What is your Omnia Good For?

What is your Omnia good for? For calling and sending SMS of course! Though it is a tad slow when creating a new SMS (I'd rather put everything in the Phonebook shortcut), there are a lot of great applications worth installing and actually using on a daily basis. Whether you are a professional or a student, here are some worthwhile applications I've actually used and tested on the Samsung Omnia. I'm sure most of you are familiar with most of the stuff I'm going to discuss below. However, for most of you starting out with this gadget here are some worthwhile apps (bragging rights!) to try out and install.

Garmin Mobile XT - https://buy.garmin.com/shop/shop.do?pID=11413

One of the better running GPS softwares suitable for the Philippines. It's shareware, so expect it to lose functionality after a period or so. Unless you purchase the rights to use this coded gem for USD 99.99 USD, you can expect the similar functionality and performance (sans TTS) with stand alone Garmin units like the Nuvi 360 and the like. Since everyone has been asking me where to get the Philippine map, I'd like to stress that it's free to download at the Roadguide Philippines Mapping Project Website (http://roadguide.ph ).

Ateksoft WebCamera Plus -http://www.ateksoft.com/webcamplus.html
Use your Omnia or PDA/Smartphone as a webcam. I've been able to use this with the latest Yahoo messenger. Aside from the usual video feeds you can share, one can also broadcast screen activity from his or her PDA/Smartphone's screen. Here are the features shamelessly copied of Ateksoft's website:

Transforms your PDA or Smartphone to high-resolution web-camera.
Use your PDA/Smartphone as microphone!
Even through Wi-Fi!
Can work through any connection: USB ActiveSync, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, GPRS, 3G, LAN.
Compatible with almost all modern Smartphones and PDAs.
Can be used as web-camera in many programs: Skype, MSN Messager, Yahoo Messager, Virtual Dub and many others.
Can capture device screen and transmit video to Desktop PC.

mobiion MagiCall - http://www.mobiion.com/magicall.html

If you're a regular dork, you would definitely need something like this running in the background of your smartphone. MagiCall smart, rule based filter software for SMS filtering and dual-way calls filtering. It gives you the ability to block unwanted callers with SMS replies. It can also add prefixes automatically in front of the original called numbers or hang them up depending on your settings. In addition, you can take control of incoming SMS and more! (one again shamelessly lifted of the website).

So if privacy is your concern or if your a devious individual who prefers to keep his or her dirty little secrets tucked away in a secret folder, this is the application for you. Don't tell them I told you!

Key features:

Missed calls filtering
Supports regular expressions
Bidirectional calls filtering
Automatically uses calling card
SMS messages filtering
Filters by appointments
Filters by numbers
Filters by Contacts/Unknown callers
Filters by Outlook Categories
Filters by SMS contents
Filters by SMS sender's name
Reply SMS to caller

Vito Audio Notes Touch - http://vitotechnology.com/mobile-audio-recorder.html

Audio Notes Touch is an mp3 audio recorder with finger-friendly interface. Audio Notes Touch provides advanced recording options in most convenient and intuitive way, so that everything can be done with a finger tap. Revolutionary GUI gives recording a whole new dimension.

Since I'm a sales person, it's important for me to record phone conversations to keep track of developments and other stuff. More importantly, that the person on the other end will never know you were recording the conversation.