with all due respect to your rimguru status but since you can learn at every stage of life from smallest of beings.
let me add to your knowledge being a newbie, contact mr. sadikk shaikh a member of this forum you must already be knowing. he is the most genius guy on cdma i have come across. he confirmed its a child's play to program this omnia handset, as it will have to undergo same procedure he uses to program htc phones. so not an issue really if i asked after buying the phone, i just had to ask the right expert. anyways thank you.