He's not wrong. Just partially right....
A day with the Samsung Omnia HD - Hardware and First Impressions
Any updates on this? Any idea of a release date?
Hi dont be so sure Simbian isnt so bad it depend how they will use it on model.
Reson for me to have Omnia is beacause like smart phone>omnia interfese is iresistable>made to cover as much as posible windows.
Dont worry its my opinion WM is not so great and never been for me so if Samsung do their job as good as here (over WM) probably Omnia HD will be good too (sould be because of thet I buy Omnia breavly never had WM devise) Wink
Curent model look much better than new HD. Feel free to share your views with me at http://www.Samsung-OmniaHD.org that's where all the omnia HD GUys hangout
Steve, may we have your say concerning the following?
From Michal Jerz on a My-Symbian.com forum:
"I was trying to do some benchmarks on the Omnia and on the 5800 for comparison. Unfortunately, all available benchmarks (like those from jbenchmark.com) are written in Java while the Omnia has something screwed up with the Java engine. Even though the Omnia has twice more RAM than the 5800, many jbenchmark.com benchmarks run just fine on the 5800 while they quit with a "Not enough memory" error message on the Omnia.
Moreover, it seems that even though the Omnia has a much faster processor than the 5800, its system is not optimized for the new OMAP3 / Arm Cortex CPU. All benchmarks that I was able to run gave considerably WORSE results on the Omnia than on the 5800 (!). I was going to start my review from praising the Omnia for its powerful hardware but now I'm not really sure what to write. Maybe it's just that the Java VM is not optimized (but even if so then it should at least give similar results as the 5800 and not worse), but on the other hand if Java isn't optimized then it's possible that also the rest of the OS isn't...
[...]
I have just updated my Omnia HD to the newest firmware I8910XXIE6 using the tool and firmware file one can find in the Internet. [...] Java is still cr*ppy, i.e. the size of its heap memory is still set on some ridiculously low level which causes that all larger Java apps quit with a "Not enough memory" error. So there's still no way to fully benchmark the Omnia HD using one of the advanced JBenchmark.com or GLbenchmark benchmarking apps. NONE of them but two oldest and simplest is even able to start..."
Why Samsung limits Java memory to such a small size (much smaller than on other S60 smartphones) on a device that has 256 MB RAM (i.e. twice more than other 3rd and 5th Ed. phones) and almost 140 MB free RAM (i.e. almost THREE TIMES MORE than other 5th Edition phones) is completely beyond me.
BoyBawang: I just tried that on my (just days old,V21.0.025.286.02) 5800 ... no muliple keys appeared, only the two pressed..
and the problem with capacitive, it depends on how small your fingers are?? or will it still work whith fingernails for the mini keyboard?
not much action going on in here...
this thread is dead?
what about all the rumors stating the discontinuation of the omnia HD?!?
Unregistered wrote:Steve, may we have your say concerning the following?From Michal Jerz on a My-Symbian.com forum:
"I was trying to do some benchmarks on the Omnia and on the 5800 for comparison. Unfortunately, all available benchmarks (like those from jbenchmark.com) are written in Java while the Omnia has something screwed up with the Java engine. Even though the Omnia has twice more RAM than the 5800, many jbenchmark.com benchmarks run just fine on the 5800 while they quit with a "Not enough memory" error message on the Omnia.
Moreover, it seems that even though the Omnia has a much faster processor than the 5800, its system is not optimized for the new OMAP3 / Arm Cortex CPU. All benchmarks that I was able to run gave considerably WORSE results on the Omnia than on the 5800 (!). I was going to start my review from praising the Omnia for its powerful hardware but now I'm not really sure what to write. Maybe it's just that the Java VM is not optimized (but even if so then it should at least give similar results as the 5800 and not worse), but on the other hand if Java isn't optimized then it's possible that also the rest of the OS isn't...
[...]
I have just updated my Omnia HD to the newest firmware I8910XXIE6 using the tool and firmware file one can find in the Internet. [...] Java is still cr*ppy, i.e. the size of its heap memory is still set on some ridiculously low level which causes that all larger Java apps quit with a "Not enough memory" error. So there's still no way to fully benchmark the Omnia HD using one of the advanced JBenchmark.com or GLbenchmark benchmarking apps. NONE of them but two oldest and simplest is even able to start..."
Why Samsung limits Java memory to such a small size (much smaller than on other S60 smartphones) on a device that has 256 MB RAM (i.e. twice more than other 3rd and 5th Ed. phones) and almost 140 MB free RAM (i.e. almost THREE TIMES MORE than other 5th Edition phones) is completely beyond me.
Can anyone say which usefull apps are impacted by this?
And the second question, how is answering calls working on Omnia HD. Can you easily answer them accidently taking the phone out?
And the second question I had was about timed profiles - are there any for the phone?
DON'T BUY OMNIA HD i have i8910 got it 20days back the screen froze (hung) gave to the service center they say after 5 days that they cannot fix it for they dont have the right software for it ..... so dont buy the omnia hd atleast in INDIA
like the camera and i love the screen. it's not as practical as the iphone i bought at gsmallover.com but it's close. like it more than the htc that I bought and definately better than the nokia. Might get the htc touch HD2 though, but for now i'm happy with my i8910 😊