There are quite a few Omnias doing the rounds at the moment. The B7300 has no keyboard, and has a relatively small screen. So it has been given the moniker Omnia Lite. But in fact that does it a bit of a disservice, because the …
There are now plenty of Android based smartphones around. Not as many as of, say, Windows Mobile or Nokia’s S60, but enough for potential buyers to have a good choice between designs, and enough that are available on operator contract to give the buying public some …
It hasn’t been the criticism that is most damning for the new Windows Mobile 6.5, but the rather the fact that WinMo licensees will continue to cover up the newly, supposedly finger-friendly UI, with their own custom front-ends, and vastly more functional ones at that. If they don’t have any faith in it, when why should anyone else? We take a look at the best, and worst, of some of the many faces of Windows Mobile.
HTC
The most famous example, HTC has done more than any to try and hide the regular WinMo UI beneath something a little more user friendly. With calendar, contacts, weather and web the latest version goes deeper than ever, but support for customisations is minimal.
Verdict: Not perfect, but an ever-impressive effort. ****
If you’ve been waiting for the arrival of Samsung’s Omnia HD, then wait no more. It is here, under the new, and rather less exciting name of the i8910HD. That HD part of the naming is the important bit. It refers in part to the fact that this particular handset has a screen with a resolution of 360 x 640 pixels. Yes, we know that’s not HD resolution, but it does have 16:9 ratio and for a mobile phone it is really pretty good, its AMOLED technology ensuring it is sharp and bright.
Squeeze more life from your Symbian smartphone with these 12 great tips…
Rename away
The folders on any S60 device aren’t set in stone. You may already know how to move application icons between folders, but you may also want to rename the folders themselves. For example, ‘Music’ might become ‘Media’, or you might want to have ‘Puzzle games’ plus ‘Action games’. Use ‘Options>Rename’ on the main menu.
Home screen shortcuts
Did you know that the home screen on the Nokia 5800 contains more shortcuts than are immediately obvious? Tap on the time to get the Clock application; tap on the date to get access to Calendar, plus a choice of profiles; tap on the battery bar corner to bring up status shortcuts (Bluetooth/connectivity etc).
We suspected the Samsung OMNIA HD, or i8910, would be nothing short of spectacular, and that seems to have been confirmed in this exhaustive review at PhoneArena. The screen is inevitably poor in bright sunlight, and they don’t …
Samsung’s OmniaHD, complete with large AMOLED display, 8MP camera and HD video recording, is all set to be one of the hottest smartphones of the year. But Samsung have now decided that it will be launched with the somewhat less memorable monicker… the …
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