GSM Arena have just published a full review of the B7610 praising the TouchWiz UI, Samsung software, keyboard and commenting on differences between it and the HTC Touch Pro2, Xperia X2 and N97. They review a version that they upgraded to Windows Phone OS but it’s not quite clear how they got theirs upgraded. Was it an official Samsung upgrade (that we haven’t seen yet) or a cooked ROM?
Overall, GSMArena seem very happy with the Omnia Pro.
…the TouchWiz and WinMo combo performs excellently and for a business people with gadgety inclinations will love the keyboard, the smooth syncing and the excellent Office support.
One thing I have to agree with as it annoys me more and more is the time taken to get to the task switcher. 2-seconds is a lifetime when all you want to do is switch to another app.
The one gripe we have with the Task switcher is that the long press required to start it is way too long.
Read the full review here and don’t miss the photo samples along with comment and a sample of D1 (720×480) resolution video recording.
Thanks Jacob.
#1 by hibiky on November 24th, 2009
why I cannot see my comment when refresh the page?
#2 by hibiky on November 24th, 2009
Hi,Chippy.
I’m a OMNIA fans in SHANGHAI.
I’d like to buy an omnia pro in here,but as you know,there have no official store to sell it.
So,Im looking for a smuggled one on internet…
#3 by hibiky on November 24th, 2009
someone told me that they have the omnia pro which from the France “SFR”,they show me the sn no. and the manufacture date on battery is 2009.6.23.but I cant find it on SFR’s homepage… The price is about $483.20.
do you think its bilievable?
#4 by hibiky on November 24th, 2009
waitting for your comment,sorry for my English…
Best wish from SH.
#5 by hibiky on November 24th, 2009
the url is here:
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#6 by Harsha Sanku on November 24th, 2009
Hi Chippy
As far as i am concerned the only thing that bothers me is “Lack of full Flash Support” on B7610 as per the GSMARENA review; Do you think its a software issue ? or a hardware issue ? Can a change in Browser or firmware upgrade help the cause ?
I rem you addressing this aspect in the earlier reviews; that the processor is not capable enuff of handling flash pages as they seem to die or time-out;
Surprisingly the Omnia2 i8000 which has the same processor has full flash enabled browser ?
#7 by chippy on November 25th, 2009
Flash lite is included which gives you partial flash application capability. Flash 10.1 is due in Q1 2010 but I really don’t expect the OP to get a version of that.
I doubt the Omnia2 has full flash. There are very few ARM-based devices out that have it and no smartphones I know of apart from the Nokia N900.
#8 by samsung Spica on November 26th, 2009
GSM arena are verry happy with this Samsung Omnia Pro but I think I would rather opt for the HTC HD2 which to me does a slightly better job running on the same operating system. When I would want to have Android I would go for the Spica.