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more about #omnia jdmank: Is just ran the same test on my iPhone in Qwerty and finished before the Swype guy. This is a joke... Anyone with a a bit of practice can do the same. more » kagekiri: Honestly, if you're using the phone like this video (aka using your index finger), you're still using two hands: who puts down a cell phone to enter t... more » Geisrud: So, many of you find that you're faster on your iPhone than this guy on Swype. That says nothing; it's comparing two sets of disparate things. Compa... more » Geisrud: How would this work for people using the Columbus method of typing (ya know - Search and Land)? They'd end up with gibberish as they swirl their fing... more » UnderLoK: First off to all the people talking about how they beat the guy on the iPhone, yes he is slow, but it doesn't change anything. In order for you type ... more » dimsum4u: Still not to sure how it works. Will it recognize words that you haven't typed before? I want to assume that they did it a few times so the phone reme... more » mocax: i signed up for beta... no news from them for over a year, now they're releasing it.... :( i feel cheated..... :( more » tande04: I thought this had already hit android? Or at least through rooted phones. more » Lukasz Fabis: You can slide your fingers around on the iPhone, and then do a quick release-tap to input a character. I don't see what's so innovative here, unless ... more » Dijkie1337: It's not speed that matters, it's what the user finds most enjoyable and simple that counts. Those camps will always be divided. Even if we develop s... more » eljeffe666: well i just did a test of my own. even not knowing the exact wording and having to look back once or twice i was able to hold my own and finish just a... more » chuckwu: Who goes to the punctuation menu to press a period? Double tap space bar anyone? Contest was rigged. more » boydknife: i beat the swype guy with t9... and that was with me waiting a few times to remember what they typed. it's an intriguing new method... but i think it... more » gooddrum90: just typed this on my iphone with no mistakes in 22 seconds. the guy on "swype" in the video took over 35. epic win. more » EndlessMike: I tried this on my iPhone while he was doing it. With having to look up to see what they were typing, as well as correcting a couple errors here and t... more » Kaiser-Machead: I type considerably faster on my touch than that guy does. With predictive typing on I could probably keep up reasonably well with Swype. more » stevenmaier: The iPhone has had this for awhile (just not built in). Looks to me like Swype (who stole their name from Skype) stole the idea from Writing Pad (whic... more » belyle: One has to wonder how long this will take to reach the jailbreak community on iphone. I think this is excellent, and would use it daily on mine. more » DiscoD: obviously its not a fair fight from the get go because the iphone's touch keyboard is just well..BAD. more » Homerjay is utterly alone.: This is apples and oranges. They're comparing Swipe's ability to predict words but they have iPhones prediction shut off. LAAAAME. more » -
#smartphones
Swype vs QWERTY: FIGHT!!!!!
QWERTY is pretty much the king of smartphone text input. But there's a new challenger on the horizon. It's called Swype, it works with one-hand input and, yeah, it is pretty fast. More » -
#samsung
It's Official: Samsung Omnia II Is $200 on Verizon
Last Friday's tipster was right on the money: The Omnia II lands December 2 for $200 on contract (after $100 mail-in rebate). It runs WinMo 6.5, but that sweet-looking 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen gets the 3D cube TouchWiz 2.0 UI. More » -
#samsung
Samsung Omnia II Hits Verizon December 2 for $200
I still don't know why the Omnia II's 3.7-inch AMOLED touchscreen is resistive, but the WinMo 6.5 phone will go head-to-head with Verizon's own Moto Droid. Leaked docs suggest it'll be $200 on contract after $100 mail-in rebate. More » -
#samsung
Samsung Omnia II Examined: Looks Okay, But Why the Resistive Touchscreen?
