Up Close with Samsung’s Wave Smart Phone

Okay, so it’s the very first Samsung smart phone with the Bada operating system and the super AMOLED capacitive touch screen. But with the device’s overall lack of marketing impact and relatively unknown mobile platform, it is hard to see how well the Bada will really match up to industry leaders such as the Android, iPhone and even Symbian (which has recently been changed into an open source platform to better compete with other OS).

So far, the reception and interest for the Wave is hardly noticeable. More people are interested in seeing the i9000 Galaxy S Android from the Korean manufacturer –it also does not help that the Galaxy S uses better hardware than the Wave itself.

The first thing to understand about the Wave is that it may be the first of its kind, but it is not Samsung’s first smart phone. The company is the third largest manufacturer of mobile phones and the Wave was designed just the way it should be –a borderline mid range device.

The Wave is not made to compete with Android smart phones, the upcoming iPhone or the new N-series devices from Nokia. Samsung has been aiming for a smart phone for every man approach, which means that the Wave was meant to be a transition device from basic handset to smart phone.

First time smart phone users will certainly appreciate the impressive 3.3 inch super AMOLED touch screen display, the 5 mega pixel camera with autofocus and flash, a high speed ARM A8 1GHz CPU and of course, the Bada OS and its library of apps. Samsung made a smart move by enticing developers to support to the new OS –providing the Bada with plenty of apps at launch. Hopefully, Samsung is able to keep enticing the dev community to keep making apps for their new OS.

Tags: AMOLED, Bada, Google-Android, iPhone, Nokia, Samsung, Samsung-Galaxy-S-i9000, Samsung-Wave, Smartphone, Symbian