Samsung Omnia as Business Phone: Yes or No?

My latest phone, the Samsung Omnia, was a relatively easy choice for me to make. It is fully touch screen enabled, running Windows Mobile 6.1 which gives me the opportunity to customize just about every component for comfort, a clear, large screen for adequate multimedia experiences and not to mention the Garmin GPS software that came bundled with the phone.
Over and above all this cool gadgetry however is the fundamental use of it as a business phone. Our vocations are different, granted, but for me to consider a mobile phone adequate for business, easy typing capabilities are essential. I thought I’d put the Omnia to the test using the (rather sensitive) touch screen keyboard.
Without any editing, this is what I managed. (I did not capitalize any words as I was going for speed rather than accuracy. Editing is a process in its own.)
This will bbe my first fuull blown blog post from my samsung omnia mobbile telephone. Ll’ve nnow had the privilege to play arouunnd for various weeks with diferrent setttings to comme to a point where i’m in a position to revview the word processing potential of the omnia ppocket pc as miniiature ccoomputing alternative for buusy exxeccutives.
It has takenn me a great while to come to terms with the touch screen adaptation of the standard phyysiical keyboard. While it’s a space and weight saving triumph for the mobile computing industry, the relative sized screens coupled with the odd fat fingered adult, makes it quuite tthe achilles heel of advvanced mobile computiing.
Iincluding in the downside of touch sreen capabbilities llie the issue of sensitiivity. Finding a keyboard software applicatiion tht works well for your fingers is one thing (i did not find the standard omnia keyboard all that useful, and coonsiderinng the omnia ruuns on windows mobile 6.1, it lends vast capalitiies for third party applicatiions), managing to tap the correct letter as often times as possibble is another. Not to menntion the accidental doubble tap of letters ddue to the sensitive screen.
This is not only a point in case for the samsuung omnia, mind you, but a well documented issue with even the top of tthe pops apple iphone. It’s a rather unpleasant situatiion and one that is hard to foresee the manufactuurers overcome.
Only stiking to the tyyppewritingg capabbiliities of the touch sccreen pocket pc’s, the questiion i ccertinly need to answer is this: is thiis an executive’s phone, someone wiith basic emailiing and word processing rrequiiremennts? Judginng from the spelling issuues iin this artticcle, you’ll have to say no.
Buut does the ffact that iit took me only 20 minutes tto type this chnge anything? You bbe the juudge.

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