| 10-07-2009 10:42 PM |
| P_H |
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Originally Posted by Unregistered
Steve, may we have your say concerning the following?
From Michal Jerz on a My-Symbian.com forum:
"I was trying to do some benchmarks on the Omnia and on the 5800 for comparison. Unfortunately, all available benchmarks (like those from jbenchmark.com) are written in Java while the Omnia has something screwed up with the Java engine. Even though the Omnia has twice more RAM than the 5800, many jbenchmark.com benchmarks run just fine on the 5800 while they quit with a "Not enough memory" error message on the Omnia.
Moreover, it seems that even though the Omnia has a much faster processor than the 5800, its system is not optimized for the new OMAP3 / Arm Cortex CPU. All benchmarks that I was able to run gave considerably WORSE results on the Omnia than on the 5800 (!). I was going to start my review from praising the Omnia for its powerful hardware but now I'm not really sure what to write. Maybe it's just that the Java VM is not optimized (but even if so then it should at least give similar results as the 5800 and not worse), but on the other hand if Java isn't optimized then it's possible that also the rest of the OS isn't...
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I have just updated my Omnia HD to the newest firmware I8910XXIE6 using the tool and firmware file one can find in the Internet. [...] Java is still cr*ppy, i.e. the size of its heap memory is still set on some ridiculously low level which causes that all larger Java apps quit with a "Not enough memory" error. So there's still no way to fully benchmark the Omnia HD using one of the advanced JBenchmark.com or GLbenchmark benchmarking apps. NONE of them but two oldest and simplest is even able to start..."
Why Samsung limits Java memory to such a small size (much smaller than on other S60 smartphones) on a device that has 256 MB RAM (i.e. twice more than other 3rd and 5th Ed. phones) and almost 140 MB free RAM (i.e. almost THREE TIMES MORE than other 5th Edition phones) is completely beyond me.
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Can anyone say which usefull apps are impacted by this?
And the second question, how is answering calls working on Omnia HD. Can you easily answer them accidently taking the phone out?
And the second question I had was about timed profiles - are there any for the phone?
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| 10-07-2009 10:33 PM |
| Unregistered |
booo
this thread is dead?
what about all the rumors stating the discontinuation of the omnia HD?!?
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| 29-06-2009 01:08 PM |
| Unregistered |
hello?
not much action going on in here...
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| 24-06-2009 11:47 AM |
| comnut |
BoyBawang: I just tried that on my (just days old,V21.0.025.286.02) 5800 ... no muliple keys appeared, only the two pressed..
and the problem with capacitive, it depends on how small your fingers are?? or will it still work whith fingernails for the mini keyboard?
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| 22-06-2009 12:16 PM |
| Unregistered |
Java issue
Steve, may we have your say concerning the following?
From Michal Jerz on a My-Symbian.com forum:
"I was trying to do some benchmarks on the Omnia and on the 5800 for comparison. Unfortunately, all available benchmarks (like those from jbenchmark.com) are written in Java while the Omnia has something screwed up with the Java engine. Even though the Omnia has twice more RAM than the 5800, many jbenchmark.com benchmarks run just fine on the 5800 while they quit with a "Not enough memory" error message on the Omnia.
Moreover, it seems that even though the Omnia has a much faster processor than the 5800, its system is not optimized for the new OMAP3 / Arm Cortex CPU. All benchmarks that I was able to run gave considerably WORSE results on the Omnia than on the 5800 (!). I was going to start my review from praising the Omnia for its powerful hardware but now I'm not really sure what to write. Maybe it's just that the Java VM is not optimized (but even if so then it should at least give similar results as the 5800 and not worse), but on the other hand if Java isn't optimized then it's possible that also the rest of the OS isn't...
[...]
I have just updated my Omnia HD to the newest firmware I8910XXIE6 using the tool and firmware file one can find in the Internet. [...] Java is still cr*ppy, i.e. the size of its heap memory is still set on some ridiculously low level which causes that all larger Java apps quit with a "Not enough memory" error. So there's still no way to fully benchmark the Omnia HD using one of the advanced JBenchmark.com or GLbenchmark benchmarking apps. NONE of them but two oldest and simplest is even able to start..."
