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Samsung Omnia II review

The boys over at Pocketnow finaly posted their full review of Samsung’s Omnia II. Want to know how it stacks up against HTC’s latest porducts? Head over there…

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The boys over at Pocketnow finaly posted their full review of Samsung’s Omnia II. Want to know how it stacks up against HTC’s latest porducts? Head over there and check it out. Here are the Pros and Cons :

PROS

Gorgeous AMOLED display
Fantastic battery life
Snappy performance
Great build quality
Includes 8 or 16GB of memory
Has the UMTS 1900 band for US 3G in some areas
Video player can do DiVX
Screen sensitivity is high
Interface is optimized for finger-operation
Widget interface is useful
Has a 3.5mm headphone jack with terrific audio output
Excellent on-screen keyboard choices
Windows Mobile 6.5 upgradable
Camera application is sophisticated
Is TV-Out capable
Has a proximity sensor to turn off display during calls

CONS

Outdoor screen visibility is horrible
Attracts fingerprints
Photo and video quality are under whelming
Widget interface can get slow and uses a lot of RAM
Expensive (unsubsidized)
No inbuilt stylus
Crappy case included
No TV-Out cable included
Automatic screen brightness doesn’t work well “

Source: Pocketnow

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