Samsung Omnia i910 Review
The touchscreen-slate alternative to the iPhone 3G and the BlackBerry Storm is a CDMA/EVDO cousin of the Samsung i900 GSM smartphone. The Omnia i910 runs with a Marvell CPU running at 624MHZ, plus 128MB of RAM 256MB of ROM, 8GB of internal storage, EVDO Revision A with tethering, a 5 MP auto focus camera with zoom and flash. The 3.2" screen has WQVGA 400×240 resolution, making for a less than stellar 145 pixels per inch (PPI) pixel density (the Touch Diamond’s screen is 285ppi and the Apple iPhone’s screen is 164ppi).
The size and weight of the phone is great, it isn’t heavy, doesn’t weigh down your pockets, but it has some heft to it so you don’t feel like you’re playing with a toy or something easily broken (that said, I don’t think this phone would do well being dropped much). It fits comfortably in my pocket, no bulge. There is an available holster case for it, but personally I’ve never liked having my phone on my waist.
Interface:
I have to give credit to Samsung for their widget interface. I personally don’t like it, but I am a creature of habit and know where stuff is on my old phone and just wanted to recreate that. My wife loved the widgets, they were simple enough to her to be able to be comfortable navigating the phone in about half an hour. They might not be the first choice for more serious users, but they do a good job making windows mobile a bit more finger friendly.
Camera
5.0 Megapixel Camera with Auto-Focus the flash isn’t a flash in the traditional sense you might be used to. It is a very bright LED that does a good job for subjects that aren’t more than maybe 4 or 5 feet away, but you’re not going to light up a room with it or anything, keep your expectation reasonable and you’ll be pleasantly surprised with it’s effectiveness. (The flash also doubles as a flashlight which is an interesting feature). The downside to the LED flash is that I’m having trouble with Red Eye, but that is so easy to edit these days that it’s hardly worth mentioning.
Buttons
This was where I really expected the most trouble with the phone. Typing in portrait mode is very difficult and it is almost a requirement to turn the phone to landscape to type any message. You can change the type method from keyboard to a T9 style number pad which does help vertical typing considerably.
Battery Life
I’ve enjoyed playing with this phone pretty much nonstop since I got it, and that screen does seem to kill the battery pretty quick. I haven’t made it all the way through the day without needing to plug it in, but I’ve found that if I plug it into my computer while at my desk, or into my car while I’m driving it will do very well staying fully charged. Wouldn’t wander off without a power source for more than a day though.
Mobile Office
Best way to take your work with you on the road. Email and share your docs from anywhere. TV-Out with optional cables (OEM cables run about $10) allows you to display your Omnia photos or documents on any RCA TV connection.
I was wondering how the sumsung i910 contects to blue tooth devices
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