Jun 17
Samsung is serious about their goals. The Korean phone maker previously stated that they are intent on making the smart phone a product for everyone. And while having an impressive 3.3 inch super AMOLED touch screen, a 5 mega pixel camera and a 1GHz CPU will certainly attract the attention of many gear heads viewing phone specs online, the original Samsung S8500 Wave smart phone misses out on the key market demographic of the casual smart phone user.
Of course, bringing out a proprietary operating system on a low end smart phone simply feels wrong too. Which is why it makes perfect sense that shortly right after the Korean company has launched the Wave, they are now announcing the Samsung Wave 2 (looks like the Wave was made simply to introduce the Bada OS to the tech community).
The new smart phones are much closer to Samsung’s ideals. The Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro are mid range handsets with basic features, the Bada OS and a well designed phone body (in some ways, we prefer how the Wave 2 looks over the original Wave).
The Samsung S5250 Wave 2 smart phone comes with the Bada operating system, a 3.2 inch TFT touch screen (with a modest resolution of 240 x 400 pixels), a 3 mega pixel camera, an accelerometer, the TouchWiz user interface, 80 MB of internal storage and support for a good range of media files (it even has an FM radio). All in all, it is certain to be a well recommended handset when it finally comes out.
Samsung also announced the Wave 2 Pro. In terms of specs, the two devices are almost entirely alike with the only difference being the slide out QWERTY keyboard on the Pro edition of the handset. It is a very wise move from Samsung as having a keyboard is a very important factor for some users –and being able to choose between having a keyboard or not will certainly be appreciated by everyone.
Jun 10
There is plenty to try out with the new S8500 Samsung Wave smart phone. First off, the handset makes use of the new Bada operating system (Bada means ocean in Korean). Also, the device is the first handset to ever apply the super AMOLED touch screen technology developed by the Korean manufacturer. Now, another reason has been added to the list: the device is free on some of the new offers by Vodafone and Virgin Media.
According to a recent announcement from Vodafone UK and Virgin Media, the two local network operators are offering the handset for free on their 24 month, 25 Pound tariff contract. Vodafone’s plan offers users about 300 minutes of talk time, 500 MB of data allowance and an infinite supply of text messages. Virgin offers pretty much the same deal on data and texts, but the calls are doubled at 600 minutes.
While Virgin Media’s offer may give more in terms of quality, their network coverage is not as vast as Vodafone’s –so buyers might want to determine which locations in the UK they will be travelling to when deciding which of the Samsung Wave deals suits them best.
Regardless of the plan or network that a buyer chooses, the Wave smart phone is a very practical handset. First off, the device has got plenty of power. With the ARM Cortex A8 processor providing 1GHz of CPU speed, the device is a solid match for other high end handsets.
And it will need that power for all the new Apps that Samsung has put into their app store for the Bada OS. Samsung has been getting plenty of developers to support their new open source platform and from the looks of it, they succeeded, the app store for the Bada has hundreds of tools and games to choose from.
Lastly, the handset’s 3.3 inch super AMOLED capacitive touch screen display will provide users with excellent visual quality.
Mar 26
The new super AMOLED screen technology is certainly winning the approval of many tech critics as it delivers some of the best quality images and videos possible on mobile phones. The demonstration of the Samsung Wave at the Mobile World Congress pretty much sealed the verdict as it showed that not only does the display show great depth and clarity, but it is able to display true black tones on a display screen –or convincingly close to true black.
The Samsung Wave is a smart phone that runs on the new Bada mobile platform from Samsung, it was not expected that they would announce a new device using the new technology so soon. But just a couple of weeks ago Samsung has confirmed that it will be using the super AMOLED touch screen on the Windows Phone 7 device that they are currently working on. It has been confirmed that the new phone will come with a 5 mega pixel camera and will be following the type-1 chassis in the Microsoft system requirement for the WP7 mobile platform.
Now, a third device using the high-tech screen technology will be released and this time it is an Android smart phone. The I9000 Galaxy S follows Samsung’s line of Android devices and it is expected to be launched sometime later this year. While the actual release date is sketchy, it has been reported that the phone will indeed be heading to the UK.
The Galaxy S comes with a nice 4 inch capacitive touch screen display –larger than the 3.3 inch screen on the Wave. It will also have a 1GHz processor and a 5 mega pixel camera as well. Expect this phone to have the usual array of smart phone basics such as Bluetooth support, AGPS, WiFi and more.
Find out more about the I9000 Galaxy S at Tech Radar.
