FEWidgets, created by Nicodega, is an interface for Windows Mobile that looks like the Omnia interface. It has widgets that you can drag from a side bar and place on 4 different desktop screens. The UI used to be working through Flash, but is now written in 100% native coding. FEWidgets is a fast UI that gives you a nice break from the TouchFLOs and other popular UIs out.

Note: FEWidgets Ultimate is a Today Plugin for Windows Mobile 6.1/6.5 Professional devices (WM 5 and 6.0 are not supported).

Features:

- Haptic feedback. When clicking on widget buttons you’ll feel a small vibration.
- Multiple Layouts/Pages support (up to 4).
- Multiple Windows for each page with 0 loading time.
- Fullscreen Mode.
- Support for Landscape/Portrait modes.
- VGA/QVGA/WQVGA/WVGA support.
- Skinnable though XML files (or just modifying the images).
- Scriptable through javascript.
- Extensible though C++ plugins.
- Support for Acceleration/Light sensor on the engine. (not used right now by any Widget)

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mFlash is a camera flashlight application. With this app you can toggle the camera flashlight on/off and send morse code. There is also a strobe light feature. It’s a Samsung Omnia exclusive application so this means that it’s only working on this device.

Note: again, this only works on the Omnia, so don’t try on other devices. Please click on one of the related posts for one that works with other devices.

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The Omnia II (I8000), OmniaPRO series (OmniaPRO B7610, OmniaPRO B7320) as well as the OmniaLITE (B7300) feature cutting-edge technology. The new Omnia smartphone line-up follows the success of the very first flagship Omnia phone, Samsung’s milestone Open OS model which was launched at CommunicAsia last year. Check out the specs below for more information on the Omnia series.

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FEWidgets 0.9.6 gives Windows Mobile Pocket PC, Omnia like widgets support

Features:

• Haptic feedback. When clicking on widget buttons you’ll feel a small vibration.
• Can be run as a Today Plugin. (It must be the only one selected)
• Multiple Layouts/Pages support (up to 4).
• Support for Landscape/Portrait modes.
• VGA/QVGA/WQVGA support.
• Extensible/Open architecture. Anyone can create it’s own widgets just using flash. If you need something “special” and know some C#, you can extend available commands through a custom assembly.

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You can install the real Omnia Interface on your Pocket PC, but if you cant get the Omnia Interface to install properly on your device , there is one other alternative thanks to greatbal from xda-dev. You will need to have SPB shell for this Theme to work.

How to install:
1) Download zip file attached.
2) Extract on your hard drive.
3) the .tsk file should be put in to /Windows or / My Document folder for the device as any normal theme file. then select that theme from Start > settings > today
4) Copy all extracted .dat files from Omnia SPB Mobile Shell 2.1.2 Theme to your device’s \Program Files\Spb Mobile Shell directory.
5) Soft reset device.

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The first ROM update for the Omnia has been released by Samsung Singapore head over to Samsung’s website. This is rumoured to a self-service ROM update which means you wont be needing to take the device to the service center.

Other than the normal bug fixes this update should include new functionalities like new widgets for the Today Screen and a brand-new Hanyu Pinyin text input method for typing in Chinese characters.

Source : TheUnwired

Here is a detailed review from the folk @ gsmarena.com

Mobile phone users are being given the choice of some gr8 devices this year, 3G iphone , HTC Dimond , Htc Touch Pro , XPERIA x1 and now the Samsung SGH-i900 ( Omnia ). Have a look @ the user interface video posted below and tell us what u think about it..

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