Samsung's Wave gets the preview treatment

What, our hands-on with video wasn't good enough for you? Fine, Eldar at Mobile-Review.com has a rather lengthy preview of Sammy's 1GHz Bada phone, the Wave, including so many macro photos you could probably make yourself a compelling reproduction of Mr. Murtazin's thumbprint. Impressions of this pre-production phone were very positive, coming to the conclusion that it will "definitely become one of the milestones not only for Samsung, but also the whole industry." Yeah, it's looking that good, but we do have to wonder just how warmly the buying community is going to welcome yet another mobile OS. We'll find out soon enough, as the phone is set for release in April.

[rhezaganteng Posted Feb 15th 2010 7:45AM]

this is BadA sssssssssssss

[Nokia N900 Posted Feb 15th 2010 9:59AM]

@rhezaganteng

look at here http://www.mobile-review.com/review/image/samsung/wave-s8500/live/high/live6.jpg

[Inzain Posted Feb 15th 2010 1:00PM]

@Nokia N900 That pic is awesome! Seriously!

[pewp Posted Feb 15th 2010 7:52AM]

How wierd is it to see a new phone sitting next to something other than an iPhone?

Bump!

[juanvaldez Posted Feb 15th 2010 8:50AM]

@pewp Prolly because it wasnt an Engadget pic. Isn't that what they used in their photo impression for the Beam?

[juanvaldez Posted Feb 15th 2010 8:02AM]

@juanvaldez Also, looking at the pics, it's very obvious why they chose the N1. Take one of the nicest screens and put it to shame with new Super AMOLED next to it.

[ChazClout Posted Feb 15th 2010 8:38AM]

@pewp
I think it's quite refreshing to see a phone sized up to a different phone.

I'd love to see all three together in a screen quality contest.

[grumbles Posted Feb 15th 2010 8:04AM]

yeah, we need another os, thanks samsung...

[juanvaldez Posted Feb 15th 2010 8:08AM]

@grumbles I'll take a new one that supports multi-tasking and flash to iPhone anyday. Yes, they could've done that with Android, but Samsung has to worry about developing an eco-ssytem that can be maintained without Google & that has the potential to create loyal customers, chosing Android takes a lot of that ability away. They want to grow from their #2 numbers and this is a good gamble, especially based on the hands on from the website. I've always been a samsung TV fan, maybe time to try a mobile if they seem to ship bug free, if not, it's time to wait and see if they turn around their support model.

[Wesley Posted Feb 15th 2010 8:15AM]

Well with these 24 telecommunications operators and manufacturers coming together to make applications usable on all OS platforms, there should be no reason to badmouth more OS's, as long as they are a part of it.

Checking out the full preview on mobile-review, I really liked it.

[juanvaldez Posted Feb 15th 2010 8:29AM]

@Wesley well, some wont and continue to say the UI is terrible, but I take your point. We won't lose out on developers just because an OS doesn't have as large an install base, so if we like Bada we can use it. I love the screen, I seem to favor the UI more than most, but I'm not completely in love with it. Still, one of the nicest phones debuted thus far at the biggest mobile event of the year.

[espentan Posted Feb 15th 2010 8:21AM]

That Super AMOLED display really is quite super. I'm impressed, and I haven't even seen it in person yet.

[Beatnik Posted Feb 15th 2010 8:53AM]

@espentan
Well, Nexus One screen is AMOLED.
And from this photo Nexus One screen looks better.

[espentan Posted Feb 15th 2010 9:40AM]

@Beatnik

You think so? Personally I thought the Samsung display looked the best. Sure, it might be a bit over saturated, but the contrast and brightness seemed to blow the competition away.

[espentan Posted Feb 15th 2010 9:41AM]

@Beatnik

Follow the link to mobile-review.com, in case you didn't.

[Robbie Hottie Posted Feb 15th 2010 9:15AM]

im getting so sick of all the "me too" thinking in the wireless industry right now! first everyone and their mom wanted their own app store. its so convoluted now that we have stores for particular phones, manufacturers, carriers, and operating systems. now the next thing seems to be OSes. i really dont see the point to bada being its own OS considering the Android implementation is almost the exact same. not to mention that this seems counter-productive to samsungs own involvement in WAC.

[juanvaldez Posted Feb 15th 2010 10:39AM]

@Robbie Hottie The counter-productive part of your argument is counter-intuitive. If you're on android, then you don't need WAC. So, having their own OS means they need WAC more, what is your point? I understand the main point, but not really what I care about because it's about Samsung trying to do something to cement themselves in the game, get their users comfortable with their UI and phone features.

[micanuck Posted Feb 15th 2010 9:00AM]

Nexus One FTW... Bada-Bing! lol

[Inzain Posted Feb 15th 2010 1:05PM]

How long before other manufacturers start manufacturing these super duper uber AMOLED screens?

[eViL D Posted Feb 15th 2010 2:17PM]

Apple OS, WebOS, s60 Touch, Maemo, WinMo and Android. Personally I don't think we need a glorified feature phone OS. Samsung is going to be the only ones pushing this Bada OS. Seems that Sammy has added ALOT of THEIR OWN hardware to compete.

I don't think it's even noted how email is handled. Push, interval? Text based or HTML?