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Aug
30
2010

Samsung Wave 723 Announced – Runs Bada

| August 30, 2010 10:56 UTC | 0 comments | source

Samsung Wave 723

Samsung just announced the fourth smartphone, Wave 723 or GT-S7320E, that will run on their own bada operating system (previously Wave, Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro).

The Wave 723 will come in a metal black casing, and will have the following features:

  • bada OS
  • 3.2″ TFT LCD touch screen
  • 5MP camera with dedicated camera button and a LED flash
  • microSD card slot
  • WiFi 802.11n
  • Bluetooth 3.0
  • Samsung Apps
  • Social Hub

The phone will be available in September for a price of 240€ in Europe, South Asia, Middle East Asia and African countries.

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| August 30, 2010 10:56 UTC | no responses | source
Jul
31
2010

Offer: Lifetime Navigation for Samsung Wave with Route 66

| July 31, 2010 15:30 UTC | 0 comments | source

Route 66 for WaveSamsung has a long relationship with Route 66, a navigation software used in some of their phones. Now you can get lifetime navigation for your Samsung Wave, or S8500, that runs on Samsung’s bada OS.

For 29.99€, you will get lifetime navigation in one country, for 39.99€ you’ll get Eastern or Western Europe, and for 49.99€ you’ll get lifetime navigation in Europe.

Of course this isn’t the same as what Nokia is currently offering with its FREE Lifetime maps for some Nokia phones, but it certainly is worth it if you use your phone as a navigator.

The offer is valid till the end of this year, and can be bought by following this link.

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| July 31, 2010 15:30 UTC | no responses | source
Jul
27
2010

Samsung Wave 525 (Wave 2) and Wave 533 (Wave 2 Pro) Announced

| July 27, 2010 12:27 UTC | 1 comment | source

Samsung today announced two new phones with their bada OS. These will feature-wise be little-brothers to the current Samsung Wave (S8500), and both phones will lack 3G support.

The Wave 525 (previously Wave 2) and Wave 533 (Wave 2 Pro) will have quad-band GSM support, a 3.2″ WQVGA TFT LCD touch screen, 3MP camera, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi 802.11n, A-GPS, an accelerometer, ActiveSync support, Samsung Social Hub, TouchWiz 3.0, Dolfin Browser 2.0, Samsung Apps, 3.5mm headphone jack, FM Radio, music player with SoundAlive, 80MB internal memory, microSD card slot with support for a 16GB card and a 1,200 mAh battery.

The Wave 533 will have a sliding QWERTY-keyboard, while the Wave 525 has only a touch screen. Both devices should be available in Russia in Sempteber. International availability is still unkown. The Wave 525 will retail for $300, and the Wave 533 for $331.

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| July 27, 2010 12:27 UTC | one response | source
Jul
13
2010

1 Million Samsung Waves Sold Worldwide

| July 13, 2010 08:14 UTC | 0 comments | source

Samsung Wave - S8500

The first phone to run Samsung’s own bada operating system, the Samsung Wave S8500, has globally sold 1 million units. Justin Hong, project lead and architect of bada, announced this on his twitter feed.

It took under one month for the Samsung Wave to achieve this, pretty impressive if you ask me. Didn’t expect the Wave to sell this good.

Check Justin Hong’s twitter post here (google translated version).

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| July 13, 2010 08:14 UTC | no responses | source
Jun
12
2010

Pictures: Samsung S8500 Wave

| June 12, 2010 16:52 UTC | 0 comments |

Pictures of Samsung’s first Bada phone, the S8500 aka Wave. You can’t see it from those pictures but the screen is simply put amazing.

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| June 12, 2010 16:52 UTC | no responses
Jun
03
2010

Samsung Wave Now Available in Scandinavia

| June 3, 2010 11:14 UTC | 0 comments |

The first bada phone, the Samsung Wave S8500, is now available in Finland. The phone comes also with two other firsts; it is the first Bluetooth 3.0 capable device, and the first phone with a Super AMOLED screen.

Technical specs for the Samsung Wave:

  • GSM bands: 850/900/1800/1900MHz (Talk time: 15 h, Standby time: 600 h)
  • 3G bands: 900/2100MHz (Talk time: 7 h, Standby time: 550 h)
  • Processor: ARM Cortex A8 1GHz
  • OS: Bada OS
  • Screen: 3.3″ Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, 16M colors, 480 x 800 resolution
  • Camera: 5.0 MP (2592×1944), autofocus, LED flash, Geo-Tagging, face- and smile-recognition
  • Memory: 2 GB internal flash, expandable with microSDHC up to 32GB
  • Connections: GPRS, EDGE, 3G, HSPA, WLAN (b/g/n), Bluetooth v3.0, microUSB v2.0
  • Other: accelerometer, Smart unlock, TouchWiz UI 3.0, multi-touch, scratch proof surface,  Digital Natural Sound Engine, 3.5mm audio-jack, FM-radio (RDS), integrated GPS and A-GPS, Google Maps 3.0
  • Battery: Li-Ion 1,500 mAh
  • Size: 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm

The phone is now priced at 350€ before subsidies and taxes.

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| June 3, 2010 11:14 UTC | no responses
Jun
02
2010

Samsung Wave Shipping With a Virus Onboard?

| June 2, 2010 17:46 UTC | 0 comments | source

It appears that the at least a few new Samsung Wave (S8500) phones are delivered with a virus on board the microSD card. This is at least the case in Germany, where a virus Win32/Heur is being distributed via the file slmvsrv.exe that is on the memory card that comes with the phone.

I’d recommend that you install a good enough antivirus program, and also format the card that is included (or then buy a new bigger one).

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| June 2, 2010 17:46 UTC | no responses | source
May
04
2010

Video: First Official Samsung Galaxy S I9000 and Wave S8500 TV Ads

| May 4, 2010 09:07 UTC | 1 comment |

First official TV ads for the Samsung Galaxy S (I9000), and Samsung Wave (S8500) have been posted on Youtube. Both phones will come with Samsung’s new Super AMOLED screen. The Galaxy S will run on Android 2.1(Eclair), while Wave will run on Samsung’s new Bada OS.

Judging by the TV ads, these phones look interesting. In Finland you can currently pre-order both of these phones. The Galaxy S comes with a price of 649.90€, while the Wave carries a price of 428.90€. Both prices are without subsidies, but come with 22% VAT.

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| May 4, 2010 09:07 UTC | one response
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