Samsung I900 omnia

This phone features Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional as its base operating system with the TouchWiz Interface working as a face.

It's been over a month since I reviewed the Samsung TouchWiz F480 and the more I used the phone I realized that the full touch interface from Samsung was worthy of appreciation. Now we've got our hands on the Olympiad i900 from Samsung, better known as the Omnia.

This phone features Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional as its base operating system with the TouchWiz Interface working as a face. Let's see if the Windows Mobile platform can help the TouchWiz interface get any better than the Original TouchWiz phone - the F480.

Bundle

Samsung i900 Omnia (8GB)

Stereo Headset

1GB microSD card

USB Cable

Charger

This is what we received along with the Samsung Omnia handset as its bundle.

Specification

The Samsung Omnia sells for Rs.33,500 with a 1-year warranty. After seeing the price of the TouchWiz F480, a non Windows Mobile device from Samsung for under 20K, this pricing seems rather steep. The phone does have a lot to offer with regard to its functionality.

But as I see it, the use of Windows Mobile is what has increased its price. At this price you get a lot of phones and the choice is not limited. Almost every other phone is accessible, the N95 8GB a great phone for 24K is also available but it doesn't feature DivX/XviD support.

Nevertheless, if you want DivX/XviD support you can get it by just paying a little extra for decent software. Then there is the Viewty for under 20K, however, that too misses out on Wi-Fi and its interface isn't the best. Now these options can be attained for well under the price that the Omnia is selling for.

So the question is whether you can sacrifice one of the features these phones have to offer. If you can't, then the Omnia should be able to satisfy your needs. However, if you want to save some money then it's better to go with something much cheaper than the Omnia, depending on what you want from your phone.