Samsung Omnia HD and Beat DJ

Mobile World Congress 09 - Samsung Omnia HD and Beat DJ

After the massive revelation about the Sony Ericsson Idou (the world’s first Symbian Foundation phone, that includes a 12MP camera), this morning, it’s going to be rather hard for any of the other manufacturers to top Sony Ericsson. However, Samsung are having a chuffing good go, with their newly announced flagship phone, the Samsung Omnia HD, also known as the i8910. Oh, and there’s the Beat DJ, as well, but it’s the Omnia HD that’s the big one to watch out for.

Now, you may be wondering why that is. In fact, you’re probably thinking, “Whoa, hang on, they’ve nicked the HD bit off the HTC Touch HD.”

Well, the two letters, yes, they’re the same, but the reason behind the two letters isn’t. The Touch HD simply added them on for marketing value, to underline the size of the screen and make it sound cool. And that was fine. With the Samsung Omnia HD, though, there’s another reason, and its because, simply, the Omnia HD is the first phone in history to be able to record HD-video. And that means that for the first time ever, you’ll be able to record video, with a phone, at the kind of image resolution and quality that you get on things like Blu-ray discs.

Hmm, ok, I’ll concede that does give the 12MP Idou a run for its money. Still can’t top the fact that beastie runs what will evolve into Symbian Foundation, though…

Oh, and I shouldn’t need to tell you the Omnia HD is the sequel to the existing Samsung Omnia.

Second in the Samsung stable for 2009 is the Beat DJ, or the M7600 as it’s sometimes known. This is an entirely different animal, centred around music. Well, it would be since it’s got Bang & Olufsen gubbins in it, like the previous F400. It’s also packing a 2.8 inch touchscreen, and a unique, DJ-ish, turntable-inspired “Disc UI”, with an onscreen deck to scroll through, er, stuff. Other than the fact the music will sound brilliant, and it’ll have a 3MP camera, that’s pretty much it for the Beat DJ. Looks nice, though, if a little, well, bulbous.