Samsung Wave 525, 575, and 533: Bada for Russia and beyond
Don't let the namesake fool you: these aren't high-end phones, nor are most of the devices in Sammy's Bada stable. Instead, the cryptically-named Wave 525, 575, and 533 look intent on keeping things affordable with features like 3.2-inch WQVGA displays and 3.2 megapixel cameras across the board.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: africa-looking, already-on-sale, cameras, debut, high-end-phones, latin-america, russia, samsung, samsung wave, speed, wave525
Samsung announces Bada-powered Wave II, not quite a whole new Wave
We only just got our hands on the Wave S8500 , but it looks like Samsung isn't wasting any time in further expanding its Bada options -- the company has just introduced the new and slightly improved Wave II. The biggest difference over the previous Wave, it seems, is a larger 3.7-inch WVGA SLCD screen, compared to a 3.3-inch AMOLED on its predecessor.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: expanding, flash, hummingbird, predecessor, result, samsung wave, samsung wave ii, samsungwave, swype-esque, Wave
Samsung Wave S8500 review
For some of us jaded and cynical gadget bloggers, getting a feature phone to review is somewhat painful. We grumble and roll our eyes, then put the box in a corner of the office for "later." See, feature phones are really just wannabe smartphones -- like a walled garden full of weeds and broken glass, most feature phones are crippled with restrictions and a crappy user experience. But somehow this time, when we finally opened the box, we discovered something different: a smartphone disguised as a feature phone
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: broken, engadget, engadget-mobile, entry, experience, mobile, office, phones, review, samsung, samsung wave, showcase, walled
Samsung Wave 723 flaunts Bada, little else at IFA
Samsung just grew its Bada line with a low-end foil to the original Wave , the so-called Wave 723 -- and we just happened to catch it hanging out tucked away in a distributor's booth at IFA this week. Though the leather-grain flip cover is a classy touch, make no mistake that this one is destined for the bottom bits of the full-touch featurephone market segment thanks to a middle-of-the-road TFT LCD that looks pretty washed out and low-res compared to the Wave's Super AMOLED (interestingly, the 723 is the first Bada phone to use version 1.1 of the platform, whose major addition is support for auto-scaling between multiple resolutions).
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: 723, bada os, bada-as-ever, engadget, entry, gallery, market, market-segment, result, samsung wave, segment
Apple iPad and Samsung Wave share a brain
At his keynote yesterday , Steve Jobs very proudly touted the "wonderful" A4 processor , saying it was "designed by our own team" and, additionally, "is so good." That chip is the muscle inside the iPad and the new iPhone 4 , but now we're finding that others are using it too... a little more quietly
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: brain, intrinsity, ipad, iphone, iphone 4g, jobs, result, samsung wave, samsung8500, ubmtechinsights, wave 8500
Samsung Wave hits Vodafone UK on June 1, free on £25 a month plans
The UK is about to get its first taste of Samsung's Bada OS courtesy of the Wave , which is launching with Vodafone on June 1. Already announced amid the carrier's list of "coming soon" devices, this Super AMOLED-sporting phone has now been slapped with pre-order availability and some pricing info. Should you opt for Voda's
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: availability, Carrier, entry, extra-freebie, freebie, mercedes, phone, priceplans, samsung, samsung wave, super amoled, superamoled, two-year-plan, Wave
Samsung Galaxy S and Wave ‘coming soon’ to Vodafone UK
Perhaps eager to steal some of the thunder from Everything Everywhere's recent debut , Vodafone has updated its Coming Soon page to show a selection of new handsets, which is highlighted by Samsung's pair of Super AMOLED beasts, the Wave and Galaxy S . The Wave brings the new Bada sensibility to British shores, while the Galaxy S will be pretty much the most advanced Android handset the UK has yet seen
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: berry-pearl, BlackBerry, british, comingsoon, galaxy, much-the-most, period, peruse-the-full, samsung wave, skin, source, Thunder
Samsung Bada handsets of the future revealed in presentation slide
Just in case you had any doubts about Samsung's commitment to the physical keyboard, here's a slide of the Korean giant's Bada OS roadmap, filled with rubbery QWERTY buttons aplenty.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: affordable, autumn, badaos, galaxy, image, keyboard, physicalkeyboard, presentation, rubles, samsung wave, samsungbada, slider, trickling-down
Samsung Wave is world’s first DivX HD phone, Galaxy S in a hurry to be world’s second
Want some DivX -encoded 720p goodness on your fancy new superphone ? Samsung will be the way to go, at least in the short term. The Korean company has announced that its Bada -infused Wave handset will be the first phone with certified support for DivX HD playback, with the freshly announced, Android -driven, Galaxy S following up at an unspecified point in time.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: 720p, bada, content, divxhd, fancy, galaxy s, galaxys, result, samsung galaxy s, samsung wave, samsung-bada, short, smartphone, superamoled, Wave
Samsung Wave shows what’s Super about its AMOLED display by going outdoors (video)
Direct sunlight -- is there anything more terrifying for an OLED screen ? Up until now, you had to sacrifice some outdoor performance from your phone's display in order to get the spectacular contrast and viewing angles on offer from OLEDs.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, amoled, bada, environment, more-terrifying, mwc2010, outdoors, pictures, publication, samsung s8500, samsung wave, samsungwave, super amoled, video