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Symbian PDA phones
This is the state of top-of-the-line Symbian phones as of 2009-May. This list will not be updated. The market share of Symbian phones is decreasing rapidly in favor of Android PDA phones.
Nokia N97
- - physical keyboard
- - Symbian
Samsung Innov8 (Samsung i8510)
- Symbian
- thick: 106.5 x 53.9 x 17.2 mm, 136g
- 240 x 320 pixels
- 330MHz
Samsung Omnia HD (Samsung Omnia i8910)
- + AMOLED screen, 640 x 360, capacitive
- - Symbian OS, and no Windows Mobile versions
- 123 x 58 x 12.9 mm, 144g
- + digital compass
- + camera with flash, image stabilizer, Wide Dynamic Range (WDR), ISO 1600, geo-tagging
- + HD 720p@24fps, 720x480@30fps, QVGA time-lapse and slow-mo video recording
- very good camera quality
- + AGPS, FM radio
- - Unfortunately, you can hardly see any details on the screen if you take the phone outdoors in bright sunlight, especially if you happen to forget to wipe the fingerprint-smudged surface clean. - would suck for GPS driving
- - May 2009 update: sunlight legibility still below iPhone
- - video test of Omnia HD vs. iPhone in sunlight
- + can do 3G in the US
- - battery cover is a fingerprint nightmare
Sony Ericsson Satio (former "Idou")
- - available in Q4 2009
- Symbian OS
- - no headphone jack
- lanyard stylus
- + 112 x 55 x 13.3 mm, 126 grams