Samsung Omnia i900 Mobile Phone Review

The Samsung Omnia feels a little on the light side and that's due to its plastic casing. In our opinion, it's inspiring to hold than the glass and plastic combo on the iPhone 3G or, better still, the glass and metal combo of the original iPhone. The Omnia's plastic screen in particular lacks the quality feel of the iPhone's glass one.

Casing materials aside, the Omnia is just about the right size. It's slim enough to put in a pocket comfortably, but the screen is large enough to enjoy watching videos or browsing the Web on. The Omnia is also pretty comfortable to make phone calls with using just one hand -- and there's not a stylus in sight.

Features of Samsung Omnia i900

While it doesn't always work, there's something admirable about Samsung's approach to features, which essentially consists of cramming as much stuff into a phone as possible. To start with the Omnia boasts both HSDPA and Wi-Fi, giving you high-speed access to your emails and the Web almost everywhere you go.



Like the HTC Touch Diamond, the Omnia comes pre-installed with Opera Mobile 9.5, which lets you browse full Web pages in a similar way to how you do on an iPhone -- allowing you to zoom in and out of pages by tapping the screen. The screen is not as responsive as the iPhone's when it comes to accurately tapping something, however.

Indeed, the Omnia's screen is a great point of contention for us, because while it isn't always as responsive as we'd like -- when scrolling, for example -- it's one of the most responsive Windows Mobile touchscreen devices out there. So while we'd like to say that it's as good as the iPhone's screen, we can't, but it is good compared to its Windows Mobile competition.

Samsung has done a superb job at making the Windows Mobile interface more finger-friendly, adding shortcut menus and large icons galore. It's fairly easy to navigate your way around, and unlike the HTC Touch Diamond's lag-inducing TouchFLO 3D interface, Samsung's additions don't seem to slow things down at all.

Given that it's Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional, you get all the Microsoft features you expect, including Exchange and Office support and the ability to edit documents -- something the iPhone can't do. You can also use Windows Messenger, which is handy if you regularly use it on a desktop and want a mobile instant-messaging solution.

Performance

Battery life is quoted at up to 10 hours talk time and 450 hours standby time. We found that with moderate use we got around two days out of it, but this will differ depending on which features you use thorughtout the day. Audio quality is loud and clear during calls, as is the speakerphone.

Nokia N96 Review, Preview, Specifications and Details

Operating Frequency
• WCDMA2100/900 (HSDPA) / EGSM900, GSM850/1800/1900 MHz (EGPRS)
• Automatic switching between bands and modes
• DVB-H Class C, 470-750 MHz

Dimensions
• Volume: 92 cc
• Weight: 125 g
• Length: 103 mm
• Width: 55 mm
• Depth:18 mm, locally up to 20 mm

Memory Functions
• 16GB internal flash memory, plus microSD memory card slot (hot swappable) for expandability and flexibility
• Approximate dynamic memory capacity indication with 16GB storage:
-Video: 40 hours
-Music: 12,000 tracks
• 128MB RAM, 256MB system memory (operating system plus dynamic user data area)


Power Management
• Battery: Nokia Battery BL-5F, 950 mAh
• Talk time: up to 150 / 220 minutes (WCDMA / GSM)
• Stand-by time: up to 200 / 220 hours (WCDMA / GSM)
• Video playback: up to 5 hours (offline mode)
• Music playback: up to 14 hours (offline mode)
• TV playback: up to 4 hours (DVB-H)


Display and User Interface
• 2.8” QVGA (240 x 320 pixels) LCD TFT display with up to 16 million colors
• User Interface: S60 3rd Edition, Feature Pack 2
• Active standby screen, Multimedia menu


Nokia Mobile N96 Technical specifications

Data Transfer
• WCDMA HSDPA 900/2100 MHz with simultaneous voice and packet data (PS max speed DL/UL= 3.6Mbps/384kbps, CS max speed 64kbps)
• Dual Transfer Mode (DTM) support for simultaneous voice and packet data connection in GSM/EDGE networks. Simple class A, multi slot class 11, max speed DL/UL: 177.6/118.4kbps
• EGPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 296/177.6kbps
• GPRS class B, multi slot class 32, max speed DL/UL= 107/64.2kbps

• Video center: central hub for video experiences
• Access to last played video and easy resume
• My videos: collection of stored videos
• Access to Internet Videos, compatible with RSS feeds and video podcasts, with direct wireless updates and downloads
• Service catalog to discover new Internet Videos

Video Codecs and Formats
• MPEG-4 Part 2 (H.263/SP), up to VGA 30 fps, hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or max SDTV on TV-out
• MPEG-4 Part 10 (H.264/AVC), up to VGA 30 fps, hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or SDTV on TV-out
• Windows Media Video (WMV9), up to CIF/QVGA 30 fps, hardware-accelerated codec, scaled to max QVGA on device screen, or SDTV on TV-out
• RealVideo QCIF at 30 fps
• Flash video support in browser
• DRM support: OMA DRM 1, OMA DRM 2, WM DRM

Live TV
• Broadcast Television (DVB-H) capable
-DVB-H based mobile TV with internal antenna
-DVB-H Class C, 470-750 MHz

Browser-based video access
• Support for download, streaming and progressive download
• Support for Flash video

Music Features
• Digital music player – supports MP3, AAC, eAAC+, WMA, album art
• Playlist editing and sharing
• Equalizer and visualization
• Search, browse and purchase songs online in Nokia Music Store – with support for Windows Media DRM protected files

• Stereo FM radio (87.5-108MHz, 76-90MHz) with support for RDS, Visual Radio™ and use of FM radio in offline mode
• Nokia Internet Radio

Sony Ericsson P1i review, details, informations, specifications and price

Sony Ericsson P1i
The latest in the P series from Sony Ericsson, the P1i features a 3.15 MP camera with autofocus. It records videos at QVGA resolution at 15fps and comes with a bright single LED flash. The camera has a full automatic exposure control as well as manual overexposure controls and white balance, focus settings.
Rs 20,000

Sony Ericsson W960i review, details, informations, specifications and price

Sony Ericsson W960i
This is the phone that I am eagerly waiting for. The W960 features a 3.15 MP camera with autofocus. It records video in QVGA resolution at 15fps and has dual LED flash. It offers exposure controls, white balance, dedicated macro mode, color effects as well as multi shoot modes. Sadly, there is no BestPic mode which would have been a great addition.
Price : Not Available

Samsung U600 review, details, informations, specifications and price

Samsung U600
The U600 is one of the latest phones from Samsung to arrive in India. It features a 3.2 MP camera with flash and though the addition of a flash helps to a certain extent while taking images in low light, the phone still doesn't stand up in comparison to the images quality standards of the N73/K790i. It records videos in CIF resolution and allow for setting of picture size, shooting mode, color effects, white balance, and ISO.
Rs 13,500

Nokia 5700 review, details, informations, specifications and price

Nokia 5700
Nokia 5700 belongs to the Xpress music series of phones from Nokia, which is more music oriented. Even then, the 2 MP camera in the 5700 performs upto the mark. It records video in QVGA resolution and takes decent still images. It also has a LED flash and provides option to set panorama, night mode, sequence, white balance, and color effects.
Rs 11,200