Windows Phone Thoughts: phoneArena.com Reviews the Samsung OMNIA

"Translated from Greek, the name of Samsung's new model means "everything" and its main purpose is to fully satisfy the needs of the modern cell phone user. This is a phone with a unique combination of characteristics such as 5-megapixel camera, large touch display and GPS, taking advantage of the Windows Mobile 6.1 platform. In addition, this is the first device with a built-in support of not only DivX, but XviD video. The logical question "Can it cook?" comes to mind..."

When these phoneArena guys review a phone, they really go to town - a 360 degree view of the phone? Wow. Reading through the review, you realize that Samsung excels in some areas, and falls short in others. For instance, their efforts on the custom user interface elements seem to be lacking - look at the photo above and the tiny scroll-bar in the lower right corner of the screen - that's just sad. On the other hand, the hardware design of the device seems quite excellent, and the overall performance of the device is snappy and lag-free. So is the OMNIA on anyone's techno-lust list? Expansys has the OMNIA for pre-order over on our affiliate store, but the price for the 16 GB version is nearly the same as the 8 GB version, so I suspect those prices fall into the "really rough guess" category. Still, you can pre-order one today if your desire to own this phone overrides your concern about the price.