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Alright, look, Samsung, this is excessive. All we want is one OmniaHD — one, for cryin’ out loud — and here you go showing off your whole frickin’ wall of ’em. We think the “!” shape these 3.7-inch OLEDs form is a particularly appropriate choice to represent the reaction the OmniaHD’s display has garnered from passers-by this week.

Oh, and if you’re curious, we count 97. Video after the break.

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While perusing the Samsung booth for something fresh and fun we happened upon this, the Samsung SCH-M830. The M830 is a WiBro (mobile WiMax) and HSPA set, WiFI, Bluetooth, 3 megapixel camera, a 3.3-inch LCD, memory expansion with microSD, and runs Windows Mobile 6.1. The interface and all the UI elements were in Korean (see that Anycall branding? That’s the hint) so if there were any special goodies in there we definitely didn’t catch them. Impressions? It felt great and was really solid, but as to performance we can’t add much there — though just that big display had us smiling. Lovely gallery and a quick video flip-through follow the break.

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Samsung SCH-M830 hands-on originally appeared on Engadget on Wed, 18 Feb 2009 22:14:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Looks like offline Gmail on the iPhone wasn’t the only trick Google’s Vic Gondotra has up his sleeve during his talk at MWC — he also gave a quick demo of Google Maps running as a web app on the Palm Pre. Of course, what’s interesting there is that the Pre’s HTML-based SDK means that web apps can act like first class citizens on the device — which is probably why Vic called the Pre “arguably one of my favorite devices.” Hopefully that means we’re going to see a lot more Pre devs really blur the line between local and cloud-based applications, but for now we’ll just settle for the short demo video after the break.

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If you were thinking offline Gmail on your desktop was the greatest thing since sliced bread, prepare yourselves people. If an MWC keynote from Google’s VP of engineering, Vic Gundotra, is any indication, the same functionality might be coming soon to an iPhone / Android phone near you. Amongst other things, the souped up web app boasts an overhauled interface, supports labels, and of course, offline access. Despite our own hunch that Google’s just using black magic and voodoo to make this happen, Gundotra claims that it’s all made possible through HTML5 standards — AppCache being the biggie. This development certainly opens the doors to more offline-enabled web apps in the future — Docs, anyone?. Of course, we know Apple has a thing about people messing with its own apps, so it’s probably going to take some time / knee-breaking to get them to come around, but for some reason, we don’t think it’ll take as long with Android. There’s a demo video available after the break, and please, try to contain yourselves.

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Bipartisan support is all well and good, but let’s be honest with ourselves: How many of us would trade it for a cheap, unauthorized cell phone bearing the likeness of our Commander-in-Chief? If you raised your hand, boy does Mi-Fone have the handset for you. The company created an Obama Phone for the African market, and immediately sold out of its sole run of 5,000.

Fortunately, the company had a model on hand at this year’s Mobile World Congress, and Sascha Segan had a chance to play with the device and take a couple of shots. The handset features a small color screen, a flashlight, an FM radio, and an Obama logo key.

He also spoke with Ken Yiptong, a representative from the company, who told him, “We did it for fun. I don’t want people to think we just want to make money on someone else’s name; it was just fun.”

Check out the full hands-on, over at PCMag.com.