The Wave, first Bada OS phone of Samsung

23rd February, 2010 by adina
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Recent leaks reveal some plans of Samsung for the first of its entirely self-developed hardware and software of a smartphone based on the Bada platform. The Wave is a full-touchscreen device, a very high-end phone equipped with a 1GHz processor, 2GB of internal storage and a microSDHC, a 5-megapixel camera with 720-pixel video recording and 802.11n Wi-Fi. The 3.3-inch Super AMOLED screen is used for the first time and is certainly the centrepiece of the new device. The new screen will be more vivid and will tackle the chronic problem with visibility outdoors of AMOLED.

Samsung’s Bada platform appears likely to the iPhone or Android multiple home screen layout but has some distinctive interface changes. Contacts, calling and the application menu launcher will also be accessible on the home screen. TouchWiz 3.0 will also be provided and will give users access to widgets for time as well as quick-access features. Multi-touch use is already confirmed by the company.

Samsung has scheduled the formal unveil of the Wave at a Sunday keynote and the finished product could ship by March or April.

Bada is known as Samsung’s attempt to follow the iPhone’s model of a company’s tight integration of hardware and software while still keeping a relatively open platform. Previously, Samsung has delivered some conflicting reports of the operating system strategy but seems to be downplaying Windows Mobile, Symbian and Android. The company may in the future even cease to use one of these operating systems at least in no more of two or three years.


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