A Guide To The Samsung Wave
The Samsung Wave is the Samsung’s newest smartphone, and the first to make use of their new operating platform (Bada). It looks great with its slim design and large 3.3″ screen. It runs off a 1GHz processor, which puts it at the top of the tree in terms of speed and responsiveness, and comes with a sizeable 8GB of internal storage. It supports a wide of media files; pretty much all of the ones that you would expect it to. All in all, in terms of specifications, you will struggle to find a better smartphone on the market right now. The show-stopper is Super AMOLED screen, taking the class-leading AMOLED screen used on Samsung’s range in 2009 even further, with clearly richer and more vibrant colors. The panel itself displays 800 x 480 pixels, which makes it ideal for surfing the web or watching videos. This new design reflects less light and, therefore, handles better outdoors. Samsung achieved this by removing layers of the touchscreen technology and effectively placing the OLED display directly under the surface layer of glass. The end result is a screen that no other manufacturer can match at this time.
The Samsung Wave’s user interface takes its cues from other popular systems, most notably Google’s Android. It is not anything revolutionary, but it keeps up with the competition in terms of features. Aesthetically, the user interface is clean and does not feel as confusing as previous versions. It is also very responsive, a direct consequence of the Samsung Wave’s 1GHz processor. From an apps perspective, Samsung really seem to be reaching out to developers, as they have made their operating system an open platform and have an app store up and running. The message inbox covers all messaging formats, from standard SMS, to email (including web-based services), to Twitter and Facebook. You can easily send and receive messages, so it is ideal for those who have a large network of friends and contacts to communicate with. Calendar features are also well integrated. You can opt for a traditional calendar, or view a stream of calendar entries, and can link your phone’s calendar up to each of your social networking accounts. You can easily create events and invite friends.
So, if you are in the market for a new smartphone, then the Samsung Wave should definitely be one that you give consideration to. It is professional, sleek and reliable, if not a game changer. With this new release, Samsung have shown that they are in the smartphone market for the long term, and you can expect this to be the first of many great phones to based on their new Bada operating system.