News: Samsung Armani Night Effect

Samsung Armani Night Effect

The announcement of this phone just makes me say, why? just why?. I'm not sure what Samsung were thinking when releasing this phone. After the first model, which was awfull, they think this will do well?

From over the top branding to the 120MB of user memory, and a phone with no flash. A key selling point seems to be the shiny LED bar around the outside, to create the surposed "night effect".

Due to ship in November, can't say I'm jumping for joy.

But if you like the look of this stunner, check it out at Unwired View.

New iPod Nano, Struts it's stuff!

iPod Nano

iPods have come along way since they were introduced, which led to the release of super gadget, the iPhone. This Nano is the latest edition, so let's see what it's got to offer.

Apart from all those vibrant colours, the Nano has some pretty cool features. Find music faster by viewing your albums in cover flow. There's a feature called genius which finds other songs on your iPod that go well with the song your currently listening to. And adds them in a playlist for you. Tilt the Nano onto it's side and view album art, pictures or video in landscape. Why not shake your iPod, doing this will skip to a random track. Great shuffle feature. Also there's plenty of games to keep you occupied, available from the iTunes Store.

The iPod Nano is available in 8GB or 16GB versions, and sports a very reasonable 2 inch screen.

Samsung Omnia (SGH-i900)

Samsung Omnia - A truly all-in-one phone.
£Free W/Contract

Network/OS/Display
HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, EDGE/GPRS. Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional. 3.2" WQVGA TFT LCD (240 x 400)

Camera
5 Megapixel, Auto Focus, Image Stablizer, Geo-tagging, Auto-Panorama Shot, Smile Shot, WDR, Face Detection.

Video
DivX/Xvid/WMV/MP4. Video recording. Video editing: Trim Video, Audio dubbing, Live dubbing, Add Subtitle, Image capture.

Audio
FM Radio with RDS. MP3/AAC/AAC+/WMA/OGG/AMR. Bluetooth Stereo Headset.

Value added Features
3.5 Ear Jack. GPS with Navigation. TouchWiz UI. MS Office Document Viewer, Advanced PIM Apps, Push E-mail, Auto Rotation, TV Out.

Connectivity/Memory/Size/Battery
Bluetooth 2.0/USB 2.0/Wi-Fi. 8GB/16GB Flash + External Memory Slot : microSDHC (up to 16GB). 112 x 56.9 x 12.5 mm. 1440mAh battery.

Review
Well what a brilliant, feature packed phone this is. I love the design, I love the features, I love the way it all fits together. The side bar widgets drag and drop system is excellent, enabling you to select what widgets you need on the home screen. It incorporates the Samsung menu and Windows menu, which work well together.

The touch screen is quite sensitive and works well. I especially like the optical mouse cursor, that gives you an extra way of controlling the phone. Or alternatively there's the stylus for those hard to reach areas. So plenty of ways to navigate through your Samsung Omnia.

Clicking "Main Menu" from the home screen brings up all the features and apps, access to media etc. I quite like that there's an Opera browser installed for internet viewing, alongside Internet Explorer. A nice 5 mega pixel camera on the reverse takes stunning pics, for every situation. And there's many features to try out with the camera. Spend a good few days searching through the phone, alot to see. And still so much to find.

Overall, truly stunning. Forget the iPhone, the Omnia is my choice. Feature packed, future proof, elegant design. What more do you need.