Samsung i900 Omnia

+ It can do alot of different things and looks good

- It took me a long time to work out how to use the phone and i can still not use some of the functions, the phone answers itself so i don't know people are calling and i can't find the function to turn it off, the phone is over complicated and has too many options that it takes a long time to find so everything take ages to do.

+ Great phone with excellent features. This phone is great for watching movies on the go or listening to your favourite MP3's, GPS built in - get yourself satnav software and this is a great feature on a phone, plus it works a treat. Touch screen is responsive. To new users - the operating system may take a little getting used to, but you soon will be navigating the menus with ease. Call quality is good, lots of windows mobile shareware/freeware available for this phone, c/w 8gb of memory with the added benefit of a micro SD slot available for upto an extra 16gb of storage (24gb). I personally think this is a great phone and I'm still exploring it.

- People complain about the battery life, and yes this could be better. But when you consider this phone comes with such a large screen and the backlights then I can live with charging it daily as I would expect a screen of this size to use more juice than my small screened SE W810i. Though this does depend on your usage, do invest in a car charger and a case. Do close applications that you have finished using and your phone will still run fast and be responsive.

+ have had the handset for three weeks now and so far so good! i actually prefer the handset to the iphone. the camera is great, good storage capacity, the opera browser makes going on the web easy. the phone runs on windows mobile which means it is packed with great features. takes a while to get used to the touch screen if you havent used one before but compared to other smart phones i found this really easy to use. the widgets on the side of the today screen are easy and fun to use

- if you are more interested in the music side of things iwould go for the iphone. dotn get me wrong you can store loads on the omnia and it has various pieces of software to listen to the music for example windows media player and touch player but the iphone is purpose built for music. the battery life isnt great, needs charging almost every day but most touch screen phones do.

+ Lots of top end features, more features than the iphone

- Difficult to use! Had it 3 days and had to take it back...texting/writing emails was a nightmare on the tiny touchscreen keyboard which you can't enlarge. Navigation using Windows Mobile is only possible if you have tiny fingers or will always use the stylus. It's a shame because it's a lovely phone, just too difficult to use it! In the end I changed to the iphone, so much easier to use as a touch screen. Won't be long before the iphone have some more serious rivals but the others have to get away from Windows Mobile it's just not practical.

+ Its great, very much like having a personal PC you can carry 24-7. Internet browsing and Email is easy to use and very fast. All the features and gadgets are certainly something to impress friends with and it never gets boring.

- Ease of access around the phone files, it can be very easy to lose files in the vast space contained in the phone could be more organised and layed out better. I found the internet settings very tempermental, i made a mistake and i think ive got to reset the phone to try and get the facotry settings.

+ stylish.. lots of features... wm6 software can be easily added... good camera and media player when configured.. web browsing like using pc... sat nav feature is great... also a good feature is that you can use it as a usb data modem if your broadband goes down... also wifi is a good feature... divx playback is great... but the headphone sound needs to be configured too improve sound... my wife hates it.. says it too my like a pc.. not recommended for the novice... I love this phone once I set it up to work with all the features... one thing I would recommend is gpsgate for using third party sat nav,,, the device as a mobile phone is excellent with back ground noise.. the phone almost eliminates external noise. if you like computers and like tweaking with software to make things better than the manufacturer intended then this phone is brilliant...

- poor battery life... messaging is in thread mode and takes a bit getting use to,, not easy to forward calls to mutliple recipients without going through a whole lot of steps/menu options... headphone sound poor... poor indoor camera.. bad recording sound when videoing... also locks up like a pc when multi tasking..... however all the above points can be rectified doing a google search and installing various software, except for the battery life. contacts list could do with being bigger so you can use your finger instead of stylus... no good if you have thick fingers and thumbs... overall if the phone was setup / configured by samsung as other people have discovered to overcome the above problems and the battery was better the phone would be great...

+ Overall it is a superb phone,brilliant e mail and web browsing at top speed.Aswell as having windows live messanger.Getting use to texting is difficult at first.Once mastered it is ok.

- Battery life isn't very good,or at least it has been for me,but this is the only problem i would say the phone has.

