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Samsung i900 Omnia

08 Oct, 2008, 4:54 pm IST | Shayne Rana | Smartphones Smartphones

Business Features
Since the Omnia is a Windows Mobile device, it comes fully equipped to view all your attachments, from JPEG to MS Office docs, PDF files, and PowerPoint presentations. Configuring your email is a cinch, as the handset does it all for you.

The onboard Smart Reader software is extremely handy for capturing information off documents and especially business cards. The image is automatically captured once you’ve targeted the card accurately and the accuracy of information depends on the available lighting. The Omnia has all the necessary features such as a calculator, memo and note pad, world clock, stopwatch, alarm, calendar, Active Sync, converter, and task scheduler.

Camera
The built-in 5 megapixel auto focus camera with flash could be a valuable selling point, with features such as image stabilization, 14 scene modes, and face and smile detection. The auto-stitch panorama mode is simplicity itself even for the full 8-shot option – just point, click and move. The camera does the rest.

Normal images in bright sunlight don’t look too sharp in native size, but are quite all right for a CMOS sensor. The images tend to lean towards magenta, and the overall colors aren’t too accurate.

There's a Macro mode for close-ups, and though the images aren’t very sharp they’re still quite decent.

On the whole I liked the Omnia’s camera. The quality may not be excellent, but it's MUCH better than just good enough, with plenty of settings and features at your disposal.

Tags: Windows Mobile 6.1

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