Samsung Omnia (Verizon) - Unboxing and Hands-On

Noah Kravitz
Posted on Tuesday, November 25, 2008
by Noah Kravitz, Senior Editor, Consumer Products and Services
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Samsung brings its "all in one smartphone," the Omnia, to Verizon Wireless. This slim touchscreen phone runs Windows Mobile and the TouchWiz UI and features 3G, WiFi, a 5MP camera, and VGA video capture.

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mrawesome93
Monday, December 15, 2008this or the lg dare and i am thinking about the touch pro i played with all of them but i cant decide
savior2049
Sunday, December 14, 2008I have the samsung I700 went to play with the i910 and love it. I was going to get the xv6800 as I ove touch phones and the extra features you get. But glad verizon got the omnia, only bummer I have to wait my wife wants it to be her Christmas present to me. So I'll wait a while.
Alex
Wednesday, December 10, 2008great phone but I want to get an opinion on whats better omnia or storm
SadKid
Monday, December 08, 2008this phone is amazing! best phone ive seen for verizon! i want it sooooooooooo bad, went to verizon today its amazing!! but i have to wait till march when my contracts up to get it...
beaglebored
Thursday, December 04, 2008C'mon Noah, How about a more in-depth review of the Onmia? The Storm isn't the VZ story of the year unless you count full panic firmware upgrades, it's the Omnia and I want one so I can throw out my Glyde out the freakin' window.
BD
Wednesday, December 03, 2008How would you personally compare the Omnia to the Dare? Is the Windows Mobile and the rotatable screen worth the extra 120$?
peanutonfire
Tuesday, December 02, 2008Okay so I got this phone this last sunday and took it back on monday. The problems that I had with it was alot of lage, small touch screen, the text messenger stoped working on it in 2 hours, it couldnt find the 8gb that it was suppose to have. So plus it was released on friday and I was the first person to bye it at this store and that was on sunday, But anyways I took it back to them and they had no idea what was wroung with it, they think windows 6.1 wasnt working right. I have big fingers so txt is very hard for me. I desided to order the Blackberry Storm, it has a bigger screen and it just works alot better for me, Plus they are getting the bugs fixed before they ship and if anyone is wondering I hear thourgh the grape vine that they will be shipped at the end of this week to the people that have ordered them online. So I should see mine on monday or tuesday. But this phone isnt for me but as Hoah has said try it out before you buy it, it will help you out alot.
Buckleyv
Tuesday, December 02, 2008Noah, any word on the GPS being locked or unlocked e.g the Storm is unlocked and does not require VZNav to use... say Yahoo Maps?
happydog
Tuesday, December 02, 2008hey does the internet come with the phone for free??
happydog
Tuesday, December 02, 2008wut do u think is better the storm or the omnia
Aaron
Tuesday, December 02, 2008I can't figure out what to do!!! I am on Sprint, and currently am drooling over the HTC Touch PRO, but I know that Verizon has a good network, but they cripple their phones. It's good to know that they left the majority of the hardware specs intact. Verizon bastardized the HTC Touch PRO on their network (they don't even call it the touch pro, and it's not listed on Verizon's network when you go to HTC's website), and that's the phone that I've been looking at getting. I think once I take advantage of the 30 day test period for phones on Sprint, and see how the reception is with the Sprint Touch PRO, I'll know whether or not I want to switch to Verizon for the OMNIA (or if I have to save money, the DARE), or stay with Sprint's savior phone.
Aaron
Tuesday, December 02, 2008I'll never understand why companies insist on using proprietary garbage for their devices. You would think that the prospect of letting the user implement their own cabling solution would contribute more to sales than selling a device with a device-specific cable. Then again, i'm not a greedy company CEO, so what do I know? :-/
Denis Fima
Tuesday, December 02, 2008MY NEXT PHONE
renoir?
Saturday, November 29, 2008It's 199.99 now after a 2-year contract and mail-in rebate!
Alex C
Saturday, November 29, 2008is there going to be another video that goes into more depth?
YoRob
Friday, November 28, 2008I must say, I bought the storm on Friday (11-21)... Friday I thought it was impressive and kinda cool, by Sat I was ready to bring it back. too many options and it initially felt like too many steps just to do something simple. By Sunday I was throwing in the garbage. then Monday....I was in love!... I figured it all out and made all the appropriate changes to the default settings, and now im off and running! There is a big learning curve with this device and most will either love it or hate it! If you hate it, give it a few days or even 2 weeks. you generally have 30 days, so don't jump out just yet. If you are not comp savy, you can still find it very easy to customize the unit for you. my vote is a YES on the blackberry Storm! I love it! Rob~ (and no...it's not an IPHONE, but I hate att in our area and would never downgrade my cellular service just for a cooler phone, service in most important then coolness next!)
Touch Phone
Friday, November 28, 2008Hey Noah what phone do you like better "LG Dare" Or "Samsung Omnia" I will get whatever phone you choose.
Denis Fima
Thursday, November 27, 2008dude is there a browser that can run on wifi and support flash
VZdubFTW
Wednesday, November 26, 2008I noticed some of you guys had questions about the data plans for smartphones vs blackberry devices. Basically now, unless you need to have emailed pushed from a business enterprise server you don't need to pay for the 44.99 data package. 29.99 is now availible for pop3 email use and unlimited internet for most windows mobile devices and the centro. And yes, you have to have a data package w/ a windows mobile or blackberry device. TRazor88 you need to ask yourself do i need email pushed to my device and do I need window's mobile? The dare is still just brew based phone w/ a cool touch that can do html browsing. The omnia is going to give a lot more, but it will aslo come with a heftier pricetag.
haticK
Wednesday, November 26, 2008Opera Mobile doesn't support flash but www.Skyfire.com has a browser in beta for Windows Mobile that does support flash and it is very fast.

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