+ Having not used a Window Mobile Based platform before and reading other reviews I was a little concerned about obtaining the Samsung Omnia, however I took the plunge and am glad i did. The phone is made of good quality materials and looks stunning, it is a bit on the large size but this is ideal for us fellas with stubby fingers especially as this is a touch phone. The navigation of the phone is a little complicated, unless you are a hardcore windows mobile user, but it does get easier the more times you fiddle with it. I has some cool functions and the web browsing is impressively quick and although most reviews complain about the lack of screen resolution, the videos and pics are very clear. I'm no pro and I managed to set up a proxy for my e-mail account, but this is probably because when you activate the phone it walks you through the set up :o). I have struggled a little with finding various settings and the likes, but I have found some other useful things along the way, that i probably wouldn't have found, so some pros there with navigation. The touch screen is very responsive and the transcriber is a brilliant feature if you spend a bit of time with it and this is now my preferred choice for texting and scribbling notes. There is tons of stuff i still haven't done with the phone and probably wont. All i can say is if you like gadgets then the Samsung Omnia is a must. If you are the occasional mobile user, although this may look cool... it would not be for you.

- Couple of bad points to note, if you use Windows Vista, there are a couple of software probless with the ActiveSync when using the USB cable (it may not be called active sync, sorry not using vista pc at the mo) it seems to find the phone and then drop it, so you can't transfer files or sync with your outlook. They have updated the software on microsoft, but it still isn't clever and it still drops off. I have resorted to buying a bluetooth dongle to see if it will synch this way instead (sorry won't know what the outcome is till i give this a go) With the exception of this, there is little to moan about in terms of bad points. The battery life isn't fantastic, but you can alter various default settings that will reduce the amount of power the phone uses. The last little gripe, is the stylus, it's nice to have the option of a stylus, but it would have been nicer if it could have been tucked away somewhere on the phone as opposed to attaching what looks like a bottle of mascarra, so i'm told to the loop. I've now removed this to save face and just use a pencil or dead pen when needed.

+ The touch screen is excellent and not over sensitive - is great to txt with!!!

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+ Nice looking phone and easy to use.

- First phone - the phone did not lock so had to be returned and this took 3 weeks to complete.

+ Features, Camera, Touch Screen, Memory, Looks, GPS, Wifi, 3G

- Navigation - needs joystick or similar, Speed - loading programs etc, User Interface/Scrolling, Complicated to use, Music player need improving.

+ Easy to use, Web browsing, everything you need, memory capabilities.

- Bluetooth sometimes does not connect to other phones.

+ just design and touch screen

- battery, screen not bright enough, complicated menu, camera

+ Really nice phone with all the features I wanted. Very easy to set up the Outlook email with our company Exchange server. I use the GPS with ordinance survey mapping for country walks, which is great. I discarded the stylus and use a finger to navigate the menus and it works fine. I especially enjoyed comparing to friends iPhones and beating all the features they had.

- Battery life could be better, but I do keep playing with it all the time, which probably doesn't help. Controlling the balance between alert sounds (which I want low) and ringtone volume (which I want loud) could be better too.

+ WEIGHT, LOOK, TOUCH SCREEN

- DIFFICULT TO DO SIMPLE THINGS LIKE TEXT AND MAKE A CALL, QUIET ON A CALL, QUIET RINGING CAMERA NOT CLEAR ENOUGH FOR A 5MP

+ This phone is smart and is very good for internet use.

- the battery life of this phone is very poor

+ it's a good phone but i'm still discovering some of the functions. i like the agenda n the web in particular.

- the manual is not very helpfull therefore its becomes more dificult to understand the full extend of all the features

+ Its smartly designed and good looking.

- Has taken far too long just to get understand the basic functions and navigation. First time I've ever had a touchscreen phone and would not recommend it. The alarm doesn't seem to work either. 3 things Iook for in a phone - good reception, ease of use and cost effectiveness - the cost saving will hopefully win me over since the first 2 haven't bowled me over yet.

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- no inbuilt stylus. Instead the stylus hangs from a cord attached to the phone - RIDICULOUS!

+ Looks nice

- Not easy to use if you dont use computers. I find it difficult even yo send a text messsage. My old phone was easier to use.

+ looks good. lot's of gizmo's.

- no good for texting in a hurry. hard to navigate through the programmes

+ 1) Looks very epensive 2) unique design 3) brilliant windows operating system 4) touch screen responds perfectly 5) camera *****

- Nothing

+ Good alternative to the iPhone

- Windows Mobile takes some getting used to, and isnt for the novice user.

+ Its a good phone because it literally has everything that a laptop would have so if your bored or anything while your out an about theres literally hundred of things on it that will keep you entertained.

- Definately the battery life. Granted I've been using it quite intensley for texting, web browsing and the like, but ive had to charge it five or six times a weeek because it runs out. the thing ive noticed that runs the batery down the most is the internet and downloading things from it eg music.

+ GPS + googlemaps. Speed of internet access & data package supplied. Quick/ decent camera - relative to N95.

- Stylus not integrated into phone. Using your finger to navigate is very hit and miss as the touchscreen digits/ keyboard is very small. Normal dialing/ phonebook lookup is not as quick as non-touch screen phones like my old N95.

