Sony Ericsson W350 Review 
PalmOne Zire 31 Handheld Review7月18
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Design:
OMNIA did easily get our attention and we definitely think that it will participate in the competition for the best-looking Windows Mobile device. In spite of its big size (4.4 x 2.2” (112 x 56.9 mm)), it is relatively slim for a smartphone (0.5” (12.5 mm)).
Interface:
As we’ve already mentioned, the model is based on Windows Mobile 6.1, but the manufacturer has made big software personalizations. Their main purpose is to facilitate the work of the user, by offering him navigation and menus that he is familiar with from the non-smartphones.
The homescreen is divided in three tabs with the main one housing the clock, call log shortcut, messages and e-mails. The other two are intended for speed dialing and frequently used settings (like activating the motion sensor, the mouse cursor, Bluetooth and WiFi). Here, the interface is dependant on themes, in the same style as in Soul, but at least for now the rest of the menus do not change in the same way. The promised widgets, similar to F480, are not present in the prototype. Instead, there is a submenu with shortcuts where you can place 11 applications of your choice, by dragging.
We will discuss the picture quality once, the final product is available on the market. However, from what we saw, we are optimists and believe that it will be possible to use the phrases “good pictures” and “Windows” in a single sentence. Videos are recorded with a 640х480 resolution and another promising fact, in mp4 format, which is much better than 3gp.
The photo slides and the media album look very good. The last one contains all pictures, songs, videos, and document and offers easy management. OMNIA’s multimedia player capabilities have also been fiercely advertised. The built-in touch player is able to reproduce both, videos and songs. Unfortunately, the phone was unable to play DivX/XviD videos and we’ll have to wait for the final product in order to give our opinion in this aspect.
Conclusion:
Samsung OMNIA is definitely one of the most expected devices on the cell phone market, along with Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 and HTC Touch Pro. From what we saw, we think there is a reason for that. A few very interesting ideas have been employed in it, in combination with promising hardware and we are eager to get the final product in order to see if it’s really going to be that good as it looks.
