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The target seems a bit high but Samsung is confident of shifting 10m units of its first bada phone in the first 8 months of its launch. Wave (S8500) will be available in 50 countries by May and being the second largest mobile vendor in the world, Samsung reckons its bada phone can sell in [...]

 
Samsung officially announced their first bada phone, Wave (S8500) at the recently concluded MWC. The Wave is a powerhouse possessing some meaty specs like 1GHz processor under the hood, Bluetooth 3.0, HSDPA and Wi-Fi 802.11n for speedy connectivity. Other features include 3.3-inch Super AMOLED screen supporting WVGA resolution and mDNIe (mobile Digital Natural Image engine), [...]

 
Well, that didn’t take much time. After getting a glimpse of Samsung’s bada-powered Wave on an advertising billboard, DailyMobile has leaked pictures as well as detailed specs of the phone. According to them, the phone is just 10.9mm thick, runs on 1GHz CPU and will feature 3.3-inch AMOLED screen (unconfirmed but mostly Super AMOLED), TouchWiz [...]

 
Samsung has finally let the cat out of the bag. At Barcelona, Samsung is displaying a huge billboard showing off their first bada phone dubbed as Wave (aptly named!). The teaser shows only the phone along with few highlighted features like AMOLED display, multimedia and messaging capabilities. The things we know for now is its [...]

 
We speculated if bada phone will be there at MWC or not and it seems bada’s official blog has let the cat out of the bag. The blog post has confirmed of a bada smartphone along with the new TouchWiz UX. Not sure how the new user interface will look or function but Samsung seems [...]

 
Take it as pure speculation for now but there are compelling reasons that Samsung will show bada phone (or phones) at MWC next month. Samsung’s CES showcase was more of televisions (including 3D), displays, cameras and netbooks. But MWC is a mobile-centric event and since JK Shin, the President and Head of Mobile Communications Division, [...]

 
Samsung bada’s press event was nothing more than a showcase of what bada can do but this technical session meant only for developers and content partners reveals a lot more. Check out the long video here.

 
Here are few more screenshots of Samsung’s bada OS. As like the previous time, these screens also hint at touch friendliness. However, it will be interesting to see its responsiveness in real world. Another thing that has come to light is that bada phones won’t support multi-tasking. bada phones support one application policy, which means [...]

 
Few bada OS screenshots have found their way out on the net and it gives pleasure to see that it won’t be as uninteresting and not-so-revealing as the recent bada announcement. The UI seems finger friendly and will be able to exploit other interesting features like multitouch support, motion sensing and more.
First bada powered [...]

 
Samsung’s unveiling of bada mobile OS platform today was a disappointment. Nothing substantial was revealed nor did Samsung have a single bada prototype on display. But more importantly, the question in everyone’s mind was “Do we need another mobile platform?”
Well, if you consider Samsung’s monetary goal, then yes. To cut the long story short, [...]