+ Lots of features. Too many to name! Plenty of memory, good camera, sat-nav. Good for web surfing.

- Initially can be quite complicated to use. Takes a while to learn all the features. Some problems with syncronisation

+ looks nice

- it took 3 days to work out how to make a call and the instruction is on page 9! the lock uing the end call button does not work. the send button is near the space button when texting and sends the message before it is sent. it is hard to read what you have already typed. you dont know if you have answered a call. the stylus hits you in the face when using the phone....need i go on?? its casing scratched after 2 days. try to scroll through the contacts and it pulls up details of the person who is bottom of the screen as you try to scroll and there is no scroll bar on the contacts so if you have several with the same name it is a nightmare!

+ Very compact (compared to 2 PDAs used in the past) size as well as weight; very intuitive control; quality built; excellent screen; decent built memory + expandable; outstanding quality camera

- Battery life not great; the stylus could be built in; lack of up/down control buttons, which would be useful when scroling down contacts etc; power connector could be designed more practically to alow using a docking station (also not supplied) nowdays there should be used the mini USB format; the memory card shouldn't be placed in a place that it requires removing the battery to access it; the reception could be slightly improved.

+ Good internet access - when it works! Can get emails, office mobile which is good, looks nice, good camera

- Hard to use because there are no keys so the touch screen is hard to text from, takes ages to send a message, battery hardly lasts, internet keeps cutting out, keeps freezing and error messages when you try to download emails or use the camera so have to reset the phone.

+ auto connecting to internet for email, but not disconnecting when they have been recieved! :(

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+ Looks stylish.Great screen.Fast online.Really like the mouse and the qwerty keyboard.Photos i have taken so far have also been great.Found it easy to use.Have had no problems at all with it.I would say it is the best phone i have had and am very pleased with it.

- Battery life could be better.Very occassionally the touch screen didn't always respond....but that could be just me!

+ its fab as a commercial/work phone and has lots of features, its like a mini laptop u can keep in your pocket!! i also learn something new every day!!

- the whole touch screen takes a lot of getting used too!! and there is so much to learn about it!!

+ It looks stylish, and the camera and video has very good quality, web browsing is fast and easy with good graphics. Easy navigation (when you know where to find everything).

- Sometimes the keyboard can become annoying as it's too slow to type with the stylus and your fingers can hit keys you didn't mean to.

+ compact with lots of features

- very, very, difficult to use, the worst phone, sorry, computer i have ever had. web browser gives poor display. feature navigation is difficult. using the screen keypad is slower and more difficult than normal key pads. memory is too small for the device's features. tried to sync it with my pc, it downloaded too much info and completely crashed, i had to do a total reset and start from nothing again.

+ None

- Awful touch screen. slow software. complicated to use.

+ this phone is good for bussiness people and is reliable

- the battery does not last for very long even when hardly being used

+ looks good

- slow respones, always switches off itself, bcklight doesnt switch off when phone locked (have tried all the sequences on the power options), freezes alot

+ the touch screen The camera is great to If you do work out how to work everthing it is a great phone to have

- I can not work out how to get the sat nav up also it takes quiet a bit off time to work out everything on it

+ Very good phone, camera is excellent once set up right, web-browsing is amazing especially when hooked upto a wireless router which is very easy to do. The touch screen is very easy to adapt to from a normal phone. I came from a g600 and have no problems what so ever. Yes you can customise every tone and sound on the phone and it does remember every new word u enter into the predictive text memory.

- Takes a while to get used to, at first it make seem alien, but like the reviews i read before getting the phone, give it 2 weeks and you'll be in love with the phone. Keep on top of the task manager also, for example end all tasks when u go to bed, it improves battery life vastly.

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- its hard to log out of the web sometimes. it stays logged on and im not aware of it.

+ good features, interesting

- battery life, needs more information on the phone

+ The front end interface is the best layout I have seen on any mobile or smart phone.

- The battery life is shocking. It will not last a full day without having to charge it.

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- predictive text usless

+ i like how it is easy to phone and text peopoe using this phone

- i dont like the touch screen so much as its to easy to touch something and start an application or bit of software that you dont want to start.

+ super feature packed. fantastic camera. its more like a PC than phone so takes quite a bit of getting used to

- keypad locking when ive called a number, then having to press navigation key to be able to enter other numbers ie. like when accessing voicemail quite detailed menus. you have to think more how to use it as a PC than a phone

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- It broke after 6weeks not a good phone very disappointed

+ Office interface is ideal for the working environment. As a compact multimedia device and web browser it is great for not just for working but also for entertainment while commuting to work.

- The display screen could do with being a little wider as viewing some material is a little difficult at times.

