Samsung unveiled a new member of its Bada family of devices – Wave 578. At first glance, it looks like the Wave 2 (Wave 528), but there’s more about it under the hood. We’re talking about the first NFC-enabled Bada product that should allow contactless payments and related services like door lock/unlock. Specs wise, the Wave 578 comes with a 3.2-inch WQVGA touchscreen, 3.2-megapixel camera on the back, front-facing VGA camera ... Read More

Bada OS is barely a year old and it has already hit version 1.2. The latest version was available on newer phones but the original Samsung S8500 Wave will be getting it too starting early next year in Europe. Version 1.2 of Bada brought important security improvements and bug fixes, along with some UI changes and the T9 Trace input method (a Swype competitor). The Bada SDK 1.2 came out earlier ... Read More

Samsung which has been making headlines with its smartphone Galaxy S, has unveiled two new smartphones, Wave 525 and Wave 723, in India. Both these phones run on Bada OS of Samsung and boasts of high-end features along with robust social networking connectivity. Samsung Wave 525 comes with a 3.2″ capacitive touch screen along with 100MB internal memory support which can be increased up to 16 GB with the help of ... Read More

Another addition to Samsung's Bada range of smartphones, the Samsung Wave 723 (also known as the GT-S7230) is a competent but unremarkable device aimed at midrange consumers. The primary hardware features of the Wave 723 are a 3.2" 240 x 400 pixel display, 5 megapixel camera, GPS, WiFi and 3.5G support. Usefully, the Wave 723 comes with a detachable leather style flip to protect the screen. Bada is a pretty decent operating ... Read More

Although most of us are still kinda sceptical about the prospects of Samsung’s  Bada platform that doesn’t stop the Korean company from pursuing carrier partners which could sell one of few Bada-powered devices that were announced to date. That said, Samsung has found an operator in China willing to (take risk?) sell the recently announced Wave 723 smartphone. China Unicom will offer the device in the world’s most populous country and ... Read More

Samsung Wave is the first smartphone running Samsung's own Bada OS. It's also got some nice specs and excellent ergonomics. What's there not to like about it. Obviously, the phone (and platform) is off to a good start with over one million Wave units sold in the four months of its availability in Europe. The Samsung Wave scored excellent marks in hardware and software usability when we reviewed it  several months ... Read More

The first Bada phone - Wave - has just hit the market, but Samsung is already preparing its successors. Wave 2 and the QWERTY-packed Wave 2 Pro will be unveiled tomorrow along with Windows-based Omnia Pro 4. There is no information on any of these phones except their names and operating systems. The Omnia Pro 4 can be the company's first Windows Phone 7 device - but that's a wild guess, ... Read More

Samsung's first bada phone, the Wave, will be available for sale in the UK starting with June 1st. Vodafone UK is the carrier interested in selling the device and you can expect to get it for free once you agree to sign up for a 2-year £25/month new contract. The plan will offer you 300 free minutes, unlimited SMS text messages and 500MB traffic each month. The phone is definitely a ... Read More

During Mobile World Congress last month, Samsung unveiled its first Bada device, the Wave. Nearly a month later, Samsung has announced the device, and it will be the world’s first mobile phone to be DivX Certified for HD video playback at 720p. While not necessarily “highly anticipated,” bada has been received rather well. In essence, bada is just a more-powerful TouchWiz. While some may love TouchWiz, it’s not really a ... Read More