Surprise, surprise! CNET’s Bonnia Cha has recommended the Samsung Omnia (on Verizon Wireless) over the new and much anticipated BlackBerry Storm. Cha says she prefers the Omnia because its operating system is a bit quicker to respond:
Though slightly more expensive, Verizon customers looking for a touch-screen smartphone will get a better user experience and faster performance from the Samsung Omnia than the RIM BlackBerry Storm.
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hey im in a kind of a bind between these phone i like the new backberry but am really pulling towards the omnia is there anything u can tell me that would make my decision easier on me cause im looking for the best phone that i will enjoy for a longperiod of time (camera and internet are a plus)
Hi Andrew – thanks for reading!
Where do I start… hrmm. The Storm, like all BlackBerrys, is a business oriented phone. It is not really about bells and whistles – though it has some – but more about efficiency. If you are a business professional that needs to stay in regular communication with work, then this is the phone for you. But from the sounds of it the Omnia is exactly what you’re looking for: The Omnia has an amazing camera on it 5MP auto focus with face detection, panorama shot, and video recording (with editor). The Storm only has a 3.2 MP camera. The Omnia has 16GB of internal memory (that’s 23 DVD quality films, 8000 MP3 songs, 12,000 5MP pictures) – versus the Storm’s 1GB of internal memory. The Omnia has a huge range of mobile browsers to choose from such as Skyfire, Iris, Opera, and a handful of others. The Storm only has Opera Mini and its proprietary BlackBerry browser. The bonus in having these available browsers (Omnia) is that they allow you to view Flash which is something that BlackBerry can’t do yet. And finally, I would have to say a big selling point would be software availability. You can download almost anything for a Windows Mobile phone – games, software apps, IM’s – where the Storm is definitely more limited. You can do almost anything you can do on your desktop PC with a Windows Mobile phone. I hope this helps, Andrew!
Hi,
My work recently swapped us over from blackberrys to Omnias, I really missed my bold at first but I actually quite like the Omnia.
It takes a bit of getting used to but it is much easier to customise and as Bambi Blue stated, there are thousands of applications out there for it.
Sounds to me like the Omnia would be a better fit for you in my opinion Andrew.
Let us know how you get on.