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Need some unbiased input on the Omnia
Hello Omnia people. I'm thinking about picking up an Omnia to play with while I wait for some of the upcoming phones with the large WVGA screens. But I wanted some opinions from some of you Omnia users on some of the phone features.
1: How is video playback on the Omnia? Is it choppy or does it seem to jump around a little? Any pixelation, or is the playback pretty clear? 2: Whats the general consensus on TouchWiz? Does everybody like it, or ditch it for ROMs with 6.5 or Manila? 3: I know the picture quality is about as good as you can get with a phone camera, but how is the video recording? 4: Do most of the apps desinged for the HTC devices work equally well on the Omnia or are there a lot of apps that dont work well? I'll search the Omnia forums for most of the fact based questions I have, I just wanted to ask about these since they are more opinionated type questions to get a general consensus. Thanks in advance Omnia guys!
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Re: Need some unbiased input on the Omnia
Thanks bro, that's exactly the kind of feedback I'm looking for. What apps don't work that you wish would work? Oh yeah, how does that optical mouse work?
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the camera isnt quite as accurate as the Dare or enVtouch but the video camera is much better on playback and records a much better video. dont know about roms and such as ive just added some custom tweak type and nothing like vanilla or 6.5 roms Last edited by mark elmore; 10-12-2009 at 10:04 AM. |
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Re: Need some unbiased input on the Omnia
I still love this phone. I've put dvd's directly on the phone and play them back and they look great. Titanium or MobileShell is the way to go. Manila2D is cool too. The Sammy ui is cool to show people but ultimately it's eye candy and not very functional. I agree with the mouse being something that you can show people, but I never use it, more of a novelty. The camera take wonderful pics as long as it's set for the right environment. I'm a golf course superintendent and I've taken pics through a magnifying glass and you can see the individual cells on 16x. Software is software. Everything i've installed runs very well and quick. If you read RSS feeds, the one that come with the omnia blows, definately go with a third party reader.
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Re: Need some unbiased input on the Omnia
Omnia is just a great phone. I recently upgraded to the new HTC Touch Pro2. Amazing phone. Everything I wanted--except the thing is heavy. So much so, that I returned it and am back to my trusty Omnia. I'll wait for Omnia II or consider the HTC Imagio. I thought I wanted a hardware keyboard (it was nice but not worth the extra bulk) but not if it makes the phone way thicker and way heavier.
The Omnia II is supposed to weigh just a touch more than the Omnia (which weighs in at just over 4 oz.). The TP2 weighs almost 7 oz. It's a shame that it's such a brick because, otherwise, it's an amaing phone. Samsung's TouchWiz is terrible. Mobile Shell or Manila are WAY better. Titanium is not my cup of tea. Basically just a ripoff of Manila only done poorly. ANyway, I'm sure you know all that, I just needed to vent AND to say go for the Omnia. It's awesome. My 2ยข
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Re: Need some unbiased input on the Omnia
The Omnia has very good (but not great) hardware, paired with decent software out of the box that can be made dramatically better with the 3rd party ROMs. WinMo is super customizable yet still a bit flaky at it's core as I'm sure you know already. Touchscreen keyboard is actually really good IMO. That being said, my next phone will most likely have a physical keyboard and Android unless WM7 turns out to be amazing.
1) Video playback is great with TCPMP phenom 3. Never had a problem with it. 2) TouchWiz is fun yet gimmicky. I can't see how someone could use it every day, especially when all of the content from the widgets combined could be fit onto one screen. 3) Seeing as the only phone I have right now to compare it to is a RAZR, the Omnia is tremendously better. It's only really good at 320x240 because at 640x480 I think it only does 15fps. 4) HTC never made a WQVGA phone as far as I know. Most of the apps don't work well but Manila 2D does. I used it for a while, it looks great and it's really fast. Other stuff like Teeter is the wrong resolution ps - I use the mouse a lot when web browsing because it feels natural and the Omnia's build of Opera stinks at clicking on links. Last edited by nitrous9200; 10-13-2009 at 09:28 PM. |
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