#samsung wave

So I shared my first impressions of the upcoming Samsung Wave S8500 last week and gave a possible price-point. In a Developer Conference this afternoon, Samsung Philippines introduced their own home-grown operating system, Bada, and the first handset to run it -- the Samsung Wave. The Wave will have a suggested retail price of Php19,900 (as opposed to the Php20k++ I posted before). We took this video demo of the Samsung Wave running a car racing game: So far, my initial impressions remained the same -- that Super AMOLED screen looked impressive and the Samsung App Store should deliver the much needed applications for the phone. See my initial impressions of the Samsung Wave here. The much awaited Omnia i900 from Samsung (see specs here) was released in the Philippines yesterday. While everybody is getting frustrated with the supposed Globe iPhone 3G pricing, the Samsung Omnia will definitely be a formidable alternative to the former. The rumored new Samsung i8510 that tows in an 8-megapixel camera and a 16GB internal storage becomes official. Read more in our articles including "Samsung Wave Price and Launch Date" and "Google Wallet NFC issue hits some China-ROM Android Phones".