Samsung’s Booth at Mobile World Congress

Samsung stuck to their usual conference-going ways with a huge and brightly colored booth at the Mobile World Congress’s Fira Barcelona convention center. The Korean cellphone manufacturer, now the second-largest mobile phone maker in the world, announced their Samsung Omnia HD earlier this week. So, it stood the test of reason that Samsung would be showcasing their high-end Omnia HD as the gotta-have touchscreen handset for 2009. With true-HD video recording capability and a fantastically crisp 3.7-inch AMOLED display running at quarter-HD resolution, it’s easy to see the Samsung Omnia HD rising to the top of the multimedia-smartphone ranks. Find IntoMobile’s hands-on video overview of the Samsung Omnia HD here.

Alongside the Omnia HD were the Samsung UltraTouch S8300 and the new Beat music-centric handsets. The S8300 was somewhat overshadowed by the Omnia HD, but nevertheless managed to attract a decent amount of attention from convention-goers. The new UltraTouch S8300 wasn’t the most solid slider that we’ve ever put hands on (especially compared to the Nokia (NYSE: NOK) N86), but still got high marks for good build quality, if not for material quality. And, armed with the same AMOLED technology that gives the Omnia HD an unrivalled viewing angle as well as an 8-megapixel camera, the S8300 definitely makes the cut as a high-end mobile phone. For those with a need for a touchscreen handset with a slide-out numeric keypad will find the UltraTouch S8300 an almost perfect device.

Make your way (virtually, of course) through the crowd at Samsung’s Mobile World Congress booth.