Omnia vs Storm vs Touch Pro

jdoggg12

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So after the mediocre reviews of the storm, i'm not so sure I want to get it. I am going to stick with Verizon, and these few phones seem to be the best offerings. Does anyone have some good input for comparisons of these phones?

I'm hoping to find reviews that compare these 3 directly, but can't seem to find any.

Thanks in advance.
 

Woofmeister

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The primary consideration is how much you e-mail. If you are a massive e-mailer, the Storm is still your only choice. RIM's e-mail solution is the most robust and dependable and that's going to be more important than anything else in day-to-day use.

Is the Touch Pro even going to be offered by Verizon? I thought it was Sprint only?
 

jdoggg12

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well i figure if i really need to email, i could use the web client on either of the other 2... i'm not using these phones for work. If you go to the vzw site, theyre all offered in the touch screen section.
 

gorcorps

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There's supposed to be an update for the storm this coming monday. It may address enough of the slow OS problems to turn those 'mediocre' reviews to 'not bad'. We'll see on Monday if the storm is even worth considering. I love blackberries but even I wouldn't recommend a storm quite yet.
 

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i tried the storm in the store and it for sure felt buggy. things were definitely laggy and while the click screen was pretty neat, it sucked not being able to type as fast as you're used to
 

gorcorps

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Right, that's the general thought about it right now. May change Monday, may not.
 

shortylickens

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I've read a lot of reviews on each of them and mostly they were good with a few nitpicks.
The general consensus is that hardcore gadget geeks would still prefer an iPhone or Google phone, while professionals would still prefer a Blackberry.
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=240
At the end of that video they have links to all the things you are looking at, and more.


I just got the LG Vu from AT&T the other day. I like it but its lacking many things considering how expensive it is. No GPS, very limited tools, all the cool apps cost extra. Actually, let me show you one of the more objective reviews I found.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/9292.html

Their main complaint is it could have been so much more. The iPhone and Google phone have a lot more cool apps for free, either included when the unit ships or easily downloaded. As it comes, the Vu is only good for mobile TV and mobile web. You have to pay extra for any apps that make it more useful.
But if you want a nice touchscreen with basic features this one is tough to beat. Lacking GPS and Wifi meant keeping the thing relatively light and thin. It only weighs 3.1 oz (90 grams). Thats pretty good for a powerful multimedia phone.
 

gorcorps

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Originally posted by: shortylickens
I've read a lot of reviews on each of them and mostly they were good with a few nitpicks.
The general consensus is that hardcore gadget geeks would still prefer an iPhone or Google phone, while professionals would still prefer a Blackberry.
http://www.phonescoop.com/articles/article.php?a=240
At the end of that video they have links to all the things you are looking at, and more.


I just got the LG Vu from AT&T the other day. I like it but its lacking many things considering how expensive it is. No GPS, very limited tools, all the cool apps cost extra. Actually, let me show you one of the more objective reviews I found.
http://www.infosyncworld.com/news/n/9292.html

Their main complaint is it could have been so much more. The iPhone and Google phone have a lot more cool apps for free, either included when the unit ships or easily downloaded. As it comes, the Vu is only good for mobile TV and mobile web. You have to pay extra for any apps that make it more useful.
But if you want a nice touchscreen with basic features this one is tough to beat. Lacking GPS and Wifi meant keeping the thing relatively light and thin. It only weighs 3.1 oz (90 grams). Thats pretty good for a powerful multimedia phone.

They say the iphone has a lot of cool free apps? I beg to differ. I've checked the app store on my buddies phone and they nickle and dime you for everything they can. Maybe I'm just used to the tons of user-made apps on the blackberries but that seems like pure BS to me.
 

jdoggg12

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Well I just went and played with a Storm for a while... i was totally unimpressed, there was a 1-2 second lag to get to the dial screen from the home screen when i pressed the button to dial. bleh...

I hope the other two are better. BTW, like i said in the OP, i'm sticking with verizon - att, tombile, etc are not an option.
 

Canai

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I got an Omnia a few weeks ago after looking at these three phones. For email, there's an app you can download for free that syncs with pretty much any email provider, I've got mine with my gmail. It's great, I don't even really log into my gmail account anymore, everything's handled smoothly by the sync. It's much slimmer than the HTC, and faster as well. I like the form factor much better than the Storm, and the screen on the Storm is loose in the case. My step-dad, who has the Storm, is seriously thinking about switching to the Omnia, but likes the Storm's larger, higher resolution display.
 

