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Old 27-10-2008, 11:18 AM
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Default New phone Samsung Omnia????

due an upgrade on my phone contract and i love the look of the Samsung Omnia

has anyone got it? - what's you experience?

i've read a few reviews and they seem good, but i thought i'd put it to the PF massive

Cheer, Matt
Old 27-10-2008, 11:33 AM
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The misses has
Touch screen, bit like Marmite
I personaly just cant get on with them and a pain just to answer a call. 99% of the time she misses the calls and has to ring back
Get the soul mate, a lot easyer to use and still has a little touch screen bit if thats what u want
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Originally Posted by yellowsierra
The misses has
Touch screen, bit like Marmite
I personaly just cant get on with them and a pain just to answer a call. 99% of the time she misses the calls and has to ring back
Get the soul mate, a lot easyer to use and still has a little touch screen bit if thats what u want
nice one -

i'll have a look at the Soul one then - not bothered either way about touch screen, its just that i;ve never had touch screen before
Old 27-10-2008, 02:14 PM
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ive use touch screen mobile windows mobiles for the past 4 years now and couldnt go back to normal phone,

but my mate got an omnia as an upgrade, couldnt get on with it, asked me to help him understand it, and i personally didnt like it, didnt flow / touch right????


it was ebayed and he got a i8510 which is very nice
Old 27-10-2008, 02:15 PM
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i used one for the day from work, must say i MUCH prefere the iphone, which is why i have ordered one from work over the Blackberry Bold and the Omnia
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Originally Posted by Fil
ive use touch screen mobile windows mobiles for the past 4 years now and couldnt go back to normal phone,

but my mate got an omnia as an upgrade, couldnt get on with it, asked me to help him understand it, and i personally didnt like it, didnt flow / touch right????


it was ebayed and he got a i8510 which is very nice
glad i asked here first! - maybe give it a wide birth then
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Originally Posted by Jasesapphy
i used one for the day from work, must say i MUCH prefere the iphone, which is why i have ordered one from work over the Blackberry Bold and the Omnia
cheers bud.....now i dont know what phone to get
Old 27-10-2008, 05:59 PM
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Originally Posted by LHD220Turbo
cheers bud.....now i dont know what phone to get
theres allways the new nokia N96
Old 27-10-2008, 06:00 PM
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omnias are wank.
Old 27-10-2008, 06:04 PM
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got one and love it, feature list is pretty much infinite with win mob, camera is brilliant.

does need getting used to but once you have you wont want a normal phone again.
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Originally Posted by Fil
theres allways the new nokia N96
my bro in law has that one and said it was slow
Old 27-10-2008, 06:09 PM
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mixed views then
Old 27-10-2008, 06:11 PM
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Originally Posted by Fil
theres allways the new nokia N96
Originally Posted by LHD220Turbo
my bro in law has that one and said it was slow
might be worth him seeing if his one has the latest firmware / updates, as the 2 ive played with seemed ok
Old 27-10-2008, 06:11 PM
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ive just ordered a sony erricson c905, anyone got one?
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Originally Posted by Fil
might be worth him seeing if his one has the latest firmware / updates, as the 2 ive played with seemed ok
cheers Fil, i shall do that - if he hasnt got the update, how does he go about it?
Old 27-10-2008, 06:37 PM
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Originally Posted by LHD220Turbo
cheers Fil, i shall do that - if he hasnt got the update, how does he go about it?
not to sure, not owned a nokia for years but found this,

To get this software through your Nokia N96, click Menu > Tools > Utilities > Device Manager. Select Options > Check for updates and follow the on-screen prompts. Remember that you can also use Wi-Fi to download the update
Old 27-10-2008, 06:44 PM
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get a iphone if you can i got one its very good
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Originally Posted by Fil
not to sure, not owned a nokia for years but found this,

To get this software through your Nokia N96, click Menu > Tools > Utilities > Device Manager. Select Options > Check for updates and follow the on-screen prompts. Remember that you can also use Wi-Fi to download the update
thanking you
Old 27-10-2008, 06:57 PM
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I'm waiting on my N96 coming, should be here anyday now. Looked at the omnia/tocco/iphone and the blackberry, decided to go for the N96, hopefully ive made the right choice.
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Virtually every Nokia N series phone thats come out in the last few years has been shit to begin with, and needs firmware updates to iron out the bugs - the N95 was virtually unusable when it first emerged some years ago!

I've heard the same about the Omnia aswell, but I have no idea how good Samsung are at getting firmware patches and fixes sorted and online....

To me, it looks like a poor mans iPhone - apart from the two buttons on the bottom it's almost a complete rip off style wise.... I've only played with one, not actually used one, but like Fil I didn't think much of it. The Blackberry Curve (and the Pearl, which I didn't really gel with) were much better, as is my friends O2 thing (XDA?).

Obviously one of the main problems with it is it runs (for want of a better word ) Windows But thats another story

I'm still really interested to see how the Google Phone (T-Mobile G1) is gonna perform, and I'd be tempted to get one, if the handset design wasn't so god-awful!!!!
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Originally Posted by Thrush
Obviously one of the main problems with it is it runs (for want of a better word ) Windows But thats another story
nothing wrong with a windows phone

seriously tho, WM6 /.1 for me is all good, just want to get a touch pro at the moment, but really only available offline at the mo just under £500, or on a crap vodafone contract
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No not at all...... Apart from the Windows bit

Sorry, I just hate Windows..... And before anyone slates me as an Apple fanboy - I don't have a Mac, and have three Windows computers

Fil, why in the fook does the "£" sign in your post link to a Wikipedia page about the £ symbol?
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ive got the Tocco. Love it
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Originally Posted by Thrush
Fil, why in the fook does the "£" sign in your post link to a Wikipedia page about the £ symbol?
err

my pc is set to american keyboard and i cant find where the uk setting are

so i copied and pasted the 1st that came up in google
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Love my Omnia
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