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.

Below is an excerpt from the official statement

Samsung has not made any change in its strategy of supporting multiple open operating systems. We believe this strategy continues to provide consumers with a variety of choices of rich mobile content and applications. To provide more choices to meet consumers’ many different taste and preference, we will continue our “multi-OS” strategy

As an initial member of Symbian Foundation, Samsung continues to cooperate with Symbian Foundation. Windows Mobile is also an established operating system with solid market position and its own set of strengths. Samsung will continue working closely with Microsoft to provide a range of continually evolving Windows Mobile based smartphones in the coming years.

This statement lays to rest speculation that only Bada and Android have been approved by Samsung. Symbian and WinMo supporters have nothing to worry about and so we should expect more mouth watering devices from them that employ these operating systems, if their statement is anything to go by.