The phone is capable of connecting to the internet for viewing web pages two ways. There’s the GPRS connection (if I’ve got the name right) which allows you to do so via your cell phone service provider, and there’s WiFI. If you connect someplace, let’s say to a website or maybe to Google Earth (the google utility to connect there or to gmail came with my phone) how do you know if you’re connected to your free WiFI connection, or if it’s using up your balance from your service provider? Is there something on the web page screen that shows you how you’re connected?

(I made this mistake with my n95 a long time back, and used up a LOT of money before I realized I had the wrong connection going. Called AT&T and they took away the charge, since I hadn’t meant to have done it, but they said next time it happened the charges would remain. Since then I learned my lesson, and have been very careful about what my phones are doing, but while I know how to check what the n95 is going to do, the Omnia just seem so “do it” in the background, without telling me what it’s doing.)

For a second, and really basic question, let’s say you type in the name of a website you want to go look at. How do you then “click” on the name to tell the phone to go there?

For that matter, I’m still trying to figure out how you do “copy and paste” without a “right-side mouse button”. How do you get text highlighted, such that you can then “copy” it?

1. do u face any wifi problems, like u need to be sooo close to the hotspot .. or does the device produce ALOT of heat when the wifi is on?

2. does the camera really shoot slow motion vedios? cause they are all over youtube, while the specs says max 35frames per sec -if i am not wrong- .. if i am please correct me

3. did the music sound better when u used a third part program ? and other headset ? or still so flat ? .. in compare to iphone or SE W-series … what does it rank ?

4. which framewire are u using now ? did u upgrade ?

5. WHY DON’T YOU MAKE A YOUTUBE CHANNEL AND START ADDING VEDIOS !! U WILL GET PAID .. AND GET FREE CELLPHONES AND LOADS OF GREAT STUFF !!!!!!!!

finally , leon , i dunno how can we live without u !!

Leon said:
1. Reception for Wifi is good. I put it side by side to compare with the reception of my notebook and it is good. Latency is an issue though. The further it is there is a slight latency issue. Not a big deal actually

2. Video quality is not impressive to be honest. Its just really just normal handphone like. I would say don’t even think about using it for anything other than videoing memorable moments when you don’t have your vid cam with you. I wouldn’t even use the video for presentations.

3. When you have a program with EQ and a good headphones it sounds great. Like I said I even plugged it to my studio monitors and they sound good.

4. Yeah I did upgrade to the firmware and there is no turning back after that haha. I liked the old one. So if it works fine for you, you don’t need to upgrade actually. But battery life is significantly better

5. Hmmmm I don’t know how to do that. Doing videos is not the problem. How to I get the sponsors? Never looked into that before haha. Oh well, I’m happy that I get to help you guys.

Have fun. It looks like you haven’t got it. The price is dropping. I think is worth the money even when I got it a premium price. Still it fits my personality. I hope it will work for you

The stylus may not be needed, but maybe my fingers are just too big, or my aim not good enough. With the stylus, I can “type” much better, and faster than I can on the n95 (but I now can use the n95 keypad one-handed, almost blindfolded).

The case I bought was 200 baht in Bangkok, about US $6 or so. If nothing else, it’s to protect the screen when I’m traveling, but I sort of like it anyway. The custom made case I had made for the n95 cost me 750 baht, about US $20 or so.

I bought a CD in Bangkok which supposedly has ALL the available software that runs on Windows Mobile. If I really like something, I’ll buy the “real” version, but this is likely to be a quick way to try things out. The shell program is the first thing I need to get going.

For the sync, as long as I’ve been using the Nokia n95 and doing a ’sync’ with Outlook, I thought everything was working fine, but now when I did the sync from the same computer to the Omnia, I’ve found that the data didn’t come through correctly. So, I went back, and apparently Nokia has different “fields” than Outlook. Actually, I like the way Nokia does it better, but I figure if I standardize on Outlook and make everything THERE the way it should be, both my Nokia and my Omnia should be fine with the sync.

I’m now in India, and need to get caught up on a lot of stuff in the next few days. The first thing I’ll probably try on the phone is the Shell program.

Gee, I know you just wanted to do a report on the phone, but now you’ve got a “mini-forum” going. Maybe you should expand on this, and do it for real? You’ve got the best “viewpoint” on things, as you write from a “user” point of view, which makes the information more useful that a lot of (useless?) statistics and comparisons…

Leon said:

Thanks for your reply. You travel a lot. That must be so fun! I guess you have loads of contacts and rearranging them is a hassle. I too had to find time to just really put it all in outlook once and for all.

Yeah I’ve got a forum here unexpectedly. Wanted to help people and ending up really helping. The comment after this also asks me to do this for real. Hmmm. It would be fun I guess. Perhaps, just perhaps someone will offer me something here haha. At the mean time not looking into it just yet

I’ve now been using the phone for a fairly short time, but I think what I need to do is download the “shell” you referred to. The standard user interface is nice, but I find it much more difficult to use than my Nokia n95.

It’s easy to do things, once you get the hang of it all, but it’s still pretty limited - or maybe I just haven’t learned enough. For example, if you go to “Contacts” from the “today” screen, you get what seems to be a useless page with large boxes and minimal information, but if you go to “Contacts” as a program, you get a much better screen, smaller boxes, more information, a scroll bar, and it’s easier to find the selection you might want to click on. Again, maybe I haven’t learned the “easy way” to do this.