Samsung's going the HTC route with Windows Mobile on its new AMOLED-packing Omnia II by cramming its own TouchWiz interface into every nook and cranny of WinMo. Ai.rs has a thorough walkthrough of the hardware and TouchWiz for your perusal. More » -
#cellphones
All Samsung Omnia Phones Switching to WinMo 6.5
Windows Mobile 6.5 phones arrive on October 6, and joining them will be the new OmniaPRO B7330 (HSDPA, 320 x 320-pixel non-touchscreen). In fact, Samsung says that all Omnia phones will run WinMo 6.5 once it's available. More » -
#samsung
Samsung Gets In On the App Store Action
Samsung plans to roll-out an app store for its Omnia smartphones, and has signed on the likes of Electronic Arts, Gameloft, Capcom, and TAITO to help it expand the 300 launch applications to 2000 by the end of the year. More » -
#cellphones
Palm Pre and Eos Possibly Amongst Storm 2, TouchPro2, and Omnia II in Verizon Leak
We've gathered the Palm Pre is headed to Verizon early next year, and it may now have appeared in a leaked Verizon inventory database. Along with the other phones, the Palm 101 and P121 are listed: Pre and Eos code-names? More » -
#review
Samsung Omnia HD i8910 Review
A Symbian-injected followup to the so-so Windows Mobile Omnia, the HD i8910 is a specced-out slab of phone from Samsung, with a 3.7-inch AMOLED screen, 8MP camera, HD video recording and a definite thing for multimedia. More » -
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#gaming
Ever Seen Crysis Played on a Cellphone?
Crysis is the current standard bearer for PC game graphics. If your computer can run Crysis well, it's a pretty impressive setup. So it's pretty nuts to see Crysis running smoothly on a Samsung Omnia cellphone. More » -
#rumor
Rumor: Samsung 'Omnia Pro' Could Feature Full QWERTY, AMOLED Display
Hello totally unconfirmed Samsung Omnia Pro phone. Good evening. Let's say you are real, and more than ethereal rumor, and might actually take up physical space someday. You would probably have features like this: More » -
#identitycrisis
The Snazzy Samsung OmniaHD Morphs into Plain Jane Samsung i8910
The Samsung OmniaHD is losing its name and will now be known as its old, boring model number. It's just like when Mother is mad and calls you by your real name instead of "sweetpea." More » -
#android
Samsung Promises 'More Than Three' Android Handsets By End Of Year
Samsung's Android-less showing at MWC may not have been a surprise, but that's not to say that it wasn't disappointing. So what now? Samsung says "more than three" Android handsets are coming before 2010. More » -
#mwc09
How Not To Make a Touchscreen Phone
Samsung's slogan here in Barcelona is "The Power of Touch." It should have been "The Power to Drive You Freakin' Bonkers" because their touch technology continues to be bad bad bad. BAD. More » -
#mwc09
Samsung Omnia HD Hands On Video: Amazing Screen, Still Bad Response
When I tried the original Omnia I said it had "a poorly designed interface, lousy response time, buggy software, and it felt cheap and fat on my hand." The Omnia HD changes some things. More » -
#mcw09
Samsung OMNIA HD Makes Calls, Shoots 720P Video
Samsung is working hard to up the ante on cellphone camera resolution. But forget digital cameras. With their 8MP Omnia HD (spotted yesterday), Samsung is going after camcorders. More » -
#smartphone
Samsung Acme i8910 Loved by Coyotes Everywhere
After their dreadful Omnia, Samsung is following up with the Samsung Acme i8910, a smartphone that-according to these allegedly leaked pictures-seems to be quite slim. I comes loaded with a ton of features too: More » -
#android
Rumor: Samsung to Release a Full-Touch Android Handset by the Middle of Next Year
According to the Korean news outlet ETNews, Samsung is working on a touchscreen Android phone, which will be sold in the US through Sprint Nextel and T-Mobile. More » -
#battlemodo
Windows Mobile Browser Battlemodo: Can You Get the Real Internet?
Many of you asked for a re-do of Windows Mobile browser testing after our Battlemodo declared the platform beyond worthless for surfing. So here it is, the internet running on Windows Mobile's finest hardware. More »