Canai

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Originally posted by: Gunbuster
Low res Omnia screen FTL.

Hold off a bit for the Touch Pro II?

Low res = faster response and performance.

Plus, are you *really* going to be watching that much media on it?

Also, the Omnia just dropped to $100 or so with contract at Verizon.
 

Gunbuster

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Yes I *really* use the high res screen in the TP. Pictures, Google maps, Web pages, ...

The Omnia screen looks ghetto. Not to mention when I see the tilt transition I look around to see if Sandra Bullock is going to pop up and defeat some virus like in The Net.
 

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Just got a storm after considering the Omnia for a while, I'm loving my storm. Had it two days and while sure, the OS is a bit slower then I'd like, it's still faster then most of the Verizon OS phones I've used, has more features, and can do and has done everything I've wanted it to.

I'd go for the storm, it's not bad now, and can only get better.
 

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To start, I will first advise everyone to look at my user name for an idea if I am a bit biased or not. Then let me address a couple of concerns about the Omnia and smartphone shopping in general.

One: The Voice Command program is problematic on all the Windows Mobile phones phones. And it's Microsoft's fault - they make the program and it doesn't work very well. And their support for it is very limited. I've given up on voice dialing on my phone. Although I did run through a lovely little incident at work where it started reading all my emails out loud until I disabled it! LOL!

Two: For reception and voice performance, I was close to buying the Omnia over other current touchscreen PDA's for the processing power, memory and amount of program functionality that comes in the basic operating system, but wanted to be sure about the phone part of the device. I read a number of reviews from reputable sites that rated and compared top touchscreen PDA's like the Storm, iPhone, HTC Touch; and all of them gave the highest marks for reception and voice quality to the i910 Omnia. And it has proven to have the best signal performance and sound of any smartphone I have ever owned.

Three: It's good to decide if you want to work with a mechanical keyboard versus a touch screen. But comments about the responsiveness of the Omnia screen would be right ... until you remember how customizable this device is. I got some pointers from www.samsung-omnia.org and tweaked the settings on my phone. Now the screen is much more finely calibrated, I was able to adjust things like the width of the vertical and horizontal scrollbars and installed the Fingerboard keypad. And I'm very satisfied with it.

So good luck shopping for a phone ... do try to get as much hands-on experience with these devices as you can before you make a choice.

Oh, and whichever Windows Mobile phone you decide to purchase, make sure one of your first downloads for it is the SkyFire Browser from www.skyfire.com. I downloaded the Skyfire Browser to my Omnia and was watching streaming TV shows on it at Hulu.com ... and the quality was amazing! It handles Shockwave Flash animation and is the closest to a PC browsing experience as I have ever had on a phone!!!
 

thecoolnessrune

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I'll never recommend a Touch Pro to anyone again after seeing how troublesome their hardware keyboard is. It fails after a few months for a lot of people. My brother is on his second and my roommate is on his third after the repeated keyboard failures.
 

zerocool84

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Originally posted by: thecoolnessrune
I'll never recommend a Touch Pro to anyone again after seeing how troublesome their hardware keyboard is. It fails after a few months for a lot of people. My brother is on his second and my roommate is on his third after the repeated keyboard failures.

Slide-out keyboards always have that problem. They never last. I've owned one phone with a slide-out keyboard and will never own one again.
 

hanoverphist

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Originally posted by: i910crazy
To start, I will first advise everyone to look at my user name for an idea if I am a bit biased or not. Then let me address a couple of concerns about the Omnia and smartphone shopping in general.

One: The Voice Command program is problematic on all the Windows Mobile phones phones. And it's Microsoft's fault - they make the program and it doesn't work very well. And their support for it is very limited. I've given up on voice dialing on my phone. Although I did run through a lovely little incident at work where it started reading all my emails out loud until I disabled it! LOL!

i had a similar experience, but unfortunately it was only set to receive personal emails/ texts at the time. was annoying until i figured out that the phone had enabled the voice command setting without my interaction. ive had similar happenings with other settings on the phone, like volume and preference settings resetting back to default.