Order Samsung i900 Omnia Unlocked Phone with 8 GB Memory, 5 MP Camera, GPS, Wi-Fi, Windows Mobile 6.1, and MicroSD Slot--International Version with No Warranty (Black)

I was seduced--by the Omnia. And what a mistake that was.

The good--all of the features that are cited. Yes, they are there.

The bad--virtually everything else.

--I have had an iTouch in my pocket for over a year. I have had the Omnia for 2 months (I just replaced it with a Nokia.) The number of scratches on the Omnia screen compared to the iTouch is appalling.

--In order to make the touch screen compatible as a phone the approach to preventing accidental entries on the screen is a killer for users. Eight button pushes, besides the phone number to access an extension phone.
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--I tried to install Windows 7 Beta--the presence of the Omnia on my PC prevented that.

--I tried to install Omnia on the Blue Tooth device in my car. It did not work.

--Mobile 6.1 makes using the Omnia like the good old days of 56K Internet.S L O W

--The need for a stylus, dangling at the side of the phone, means that the touch screen functionality is low. Many of the operations need the stylus unless your fingers have the same dimensions it does.

--Batteries are weak.

--Establishing the link with my PC took hours of coaching from the cell phone provider.

And doing some post-purchase research with personnel at my provider during many service calls had a consistency--when pressed, they all said the Omnia was a dog of a machine.

My advice--buy something else, anything else. In 17 years of cell phone use this is by far as bad as it gets.





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