Samsung's Mobile World Congress festivities

JK Shin, president of Samsung's mobile communications business, unveils the Galaxy S II smartphone at Mobile World Congress. The phone has a dual-core processor, a quad-core graphics processor, a 4.3 AMOLED screen, and a thickness of 8.49mm.

Samsung pioneered the Android tablet market with a 7-inch model that would fit in a jacket pocket. The Galaxy Tab 10.1, though, is closer to the size of Apple's iPad, which dominates the tablet market.

Samsung hired a group of dancers dressed as deliverymen who've been touring Barcelona sights with their packages. They performed for waiting crowds before the Samsung event at Mobile World Congress.

Hundreds of members of the news media were on hand to cover Samsung's event, packing the venue to the gills.

Samsung hired a small orchestra comprised of musicians from the Royal Academy of Music to play a tune that combined stringed instruments with electronic ones controlled by 7-inch Galaxy Tabs.

JK Shin, president of Samsung's mobile communications business, sees mobile devices spanning work, home, and the journeys in between.

JK Shin, president of Samsung's mobile communications business, makes his case for the Android-based line of Galaxy products.

"Leave your wallet at home," Samsung says by way of touting the Galaxy S II's near-field communication (NFC) processor. NFC lets a phone communicate with payment terminals in stores, public transit systems, tickets for shows, and advertising--at least that's the vision. For now, until there are pay stations in use, you'd better bring your wallet with you.

Samsung puts four "hubs" on its phone--centers of activity where the company offers software beyond the regular Android collection. One is for reading.

The Samsung Galaxy S II phone supports Adobe Systems' Flash Player 10.1. Adobe has a major push afoot to spread its software to mobile devices, where it's a rarity, unlike on PCs.

Thomas Richter, manager of Samsung's telecommunications portfolio in Europe, touts the Galaxy S II.

If you lose a Galaxy S II, you can use a Web site to make it ring, to put a message on its screen, to track it on a map, to limit and monitor calls, and lock it.

Andrew Coughlin, head of account for Samsung Europe, flashed the Galaxy S II.

Samsung's applications processor is one of a host of dual-core models arriving in the Android realm. The phone also has a quad-core graphics processor.

A look at the front of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1. Samsung boasted it will be the best Android tablet.

Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1 runs Google's Android 3.0, aka Honeycomb. Samsung didn't announce when it plans to ship the tablet or how much it plans to charge.

A look at the obverse of the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

After the event, Shin mingled with the crowd.

Reporters thronged the 15 Galaxy Tab 10.1 tablets on display.