http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/ Engadget Comments for http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/troll....]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
lol, fanboyish tendencies aside, they totally ripped android, ripped iPhone os, and smashed them together in a slightly less polished UI..

They may as well have said:

With bada.. we couldn't be bothered creating something new..

I'm depressed]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/I agree. Very S60 5th edition.
http://conversations.nokia.com/wp-content/uploads/products-and-services-symbian-s60-5th-edition-rolls-out.jpg]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:16PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/I said that last time and got downranked into oblivion. Samsung's hardware is usually decent, but their software/UI's are pure crap and feel totally unrefined.

Hopefully the final product won't seem as half assed as what they have now.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:31PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
Samsung, don't ever change.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.enlightenment.org ). Bada's graphics engine is basically open-source Enlightenment E17 originally created by The Rasterman (Carsten Haitzler) and the others. E17 gfx libraries are super fast and have been under heavy development since 2001.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:48PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.chazclout.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/DSC00059.jpg

Lots of copying it seems....]]>Feb 14th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
It also has some Symbian features, just look at the font!]]>Feb 14th 2010 3:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/I'll just say it:

The App screen is a rip off of iPhone OS
The Homescreen is a rip off of Android.

I don't understand their need for their own OS. If it's a feature phone, ok. If it's a smartphone, well something's telling me your store won't match that of Android's.]]>Feb 14th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 3:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 3:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/The speed on that device is just awesome, whether they ripped of or not, I think we can do some really nice things with the SDK and that performance.
Just look at how smooth the graphics are.]]>Feb 14th 2010 3:30PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 4:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
That's why it's called "bada" not "ta da!"]]>Feb 14th 2010 4:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Could be, but it's not about the tech, but about the design and that does seem familiar in the unpleasing way Samsung knows to do so well.]]>Feb 14th 2010 6:54PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 8:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
Looks like Bada to me.]]>Feb 14th 2010 10:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://bit.ly/about-the-bada-origin]]>Feb 15th 2010 2:35AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
Very familiar. Grey bar with main apps, tight grid view of large color square icons, dots for pagination, keyboard looks identical, top left done buttons look similar...]]>Feb 15th 2010 9:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 15th 2010 10:16AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 15th 2010 1:58PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 2:08PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 3:42PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Since when are web browsing icons compasses? Only Apple did that, because of "Safari," but they've always been like, globes, or something of that nature (Opera has an O).
But having a compass icon?

Come on. :/

Of course, this has nothing to do with how good the phone is or not.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
That's a navigation app.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:17PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/*facepalm*

Downrank, please. ]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 2:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Thus the facepalm :/]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 2:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/A compass is a navigational instrument.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:28PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/No, I understand, I do see the similarities (still waiting on the video).
I was just bugged by the icon.

Which OKAY I GET IT I MESSED UP.
Heh.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/He realized that. That's why he keeps palming his face. But in any case, the icon itself looks almost identical to the Safari icon; save for the red and white pointers beings switched.

]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:32PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/And now that the video is up, oh dear, _many_ iPhone similarities.
]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Examples, the day/month thing on top of the calendar is all around the iPhone UI, but blue not brown.
The four things on the bottom are very iPhone-esque.
The dock, of course, although the icons look more giant.

All in all, it's spec filled, but Bada seems ... iPhone-y.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/wait no widgets.

More like iPhone 'inspirations.']]>Feb 14th 2010 2:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
Who cares, long as the phone is cool to use. Looks like some aspects have potential.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:59PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
Probably the thinnest smart phone out there.

New screen technology.

Loads of RAM

New ARM based Processor valued at 1GHZ.

But nothings new or groundbreaking right?]]>Feb 14th 2010 10:27PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 2:09PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
Did you read the live blog?

The whole point of Bada is that it will be on dirt cheap phones. ]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:14PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
It's safer to just assume that Bada will never be successful and two years from now nobody will remember that it ever existed.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
I don't see the point of this. It looks and feels like a less polished, super fast version of Android. But the speed may be a result of the high end hardware this thing has... run it on a HTC Dream/Magic and we'll see if it is faster than Android (which is ultra slow on the Magic).]]>Feb 14th 2010 3:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 2:11PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/...but small.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
...and therefore popular with Europeans. Not everyone wants a slate.

The phone's nice but feels like a Jet update.]]>Feb 14th 2010 3:07PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/Feb 14th 2010 4:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
Where's the "that's what she said" joke?]]>Feb 14th 2010 8:39PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
Mind you, I'm not against multitouch but I find the recent webcast with the folks at google unpleasant to watch as engadget kept bludgeoning that poor dead horse when there were so many other topics that never got asked as all the time was wasted on multitouch.]]>Feb 14th 2010 2:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/http://www.engadget.com/2010/02/14/samsung-wave-first-hands-on-bada-packed-and-super-fast/
/sarcasm]]>Feb 14th 2010 3:33PM