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.

The Motorola Q9c is awesome. The keys are really easy to hit… I rarely fat-finger it, even with my big ole thumbs. In fact, I’m typing this post on it right now. Pocket IE still sucks in WM6, but Opera mobile is great on the Q9c, definitely worth the money.

My only real peeve about it is that Verizon locked the GPS. Currently, in order to use it, you have to pay $10/month for VZNavigator. However, there is a forum, http://www.everythingq.com/forum/moto-q-hacks/verizon-q9c-gps-hack-21606.html, full of people hard at work trying to open it up for Google Maps and Live Search.

One more difficulty that I just noticed… creating links. Maybe there is a good blog writing tool for Windows Mobile 6 out there somewhere. We’ll see.