on experiences claimed it's not as bad as you think. But anyhow we still need to see for ourselves though.

Samsung does sell a phone model called Anycall in Korea where its physical design is almost identical to the Omnia, but with only one difference, Omnia is based on WM 6.1. This phone is also equipped with tactile feedback.

Nope, F480 is another touch screen phone with the similar TouchWiz interface, not powered by Windows Mobile.

August only launched? How you know about it? There is no official statement Omnia is going to sell in Malaysia at all.

You can search PPCSG forum, where there are quite a number of users of i780 there.

How much you paid? SGD 1098?

Care to have a brief review for us?

Here is a comparison between Samsung Omnia and HTC Touch Diamond.
http://www.straitstimes.com/vgn-ext-templa...0000a35010aRCRD

I pray they will launch Omnia in KL as early as possible, so that I in Penang can get hold of it after that. My phone almost can't be used anymore...

Got lah, the odd QVGA screen with 240 x 400 lo. No stylus slot lo.

Anybody going to Midvalley can you please ask the Samsung people over there when it will be launched in Malaysia?

This post has been edited by TYK: Jul 5 2008, 01:21 AM

I recalled from reading PPCSG forum, it does come with Mobile Office editor.

Actually the specs in GSM Arena have been updated, here.
http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_i900_omnia-2422.php

This post has been edited by TYK: Jul 6 2008, 12:41 PM

Did they mentioned when it will be available in Malaysia? Damn even Europe is getting it in the next week or so.

Actually how do you differentiate between PDA phone and smartphone?

Malaysian Samsung Mobile website has listed Omnia as upcoming product, refer here.
http://my.samsungmobile.com/products/phone...o?kind=upcoming

So, it will definitely come to Malaysia, but question is when and how much?