Samsung Wave S8500

While Samsung has embraced Android during the past year, the company is also pushing out its own new proprietary mobile operating system, called Bada.





The Samsung Wave (S8500) is the first phone to use this new OS and the new TouchWiz 3.0 UI, and so far the device looks promising. The Wave has a 1 GHz processor, Bluetooth 3.0 (the first phone to use the new standard), 802.11n WiFi, and a 3.3-inch "Super AMOLED" display with an 800x480 pixel resolution. This, combined with a healthy amount of codec support, 8 GB of storage, microSD expansion and a 5 MP camera, should shape the Wave up to be a multimedia titan. The Wave will be available worldwide in April, but no word on carriers and pricing just yet.