I’m also wondering about the sync with Microsoft Outlook. Most of my Outlook information came from my Nokia, and I do that “sync” all the time. The Nokia seems to have all the information I’ve entered, but maybe it’s not all being copied properly to the PC. At any rate, doing a “sync” with the Omnia got me some of my information from the Nokia, but not all of it. For example, I have lots of different phone numbers entered in the Nokia for some contacts, which may or may not be copied to Outlook. I’ll need to check that later when I have time. I’m beginning to think what I really need to do is pick just one of these (probably Outlook on the PC), make sure THAT is complete the way I want it, and then do the sync to both phones.

I’ve never had an iphone for any length of time, just played with it in the Apple store, and looked at one owned by a relative. Very nice, very complete, very thorough, and everything works in a nice well-polished manner. My Nokia is far from being this refined, but by adding programs I thought would be helpful, my Nokia for me is just about perfect right now. The Omnia I don’t yet know about… I probably need to find a good site that lists downloadable software, and get the things I’m missing. As a “stock” phone running just the way it came from Samsung, it just doesn’t seem very complete. Of course, like I said, I’m still just learning, and I’ve had a year to work with the Nokia.

I haven’t even started to work on getting the GPS going yet, but for the Nokia it came complete with the phone.

The stylus - I can’t imagine that the designers didn’t think users would object to having to carry around a loose stylus, and that seems to be a big “annoyance”. The phone can mostly be used without it, but I’ve found it helps with text entry, so it’s now attached the way Samsung expected it to be.

Screen is just fine. Controls seem limited though. For example, with the Nokia, I can either set the time manually, or have the phone set it automatically. Perhaps there’s a way to do that on the Omnia, but I haven’t found it yet.

I bought one of the leather cases that are made for the Omnia, but I don’t trust the plastic belt clip. Seems like it’s a good way to lose your phone. It will protect it while traveling though. I’ll probably have a custom one made up for the Omnia, just as I did for the n95, as I didn’t like the commercial cases for that phone either.

In a week or two, I’ll check what Zedge has available for the phone. It was a good source of things for my Nokia. I’m also hoping I can find a website similar to http://sjc-123.blogspot.com/ but for the Omnia - lots of good information there!!

Leon said:

I don’t know of any websites…didn’t search. Waaa have fun having a pouch…just out of curiosty, how much will the custom made one cost?

The stylus? I don’t like stylus last time also la. I just keep losing it. Now I can function everything with my fingers I’m actually happy cause I just don’t think I’ll lose my fingers. No No I pray I’ll never lose them hahaha.

About your contacts. You have to resolve why your Nokia doesn’t sync all the info. The Omnia syncs all the info in outlook exactly. I have been using windows mobile for some time so everything I get must sync with outlook well. There must be a way somehow to get the info. If there is a nokia software maybe you could sync with that then export to outlook. That may help

The contacts you are seeing that is huge is Samsung’s version, I don’t like it too. There are loads of PIM programs that make management of calendar and contacts easier. Download the trials and see which you like. You will have fucntionality for 30 days then you can purchase if it really helps.

I get these programs from handago.com or pocketgear.com.

Oh the Shell program is very helpful to me. I use it 90 percent of the time.

Leon said:

I’m a musician. Quality matters. I’m not a fan of MP3s so I still buy Cds hahaha. Sorry can’t help you here.

Leon said:

The music player is a modified version of the windows media player. It has some preset Eqs that are pretty average. The quality of playback is good though. I plug it to my studio monitors and put it flat eq and it sounds great. The headphones aren’t too impressive. So I would advise you to get your own. But they are not too bad la and comfy. Bass is not impressive on the headphones.

My advice is get a third party music player. with Eq so you can do what you like with it. There are tonnes of players for windows mobile. Get your own earphones and plug them in since it is possible to do that

On the top is “Ring Type”.
The first box shows the following options when you click on the “down-arrow” to show the selections:
Ring
Increasing ring
Ring once
Vibrate
Vibrate and ring
Vibrate then ring
None

I haven’t tested this yet, but I’m guessing your phone is set to “Increasing ring”. I’ll know more once I start using the phone a bit more. I don’t have time right now, and my Sim card is in my Nokia phone which I need to keep using for the next week or so.

Having read perhaps 20 reviews on the Omnia on the web, yours is without question the one that tells the ordinary user the most about what the phone is like. There’s a lot more I now need to read about, knowing so little about Windows Mobile, but I’ll be able to start doing that in a week or so.

Thanks again, and while I hope the above helps you, I suspect you’ve already tried this.

Leon said:

Sobs, I’ve tried this…mine has been set to vibrate and ring from the start. No difference Thanks though. Yeah because I believe we all need help somehow. I hope this post helps you

You mentioned the ring is “soft” at first, then gets louder. That’s a setting you can select in the menus - if you haven’t found it yet, let me know and I’ll send you a more detailed explanation. I’ve only had my phone for a few days, but have been exploring menus the whole time.

-Mike

Leon said:

Thanks Mike for the kind comment. But I have not solved that nor found anything in menu that helps haha. Help me !!

Leon said:

You need to install flash and then you can access youtube from the youtube mobile site. Don’t go the the normal full fledge normal youtube. It won’t function.

I don’t know about the small percentage. But what you should do is google how to change the cache directory to your storage card or my storage and you shouldn’t have an issue

Many Thanks

Victor

Leon said:

1. Put it in your my documents then you can use it as a ringtone
2. Press your trackpad unlock your phone, then there is the speakerphone on button on the screen
3. I gave instructions on this in the comments earlier please read up ok
4. Wifi you have to make sure your settings is right. There are loads of possibilities why its not working for you. I’m not sure which one