For those of you, who may be wondering how the Samsung i8910 Omnia HD’s camera compares against other high-profile handsets on the market, What Mobile has conducted a group camera test shoot-out.

It has taken photos from a number of handsets including the LG Viewty Smart, Sony Ericsson W995 and the Nokia N97. All of these phones are 8MP cameras apart from the N97, which has a 5MP sensor. The pictures look reasonably close, although the i8910 HD definitely excels over the others in low-light. You can check out the photo gallery test here.

Following on from our last post regarding Centrinos super pictures of the i8910 Omnia HD handset, he has some super macro shots taken by the phone to share.

These pictures really show what the i8910 HD’s camera is capable of. There’s no doubt that Centrinos knows a thing or two about photography, but even still I’m impressed in the quality of the pictures. Click through for some macro photos samples after the break. Read the rest of this entry »

The Samsung i8910 Omnia HD brings so many high-end features to the table including HD video recording, AMOLED screen and superb video playback that it’s understandable that other features have been given less attention by the press. Three areas in which I’m looking to find out a lot more about as the phone nears release is the camera side, GPS functionality as well as battery life.

Italian site, HDBlog.it has helped with the first part by taking some photo samples and comparing it to two other Symbian phones, the Nokia N95 as well as the Samsung i8510 (INNOV8). The comparison against the N95 may be a little unfair given that it has a 5MP camera compared to the 8MP sensor found in the Omnia HD. The comparison against the i8510 is an interesting one though as they both use the same sensor. We’ve included a few sample comparisons after the jump but check out the HDBlog.it for the full set (here & here). Read the rest of this entry »

All About Symbian (AAS) spent a day with the Samsung Omnia HD and came back with impressions. They noted that the unit that played with was final hardware and recent (though not final) firmware. They plan to post a number of articles on different aspects of the phone in the coming days/weeks, however this time round they talk about the device itself, form-factor and interface. Having read the article there are a few things that really excite me but also a few things that have me concerned. Read the rest of this entry »