The Samsung Omnia II features a 3.7″ AMOLED display running Windows Mobile OS 6.5. The Samsung Omnia II puts the 3.7″ AMOLED screen to good use particularly, when it comes to using the phone in direct sunlight. The clarity of colours, images and the screen are perfect.

The top of the display screen features a notification bar which also includes the windows ‘Start’ icon, which takes you to the main menu. At the bottom of the screen are shortcuts for ‘phone’ and ‘phonebook’. In addition there is a dedicated left call key and a right end key. The middle key takes you to the menu options.

The Omnia provides you with several ways to access your choices via the Today bar (which is hidden offscreen) allowing you to litter your display with widgets or a particular wallpaper. You can add and remove widgets on the Today bar and on any of your three display screens to your own specification. You can also search and add new widgets. You will already know from my previous reviews that I find three display screens the ideal number.

The Omnia II has a great deal of pre-installed applications to get any individual started from beginner to expert. Those essential apps include Facebook, internet explorer, marketplace, weather, youtube, radio, and of course windows media. Music played was loud enough for the most ardent music afficianado. Video’s were a delight to watch with the AMOLED really coming into its own with viewing the ultra-vivid colours on the display. However, youtube clips were disappointing with reduced quality videos.

The inclusion of opera in addition to internet explorer was welcome and both browsers proved fast in use and loading of websites.
Diary, email and contacts were a simple method to set up and the phone proved a pleasure to use both for media, browsing and the camera. The onscreen keyboard was easy to use in landscape but rather narrow in portrait mode.

The 5 megapixel auto-focus camera did well in taking quick images and the fast processing was a pleasant surprise. The optional album view of a 3D arc is one of the favourites here.

There is nearly an endless list of options to personalise your Omnia II from using the Samsung Touch Wiz UI to changing the theme, wallpapers, and apps to viewing icons in ‘cube’ mode.

The Omnia II proved a delight to use but with today’s option of windows phone 7, android and iOS the ‘old fashioned’ ‘start’ page and ‘today’ tab appears to confuse tasks that could be laid out in an easier manner.

The Omnia II has an internal memory of 2GB but it is also available in 8GB and 16GB memory along with the additional option of expansion via a memory card up to 32GB. Thank you to Samsung for providing the device.

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