Samsung, the largest cell phone manufacturer in Korea, has officially announced today the fashionable handset Samsung U800 Soul b. The Soul b stands for Spirit Of Ultra in bar form factor. The Samsung U800 Soul b clearly bears the Samsung Soul traits, as the keyboard layout, shape and all-metal styling.

This is a feature-loaded handset with brushed-metal finish. Minimalistic design, mere 9.9mm thickness and 88.7g. The Samsung U800 Soulb offers up a 2″ 16M TFT display and a new thematic user interface, features 3 megapixel camera with built in powerful LED flash, 1GB built-in memory and the microSD card slot, a standard 3.5mm audio port, FM radio with RDS, also a built-in Office document viewer/editor and full HTML web browser. Along with the tri-band GSM support, Samsung U800 Soulb features HSDPA (3.6 Mbps), as well as Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP.

The Samsung U800 Soulb is planned to be available in June in Germany, with other regions following shortly. This sleek handset will be available in five colors of Soul Grey, Platinum Silver, Metallic Black, Soul Pink, or Amethyst Violet. The price is still unknown.

[More pictures at gsmarena.com]