Hi
Anyone has any inputs as to which of the above is better in terms of specifications, usability, features etc..
Appreciate your opinions.
Thank you.
You and me both!... Looks like I am not the only one struggling to make this decision right now..... And since I am buying without a contract....can not make the wrong one! heheheh... I have been track these two phones for 3 weeks now.
You can find alot of hands on review on You Tube.
In the end...or at least for now, I am holding back buying now because I am waiting for the arrival of the HTC Touch Pro (codename: Rafael) which is the Diamond with the keyboard. Which to me will make alot more sense. I will get the HTC Touch Pro if the rumour that it will be out in Late August or Sept. But by then, the Sony X1 'maybe' out too.
The only problem with the Touch Pro over the Diamond is to alot of people who saw it, it is alot thicken. Which throws off some people to get the stop waiting for it and just buy the Diamond. So those who don't need the keyboard will just get the Diamond. I think a keyboard is very much my style but not compulsory if other major features are not as good.
I like the Touch Pro version for another thing... internal memory is 288mb while the Diamond is 4 gig. BUT...the Touch pro allow you to insert the SD memory module unlike the Diamond.
Okay in terms of just the Diamond and the Omnia....the Omnia getsyou 16gig plus you can insert a memory module. Both are good as they are using Opera Mobile internet browser so that is good and have wireless which is a MUST for me ( I use a hicard and will not pay a ransom for some darn 2 or 1 yr contract...so no 3G) if not I would have got the Samsung F430 or the LG RS20...etc. They both has sensors so it know to change orientation when you use it in portrait or landscape mode....so they have this function where when you face the front of the phone downward. The ringing is silent. Flip it over and you can hear the ring again. This mean sound silly but for quick ring mute...nothing is faster I think.
The funny things is this which I hope theyhave fixed or patch it...I heard that though both use opera mobile...the Diamond allow you to play youtube flash files but the Omnia don't I could be wrong but that was what some review mentioned but I suppose you can add a 3rd party to solve that.
Of the two interface..I think the Diamond's TouchFlo 3D is awesome. Abit slow if you multi task but I tried it at the shop and it seem fine. The Omnia is alittle faster in some way but then again, the reason it is slow is becasue HTC built a cool touchFlo 3D and theme skin instead of using Microsoft's Window Mobile default theme and layout so the skin use abit more processing to run that interface over the OS. The all black and cool look on the Diamond sold me initially but something about the Omnia also caught my fancy....but it looked abit like iPhone lah heheh...
It also has a BIG 5mp camera to boot!!. Omnia has one thing which I find funny why they did it that way. The stylus is not contain in the phone but they have a small metal loop which you then tie the stylus to it. So it dangle there like some girlie mobile toy heheh. The HTC Diamond's stylus is more cool as it has a magnet to secure the stylus inside the side of the phone so it does not pop out PLUS..if you take the stylus out and place it along the side of the phone, the magnet is still strong enough to keep the stylus attached to the phone's surface.
This is great as sometime I place the stylus on the table and it roll off the table. Small details like this endears me to the Diamond. Also Diamond has auto stitching which means you can take PANORAMA photo shot. You can take 3 frames of photo when you are in panorama mode which you can align all 3 shots to form one long panaroma photo all within the phone! Hope I explain that right. I don't think I have seen that in any other phones.
The flicking with your finger on the Diamond is pretty cool to change your music choice, address book...etc. YOu can flick side to side or top to bottom and top again to make choice selection. Cool. The Omnia has a front page for you to drag and drop widgets so you can arrange how you want to get at information or short cut to application just by looking at the front page of the phone. I read someone made something like the TouchFlo theme for the Omnia so it acts like the Diamond. I have read something about that but not seen it.
It is a hard fight for me right now heheheheh...there are alot more stuff in these phone but I think so far in the market...these two are right up there with the cool stuffs. ( sure there will be those who feel the iPhone is the Ultimate) I was thinking of the Nokia E90 at first choice when I decided to buy a new phone after so many years with my old phone..but as I researched more....heheh these two came out on top and I think alot more people are thinking the same thing. as there are some comparison on you tube over these two too. So check it out.
What would I choose? If the HTC Touch pro does not come out by August end or so... I will get the Omnia but if the Touch Pro does come out...iI think I will get it. Plus...that one on the back has a LED flash and the diamond shape cutting unlike the Diamond which is in glossy black...it will be matt black! more cooooool and will be less of a finger print magnet! heheh......
Happy phone hunting.....