Verizon's Samsung Omnia (that's Esperanto for "blur") in the wild

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KilgoreTrout @ Nov 19th 2008 3:49AM

I have had a Samsung Omnia for about a week (after managing to get rid of the immensely irritating HTC touch pro) and I really love it.
Even win mobile in this package has become a pleasure to use, BUT , there is a huge hole in this rosy picture: The Omnia totally lacks voice dialing capabilities.
No voice tags at all.
Someone said that somewhere it should be possible to find a win mobile app that would add this very useful function to my beloved Omnia but so far I have been unable to find it.
Such a shame because beside having all the stuff sorely lacking in the iPhone (including: modem function for laptops, 5mpx camera/videocam, cut and paste, MMS, flash player, Opera, push e mail, etc, etc.) the touch screen and UI are surprisingly good and easy, and even fun to use.( none of the HTC irritations & frustrations).
Why Samsung, why? This could have been the "perfect phone".

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Jason @ Nov 19th 2008 9:08AM

You're testing unreleased phones.... and you don't know about MS Voice Command?

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsmobile/en-us/downloads/microsoft/about-voice-command.mspx

Oooook.

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John III @ Dec 26th 2008 11:36PM

Actually the Omnia does indeed have voice dialing. What it lacks is voice tags. I can't tell it how to pronounce the names so there are some names I can't get it to dial.

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KilgoreTrout @ Dec 5th 2008 5:00PM

Ok let's waste some more time.
I must answer Jason and JohnIII just because I can't stand comments by people who just don't know what they are talking about.

@Jason. these phones might be unreleased in the place where you live (the US I bet) but in Europe have been around since last summer or the beginning of the autumn at least (I got my Omnia in the beginning of november).
MS Voice command is a bloated program that does'nt work well with the Omnia , that's why almost all Omnia users , including myself, install Cyberon Speed Dial instead.
But no matter which voice activation prog. you install in the Omnia you still will not be able to start a call from your Bluetooth headset.
First you must tap a button and give the voice order to the phone's microphone, only after that the BT headset will pick up.

@JohnIII : What the hell are you talkin about?
All the forum and sites dedicated to the Samsung Omnia are alive with people trying to find a solution to the Omnia's total lack of voice activation and comparing how well other progs for win mobile can be used instead.
If you have seen an Omnia with voice control please tell me what you have been smoking and afterwareds head directly to one of the Omnia's dedicated forums where you will be hailed as the hero who found a fix to the only major bug of a nearly perfect phone.

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