http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/ Engadget Comments for Is ASUS prepping a 5-megapixel Omnia challenger? http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/looks like there's no one challenging HTC's dominance but HTC themselves]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:12PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
Me: You shoudl get the HTC touch for your next phone.
Idiot: Nah, i want an iPhone.
Me: Why?
Idiot: Because it does more than any other phone.
Me: The HTC touch does a TON more than the iPhone, as do most other WM based phones
Idiot: I've never even heard of HTC...
Me: You should look into them.
Idiot: Nah, thats too much trouble
Me: Well good luck with that horrible signal. *tries not to puch the idiot*]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
While Windows Mobile is a very good OS(I personally like it better than Blackberry and iPhone, but I've never used the Nokia smartphone OS), but it is a bit clunky. For people who want to do basic things like browse facebook/myspace, check their email on the go, and just make phone calls the iPhone is nice. Plus it has storage(yes, I know YOU want your whole 500GB music collection on there, but for most people 8GB is fine) for music on the go and the GPS comes in handy every once in a while.]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 6:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
"Me: You should get the iphone touch for your next phone."
iPhone Touch? Not starting terribly well. Maybe it'l get better...

"Idiot: Nah, i want an htc phone
Me: Why?
Idiot: Because it does more than any other phone.
Me: The iphone does a TON more than any htc peice of crap, and it has the best phone and mobile computer OS ever"
No it doesn't. It does less than an HTC phone from what, 5 years ago? at least. And you're calling it BETTER than XP or Ubuntu etc for mobile computing? because in my experience that term includes netbooks....

"Idiot: I've never even heard of iphone
Me: Your lying, everyone has heard of iphone, its the fastest selling internet device"
That's because it's ONE DEVICE. Windows Mobile or even HTC devices are, overall, selling probably faster and CERTAINLY steadier than the iPhone.

"Idiot: yeah, but it doesnt even have copy/paste right?
Me: how often do you use copy/paste on your phone? *tries not to puch the idiot*"
I use mine at least once every day, and I'm just a teenager, not a businessman or professional


"me: plus, it surfe\s the web better than any other phone, comes with built in wi-fi, has build in itunes store, has an amazing OS, and has over 3,000 professionally made application in an easy-to-use built in store, with a lot for free! Now tell me if winmo can do all of that?"

FLASH. JAVA. Ok it's smooth, but it's not "the real interet". Opera Mobile does that better.
WiFi? PAH. Almost every HTC device has WiFi.They've had it for a long time. They also have HSDPA that works, and now HSDPA 7.2, faster than the iPhone.
Maybe it doesn't have the store, but I for one like CODEC SUPPORT and DRAG AND DROP without relying on special software.
And its got applications. Far more than 3000. Many free. And you can make your own with no restrictions.

So yes, it can do all that. And far more.]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 6:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/I have an iPhone actually cause I got it for cheap but I would trade it for a Diamond any day
I would copy and paste often
there's no file browser on the iPhone, and it's hard as it to get files on it anyway
no flash support (WinMo users can watch streaming video with SkyFire, which is better than safari)
no minimize (AIM is a good example of needing it)
only real thing good about the iPhone is that it's very graphical something WinMo doesn't emphasis on even though HTC usually sticks an ATi GPU in their phones]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 8:24PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Idiot: Yes]]>Sep 14th 2008 8:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
"HTC hits the big time - now 3rd biggest smartphone brand in Q208"
http://wmpoweruser.com/?p=933

And that's only counting it's self-branded devices, not ODM devices produced by HTC like the upcoming Xperia X1.]]>Sep 14th 2008 9:06PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
You have to face it Apple-haters -- a jailbroken iPhone (with full access to the BSD subsystem, *nix utilities, SSH etc) is the most powerful mobile device on the market. Quit hating, and join the party!]]>Sep 15th 2008 4:46AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
But looks like Windows Mobile 6.1 is getting one hell of a farewell party this Christmas.]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 15th 2008 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 15th 2008 2:14AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 15th 2008 2:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 6:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/HTC had a similar trackball before RIM.

HTC P3300/Artemis]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 15th 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 6:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
You heard it here first ;)]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 15th 2008 12:18AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
Asus, you gotta step it up a bit!]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Mac: Hi I'm a Mac
PC: Hi I'm a PC
Mac: Look how thin I am
PC: You know thats really not healthy
Mac: Look how thin I am!
PC: Seriously, it messes up your body, means theres all sorts of things you can't do like...
Mac: LOOK HOW THIN I AM!

Almost totally unrelated, but that guy made me laugh]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
Seriously engadget, the low rank dimming feature is nice, but edit button plz?

Dim me to hell guys]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
Is China prepping sacks full of rice?]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 6:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
I really hope it's a WVGA phone.
]]>Sep 14th 2008 6:51PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
]]>Sep 14th 2008 7:05PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 7:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 15th 2008 12:01AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/standard Windows Mobile kit. Give it a nicer interface, like Samsung
or HTC, and get some deals happening with carriers [don't rely on
unlocked sales, very few people get them like that, I'm one of the
only ones that does here in Aus, at least in my circle of techy
friends], and you should have a winner on your hands.]]>Sep 14th 2008 7:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
GSM Connectivity : GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSDPA/HAUPA
GSM Frequency : 850/900/1800/1900
WCDMA Frequency: 900/1900/2100 (Sorry US readers :( )
Screen: 3.5 “WVGA 800X480 / 65K Color TFT
System: Microsoft WM 6.1 Professional
UI: Glide 1.5
Camera: 5MP (2592×1944px) from autofocus
Video: MPEG4, H.264 encoding & decoding - resolution unknown
Communications: Bluetooth 2.0, Wifi, USB
aGPS
Audio: AAC, AMR-NB, AMR-WB, EVRC, QCELP, AAC + + EAAC, MP3, MIDI, PCM, WAV
Working time:
Standby : 200 hours
Talk time: 4 hours
Memory: 4GB flash
Expansion: microSD
Dimensions: 115×59x13.8mm
Tracking ball
Accelerometer
Construction: stainless steel

The display looks to be about 3.5 inches. Launch will probably be held in October.]]>Sep 14th 2008 7:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
my interest is peaked. can somebody linkify me please?]]>Sep 14th 2008 9:52PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 7:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 15th 2008 8:23AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
But I'm gonna need a some type of keyboard with more than 1-9 + 0 on it in order for me to get it.]]>Sep 14th 2008 7:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 7:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 7:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 7:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 8:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 8:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
Just imagine the trackball is the screen of the oh-so-coveted iPhone; Phone held in one hand, trackball manipulated with other. Carpal tunnel circumvented!]]>Sep 15th 2008 8:25AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 10:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/Sep 14th 2008 9:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
I'm not going to bash on either or. Some phones work better for some people. I don't understand why you have you compare every phone with the iPhone (talking to you, iPhone fanboys) and then proceed to call the other phones crap. Get a life. Leave your basement once in a while, you may get a 3G signal then :) :p

Anyways, back to the topic. I like the phone, looks pretty decent. I'd like to play with it and get a hands on feel with the OS.]]>Sep 14th 2008 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/http://www.engadget.com/2008/09/14/is-asus-prepping-a-5-megapixel-omnia-challenger/
i don't think wm6 is going any were any time soon the last i news i got on it was that there going to wait to launch wm7 with windows 7

so it could be another year but maybe not ]]>Sep 15th 2008 1:36AM