Samsung i8910 Omnia HD

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The world's first 720p HD video recording on a mobile phone was top of our list of trend-setting features revealed at this year's MWC in Barcelona. But even if you take HD from the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD you will still have enough skill and guts to go around. It's Symbian-powered, it's touch-controlled, it's a monster of a cameraphone. For all we know, a device like that is always worth another look.

So, here's the deal. We're not just taking another look at the Samsung Omnia HD, we hope it's a closer, and more revealing look. A second preview is a rare honor but then, the Samsung Omnia HD is a rare piece of technology.

The Omnia HD is getting closer to release and the new unit we have is much different than the real early bird we checked out back in February. It's been a while, so here's what Samsung have been up to with the Omnia HD.

 

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* General: GSM 850/900/1800/1900 MHz, UMTS 900/1900/2100 MHz, GPRS/EDGE class 12, HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
* Form factor: Touchscreen bar
* Dimensions and weight: 123 x 58 x 12.9 mm, 144 g
* Display: 3.7-inch 16M color capacitive AMOLED touchscreen, 640 x 360 pixels
* Memory: 8/16GB integrated memory, hot-swappable microSD card slot (up to 32GB)
* CPU:ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz processor; Graphics HW Accelerator
* OS: Symbian S60 5th edition
* Still camera: 8 megapixel auto focus camera with LED flash, geo-tagging, face detection, smile shot, image stabilizer, Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), ISO 1600
* Video recording: HD 720p@24fps, 720x480@30fps, QVGA time-lapse and slow-mo video recording
* Connectivity: Wi-Fi with DLNA support, Bluetooth 2.0 with A2DP, standard microUSB port, GPS receiver with A-GPS, TV-out (SD content)
* Misc: Accelerometer for screen auto rotate and turn-to-mute, proximity sensor for auto screen turn-off, magnetometer for digital compass, handwriting recognition, FM radio with RDS, DivX/XviD video support, subtitles support, virtual 5.1 channel Dolby surround (on headphones), web browser with Flash video support, office document viewer, motion-based 3D games
* Battery: 1500 mAh battery
wow wow wow

 

[akilar25]

maxxa phone eka.

 

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[chint]

Symbian ROX

 

[heshan4u]

pattai machooooooooo........

 

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Samsung i8910 Omnia HD packs a 8 megapixel camera unit and given the promising results the Omnia HD achieved in our first preview, we were eager to find out how much progress has been made.

The LED flash might be a disappointment to some but the reason is LED can also be used as a video light. And video is certainly what the phone is really about. We'll get to it in a little while.

The camera key is comfortable enough to work with and the UI has been altered to provide better touch experience. Unlike the first samples, the camera interface is now very comfortable with the most frequently used shortcuts only a tap away.

 

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he smile shutter is trying to make sure the person you are photographing is going to be smiling on the photo. You just press the shutter and the camera will automatically detect when your subject is smiling and take the shot. We tried it several times and it worked pretty well, although if there are several faces in the frame the camera doesn't wait for all of them to smile.

 

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Blink detection is also available but it only alerts you that the person on the photo you just took has blinked. This one certainly is more of a marketing gimmick than anything else. It would have been more useful if the camera delayed taking the shot instead. In other words - it's better to help you avoid making a crappy photo than yelling at you for doing so.

The geotagging of images is also enabled this time around and this is certainly good news. The Samsung i8910 Omnia HD puts the built-in GPS receiver to use, recording the location of each photo in the EXIF.

The image quality of the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD is pretty much as good as we have seen on a mobile phone. The color rendering is spot-on, contrast and dynamic range are also great. Fine detail is also very good although if anything could be improved - that's exactly it.

The best part about the camera is there are no visible defects of any kind. No traces of oversharpening, no lack of contrast and no excessive noise. Plus, getting the exposure right at all times makes sure most of the photos are keepers.

 

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We already told you that the Omnia HD (as the name suggests) is mostly about video. 720p HD video recording appears for the first time on a GSM handset and the excitement is quite worth it. The frame rate is also pretty sweet at 24 fps. WVGA will have to bow its respects - 720p HD videos are about triple the resolution.

Back in the day the first VGA videos on a mobile phone were a disaster - merely a fat spec rather than a usable feature. So, what's even more impressive about the Omnia HD is getting the stunning video resolution right the first try.

The quality of the video clips taken with the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD lives up to the high expectations. The videos have splendid resolution and good frame rate and look almost as if taken with a mid-range camcorder. Long range optical zoom and optical image stabilization however are still a major asset of digital camcorders, so the Omnia HD is more suited to competing pocket digicams instead.

The Omnia camcorder interface is identical to the one of the still camera and allows the user to choose between fixed and auto focus for the video. Effects are also available and a gridline can be applied to the viewfinder for easier framing.

 

[nokia_owner]

720p HD video recording.wow.

 

[nokia_owner]

he Samsung i8910 Omnia HD did make an excellent first impression and the commitment to excellence is even stronger now so close to the market introduction. The handset successfully delivers on the promises of the spec sheet and has a few nice surprises in store too.

The multimedia skills are obviously in focus and the Omnia HD is clearly the standard setter here. Samsung have also done a great job of transforming the Symbian OS with their TouchWiz approach to touch handsets and adding a bunch of proprietary applications.

Video fanatics seem to have no other option but to start saving as the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD sets to storm the shelves. One thing we know is this baby will hardly come cheap. Price is in fact the key question but we doubt budget will be an issue for those who want to get themselves a winner.

Samsung i8910 Omnia HD is expected to head for the stores in the second half of this month and the price will probably be somewhere along the lines of 500 euro. Expensive it most definitely is, but it’s a high tech gadget that you can take wherever you go. You can easily buy yourselves an HD-recording DSLR digital camera for that kind of money, but you can hardly use that to make calls or surf the web

 

[nokia_owner]

Honda phone eka.habai ganan.

 

[kinkon]

Nice phone running S60 touch OS like Nokia 5800,N97 also with advanced hardware & features...

 

[nokia_owner]

ya.This phone has an 8mp cam with 720p HD recording.Thats fab.

 

[sachithmax]

okkoma tika ekapara dapanko.....sarin sare danakota holman wenawa ne....patta 4n eka...keeyak withara weida mehe