Gadgetory

hi this is stephen skarlatos from pocketnow.com i just received this just-released verizon samsung omnia i900 Saugus Brandon our editor reviewed the omnia i900 which is the GSM cousin of this smartphone the verizon version the i 910 is very similar in specification but it is designed to work on verizon's cdma ev-do 3g network an exciting feature on this device is that it is evdo rev a capable the problem is i'm not sure what capable means is that that verizon has implemented the feature or that the i nine 10s hardware is capable of the evdo rev a and we just need to wait for a rom update i'll get to the bottom of this as I review the device let's start with the unboxing it's very nice box there's a samsung logo that's embossed on the top the device looks pretty much identical to the i 900 we'll put that aside for now underneath this flap there is software and manuals here's a stylist as with the i900 there is no stylus holder on the device and the stylus is telescoping this is a bit of a weird arrangement let's see how it works here we have a headphone adapter the I 9-10 has an FM radio built in this adapter looks like it allows you to plug the USB cable and headphones at the same time then we have the charger which is a 110 240 volt travel charger then we have a proprietary USB cable with the Samsung plug last we have what looks to be a headset adapter and it has a volume button there and on the front it has a call button probably to start and end calls and funny thing there's no headphones that come with it now we'll look at the software the software package we've got the verizon companion CD the verizon access manager CD which allows you to tether your laptop to the evdo network we have a CD with the user manual then we've got some consumer literature from verizon and samsung a what looks to be a quick start guide and tips and hints and shortcuts put the stuff back to the side here and let's take a look at the device will peel off the protective coating so it's a glossy screen we've got a 5 megapixel camera on the back and let's compare it to some other devices like the verizon samsung i760 which has a pullout keyboard the AT&T tilt obviously the i 910 is much sleeker but it has no pull out keyboard like the tilt or the i760 an older device we have here is my t-mobile wing and that's t-mobile's only windows mobile professional device right now pretty sad comment and then we have the iphone which is really what this device is supposed to compete against other both touch devices with very few hardware keys the omnia is about the same thickness but it's slightly smaller the screen on the omnia is 3.2 inches but with a 240 x 400 resolution it beats the iphone the i 910 has 8 gigabytes of storage as well as 256 megabytes of flash and 128 megabytes of ram so that's about it for the unboxing next up we'll take a tour of the device and then see what this device can do