Got Wills

I’ve had my new Omnia about a week now and I really like it. I don’t even miss the physical keyboard of my Q9c (I really thought I would). The haptic feedback and xt9 spelling correction make the onscreen keyboard very functional. Of course, you’ll want to shut off xt9 when typing non-standard words (very easy with a key dedicated to it). The virtual mouse makes it so that I almost never need the stylus, but I have it hooked to my keychain (just in case), instead of the loop on the side of the phone. I’ve also mapped the menu button long press to a little program that switched the d-pad thing between normal d-pad and virtual mouse functionality.

I’m really hoping that Verizon Wireless makes good on their promise (if, in fact, this statement is from a Verizon Rep) to open up stand-alone GPS for the Omnia, but even if they don’t, there will be custom ROM on the web that will do it soon after the first update.

Here’s a list of software I’ve installed, so far (with links).

• S2U2
• S2V
• Adryn Modified Black ST2 Theme
• G-Alarm
• Seismo – Cool, but gives error on shutdown – need HTC dll’s
• Google Maps
• Google Mobile Search
• WMWifiRouter
• Kaisoft Bubble Level (trial)
• Microsoft .NET Compact Framework 3.5
• Microsoft Internet Sharing
• MoDaCo AppToDate
• PHM Registry Editor
• pocketMax lunarTilt – gives error on shutdown – need HTC dll’s
• Pocket Rar
• Resco Bubbles (first 5 levels free) – Really fun game…
• QuickMark
• BeMario
• YouTubePlay

I’m also using the Samsung Today 2 today screen item (not available on Verizon Omnia by default, use registry hack to get it).

S2U2 handles my caller id and generally works great, although there have been a couple missed calls due to it wiggin out on me.

Sound quality is fantastic and it feels solid in my hand… I just carry it in my pocket and it doesn’t appear to have any scratches or anything, yet. We’ll see how that goes.

A standard mini or micro USB port would have been nice, but I’ll live with the proprietary one they gave me.