Here is the new blog post, just as I have promised, and i yet again try to answer questions You have asked. First of all I'd like to have a few words about the software. As I have already mentioned, Omnia gets a new ROM practically every other day, the courier has laughingly asked me the other day: another update? That't true, I've said, but I didn't tell him what upgrades are included in the new versions. Okay, so let's see the Pocket PC Mark results, with the results from two weeks ago in parentheses - by the way, VsBenchmark still won't run, but it doesn't even give an error message, so probably they are working on it.
| Pocket PC Mark v1.03 | ||
| Dhrystone Benchmark (CPU) | 89.50 MIPS (89.50) | |
| Whetstone Benchmark (CPU) | 5.88 MWIPS (5.87) | |
| Memory Benchmark | 805.40 points (629.18) | |
| File system Benchmark | 474.43 points (339.89) | |
| Graphics Benchmark | 320.65 points (173.70) | |
As you can see CPU benchmark results didn't change a bit, although there would be room for improvements here - based on the speed of developments I can say that this will come sooner or later! The designers have however tampered with the memory, the 805.4 points might easily be a record. The most shocking results is the files system's: 474.43 points... even the 339 marks from last time were 2-3 times faster than anything I have ever seen, but this... I just can't possibly imagine how can Samsung do this. The graphics results are also from the shocking category, display speed has doubled in two weeks time, maximum respect for it! It is really just a small extra that in USB Mass Storage mode writing speed has increased to 1900 kB/s, so copying an average 700 MB movie takes about 6 minutes, which is an outstanding result on the Windows Mobile platform.
Animated movie on the display
I'd like to also write a couple of words about the movies if we're here. i900 supports DivX and XviD avi files, we didn't really see any other phone to support the latter one. Thus the default movie player is not Media Player, but Touch Player from Samsung. I didn't really like it at first glance neither in design, nor in features, but it plays back PC-optimized videos without any problems. I couldn't compare playback speed with TCPMP, as just like VsBenchmark, the popular video player has also crashed on startup. There has been a question about the TV-out: unfortunately I didn't get a cable with the phone, and as an anti-television person I don't have such a thing in my home, but I will do my best to test this feature too. If the information are correct, it is no big deal yet, it can display 400 x 240 pixels on-screen.
It happened that yesterday was the first day when I had to set an alarm on i900. No, not because I can sleep until I want, just because I don't really trust in Windows Mobile's alarm clock. Still, the phone I use as an alarm clock had its battery go empty yesterday, I was lazy to look for its charger, so I had only i900. Well, the manufacturer has created a unique interface for this feature, I almost fell out of the bed when I saw it: it's logically constructed, easy to use and reliable. I am very happy that someone has finally managed to develop this part too.
Finally I would like to clarify some misunderstandings regarding the accessories. If all information are correct there will be a stylus with the phone, but there is no place for it on the case, so it can be tied to the wristband's hook, just like in the case of LG Viewty. I found this as a big problem in the first days, but my opinion has changed: practically all menu items can be accessed with a finger, so I didn't really need the stylus ever. The lack of a standard jack output has also been a question from our Dear Readers, and to tell the truth this is rightful. I would like to reassure everyone that there will be a "lengthener" with a 3.5 mm jack in the package, which can be plugged in the Samsung connector on the phone's side.
That's all for today, I'm awaiting any questions in the forum!
Translated by Szaszati
