| Android-powered phones currently litter the cellular | | | | which will please those that have prior experience |
| market. In an attempt to distance itself from the | | | | with Samsung products. Some new users may have |
| masses, Samsung has created its own operating | | | | some catching up to do when learning the TouchWiz, |
| system known as the Bada. The vehicle chosen to | | | | but it is fairly intuitive and doesn't take long to learn. |
| present this new OS to the world is the Samsung | | | | Accuracy is obviously important on a touch screen, |
| S8500, aka the Wave. It provides an experience not | | | | but some phones' screens are too sensitive. The |
| quite like any other phone. Considered a mid-range | | | | Wave's is not, and maintains an accuracy not found in |
| phone, the Wave is comparable in price to other | | | | other mid-range models. Applications are a part of |
| mid-range models, meaning that it won't price itself | | | | any smartphone experience, and the Wave offers all |
| out of too many customers' budgets. Operating on | | | | of the usual suspects such as Facebook and Twitter |
| the aforementioned Bada OS, it boasts a 1 GHz | | | | apps. As of now, the app store is sort of small, but |
| Hummingbird processor (another Samsung creation) | | | | there are thousands of apps currently awaiting |
| with high performing connectivity. This impressive | | | | approval. This is not unexpected when dealing with a |
| power is packed in a nice, slim frame, measuring only | | | | brand new OS like the Bada. The Wave offers two |
| 108.9mm x 53.5mm x10.9mm. You won't feel like | | | | different home screen modes that offer access to |
| you're carrying around a brick either, since the Wave | | | | the features found on the Wave. One mode contains |
| weighs only 118g. The Wave's Super Amoled screen | | | | five home screens capable of supporting many |
| instantly grabs the eye as it dominates the front of | | | | widgets. The other mode is similar to a menu and |
| the phone. It's most distinctive feature, the Wave's | | | | provides three more screens featuring Twitter, |
| screen spans a whopping 3.3 inches, which is | | | | Facebook, email, and others. The Wave capably and |
| reportedly the largest screen of its kind. Even more | | | | competently achieves the goals set forth by |
| impressive than the size is the 800 x 480 pixel | | | | Samsung. Intended to unleash the Bada OS upon the |
| resolution and the amazing 16 million colors it supports. | | | | world, it does just that in a package that will not |
| Efficiency is the name of the game for the front | | | | overwhelm the user as they explore all that Bada can |
| design, as it contains only three buttons in addition to | | | | do. With an affordable price and an intuitive interface, |
| the screen, which is the point. The TouchWiz overlay | | | | the Wave fulfills its initial promise. |
| is the user's method of navigating the touch screen | | | | |