+ Feature rich to the extent, it has everything I want

- Battery life is appalling

+ web browsing is great

- The stylus hanging off the phone and sometimes the clock and date resets itself to the start of the year

+ Great looks, but this is just a posing phone

- windows mobile is terrible, navigation is hard, first phone randomly locked itself.

+ Stylish easy to use just most expectations from a pda.

- The built in gps is very slow and sometimes does not work. Took me the whole night phone in consevatory to connect for the first time. Has never used it since. So have to carry my old phone for sat nav.

+ Very good camera quality. There is so much you can do with this phone and the web browser is so useful.

- Takes a bit of time to get used to and there's a few discoloured spots on the screen.

+ Looks Amazing Sounds Great Camera is great

- Really Short Battery life

+ A quality piece of kit - this phone does everything, provided you're prepared to take the time to get used to it and what it can do.

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+ a fantastic phone packed with every feature that youll ever need!!!!

- battery life is poor especally when you have the wi fi turned on

+ It looks good and the rotating screen is great. The camera is very good and the microsoft office options makes it just like carrying a pc around with you. The differing keypad options

- Getting used to not having a keypad and having to using a scribe to write with

+ Nice phone, and easy enough to use if you bother trying

- Network reception is terrible. The Aerial must be built in a lead casing.

+ alot of good helpful features, very smart,

- not very good touch screen, NO SIGNAL AT HOME!!!

+ The device is good and although takes a while to get used to, it is sleek and has a relatiely good signal. the browser is fast and the more I use it the faster I am with it.

- very slow operating system, no case with it so could easy be damaged and broken beyond repar (remember its a complete touch screen.. if the sreen breaks you have no phone.

+ i think its a good phone but i need a cover and i cant find one any where

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+ we browsing, divx, mass of features

- touch screen sometimes non responsive, battery

+ Has great features including the 5 megapixel camera and the storage for music.

- I would have rather being able to use the touch-pad with my finger rather than with a pen.

+ All good so far

- Nothing so far

+ excellent phone, takes a bit of time to get used to but once you have it's very rewarding. 5MP camera is one of the best i've seen. 8gb memory will store just about everything you need. sell your digital camera, mp3 player and your current phone and get yourself one of these

- Battery life is not the best but for this type of phone its bearable, yes you will have to charge it once a night but you will be asleep so you won't need to use the phone.

+ Only had the phone a few weeks, growing to like it. Once your use to the phone and have spent time setting it up the way you want it, it works. Camera is great, sound is good screen to view is great and it all looks good. Good solid phone

- The touch screen leaves a little to desire. the scrolling is a little off and using opera internet is a night mare. The home screen could have been a lot better, ie diamond touch or having a lot more choice on the samsung wedgits. Having issues with wifi and phone, once seems to crash the other, but not quite sure whats happening there yet.

+ got evenrything needed on a phone

- battery runs out quickly when used alot

+ the product is great, everything is good about the SAMSUNG OMNIA.

- NONE that l've come across.

+ Slick, neat and well designed. Compact and fully featured. Good I phone alternative

- With the default T mobile firmware, the battery life on my phone was terrible. It wouldn't last a day on standby with no use! Upgrading the firmware to the latest version from Samsung greatly improved it , so it will last nearly two days on standby, which isn't great but is acceptable. It also gets rid of the awful T mobile fanfare at startup!! But upgrading firmware is not everybody's cup of tea... T mobile needs to update its firmware.

+ Some quality featues on this phone. Like the fact sat nav built into the phone no excuse for getting lost.

- Because of all the extensive features this drains the life of the battery when in use.

+ It's really easy to use, and the design is really good.

- If it gets a hard nudge/knock it turns itself off, which can be slightly annoying.

+ simply a good windows operated device,has large internal memory also expandable using micro sd card! 5mp camera,finger mouse,biz card reader

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+ web browsing and sat nav

- touch screen keybord

+ Excellent synchronisation with other deices. good operation system.

- motion sensor doesn't work properly. always crash with other program such as skype.

+ Easy to use but takes a while to get used to!

- not enough information is stated in the user manual.

+ apparently batt life compared to others, gps with google maps , good looking , office mobile , organizer & activ sync

- can sometimes feels sluggish(delay when doing stuff) , the stylus is external, the screen res is soft & not crisp like other ppc's , apps crash regularly ,

+ 5 in 1 machine. camera, movie player, mp3 player, camcorder, phone

- battery life awful - lucky to get 24 hrs with little use. use it and it will dead by the morning. UI needs fine tuning. hard to make a call or text - compared to nokias. crashes now and again. basically this is a mobile pc and thus should be treated as one.