Why Samsung limits Java memory to such a small size (much smaller than on other S60 smartphones) on a device that has 256 MB RAM (i.e. twice more than other 3rd and 5th Ed. phones) and almost 140 MB free RAM (i.e. almost THREE TIMES MORE than other 5th Edition phones) is completely beyond me.
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| 03-06-2009 10:26 AM |
| Unregistered |
Hi dont be so sure Simbian isnt so bad it depend how they will use it on model.
Reson for me to have Omnia is beacause like smart phone>omnia interfese is iresistable>made to cover as much as posible windows.
Dont worry its my opinion WM is not so great and never been for me so if Samsung do their job as good as here (over WM) probably Omnia HD will be good too (sould be because of thet I buy Omnia breavly never had WM devise) Wink
Curent model look much better than new HD. Feel free to share your views with me at http://www.Samsung-OmniaHD.org that's where all the omnia HD GUys hangout
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| 30-04-2009 11:44 AM |
| Unregistered |
Any updates on this? Any idea of a release date?
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| 25-03-2009 11:05 AM |
| Unregistered |
well,
He's not wrong. Just partially right....
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| 19-03-2009 05:09 PM |
| Unregistered |
Quote:
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Typically the higher the bitrate the better the video quality, of course more fps helps as well if the phone can actually do 30 fps.
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You're wrong. it also depends on the compression.
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| 17-03-2009 08:17 PM |
| Unregistered |
bit rate variation
The HD sample clip provided here is encoded at a bit rate of 4.98 mbits/s, the previous other sample clips provided by GSM Arena are encoded at a bit rate of 6.49 & 7.78 mbits/s!
That's a big difference in bit rate, I'm sure it's not possible to change the actual bit rate, so does the phone offer different options like; medium, fine, best, etc?
Typically the higher the bitrate the better the video quality, of course more fps helps as well if the phone can actually do 30 fps.
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| 17-03-2009 05:31 PM |
| Unregistered |
Omnia HD - a brick by any other name?
An Internet tablet with wheels and handle or not this may be the phone I have been longing for for years.
I was originally an Agenda man with its wonderful Microwriter key configuration (Is that now dead and gone?). I later became a Psion man and sadly regretted its passing but I was by then quite used to bricks weighing down my inside pocket. I moved on to the light Palm Tungsten T2, with its big wide sliding touch-sensitive screen in full colour. I could read, edit and create MS documents with ease. It fitted squarely inside my shirt pocket and Graffiti, better than Microwriter, allowed me to take notes easily, quietly and discretely in meetings. I ran my first TomTom system on it for several years and more besides.
Because the T2 was not a phone you did need one along side to link to emails, the internet and TomTom Traffic. My ideal was to have the two combined into one and I have gone through a succession of phones such as the S-E P910i ending up with the Nokia E90, hoping to find that Holy Grail.
My current contract is almost up and I have been trailing round the malls in and out every conceivable phone shop but unable to better my current brick (which incidentally is the same size as an open N95) when you get behind the glitz and the façade into the nitty-gritty. None yet match my ideal.
This is not a quest just for the sake of it. I am retired and out of big business enjoying life as a driver and guide all around Britain and Europe. I need phone to keep in touch by voice, GPS to find my way on foot in cities, Internet to answer client questions and do a little late research; email to pass backwards forwards documents such as invoices, expenses and worksheets and a quality camera and video to record those magic moments in a place of beauty. I have considered a netbook, but I might as well resurrect my Palm.
Omnia HD, if it were to have Graffiti, it could be that ideal. Roll on the autumn.
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| 17-03-2009 01:53 PM |
| Unregistered |
Tv out
Many wonder if the TV-OUT function is only possible via DLNA or even via cable?
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| 17-03-2009 03:32 AM |
| Unregistered |
HDMI output
Hello...can someone please confirm if it does have HDMI port and were you able to see it on a plasma or LCD?
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| 17-03-2009 02:21 AM |
| Unregistered |
I can't believe there's no camera lens cover, big disappointment for me :(
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| 16-03-2009 11:41 PM |
| Fear |
sorry about my bad english :(
the german amzon website shows a picture with brushed metal batterycover and a lens shutter... i'll hope the final sales version will it have too
amazon.de/Samsung-MP-Kamera-AMOLED-Touchscreen-Branding/dp/B001ULCL5K/ref=pd_rhf_p_t_1
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