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After three weeks, with the novelty at last wearing out, calling this sexy little black number anything other than a pocket PC would do it a disservice. Instant messaging (IM), E-Mail on the fly, a global positioning system (GPS) receiver with Garmin XT software (or any other GPS software of your choice), high-speed data transfers with High-Speed Downlink Packet Access (HSDPA) at 7.2Mbps, text messaging, eBook reader, mobile office suite, FM radio with Radio Data System (RDS) support, DivX-enabled media player, RSS reader, a 5.0 megapixel camera and modest gaming platform – all crammed into something which fits comfortably in the palm of your hand with a processor capable of doing it all without slowing you down!

i900 navigation

Windows Mobile on i900

My greatest worry was that the on-screen keyboard would slow me down or frustrate me with a menagerie of typos brought about by fat-finger syndrome. A normal button-based phone gives you a sense of tactility, the awareness of button locations and feedback when you execute a sequence of frantic button-mashing to type out a text or rapidly respond to a flood of IMs. The first 48 hours felt like climbing a mountain, but I was surprised at how quickly my resentment disappeared and was replaced with productivity! The built-in accelerometer allows an easy (and slick) way of switching between portrait and landscape mode, and switching between QWERTY, numeric and QW-ER-TY takes only a few simple taps of the stylus.

I find that the on-screen keyboard does, in certain instant messaging programs such as Fring, specifically, take up a large amount of screen space and you can’t always see the message you’re replying to. Some don’t seem to mind minimising the keyboard, but I find that a hindrance. In Palringo I never had this problem though, so it’s safe to assume that it depends on individual preference. Check out http://wap.voov.co.za/downloads.php to get some applications to keep in touch.

On-screen keyboard

The customisation of Windows Mobile 6.1 is exquisite. A few official firmware changes here and there, a couple of third-party software downloads and you’ll be sprouting wings, beaming and wondering what else you can add – inevitably making the Omnia true to its name.

Turn your i900 into a blogging platform see how by reading “Blogging from on Mobile Phone using ShoZu tested on Nokia E71″ also get a list of IM Applications that you can use with your i900 with  “The Best Free Mobile Messengers and Mobile Chat Clients