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Even though Samsung has still to find a carrier partner for its Bada-powered Wave smartphone, Amazon is offering the device for $440 unlocked. As you know from our ramblings in the past, the Wave is the first in the upcoming series of Bada handsets, rocking such features as a 1GHz CPU, 3.3-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 5-megapixel camera with flash and 720p HD video recording, WiFi 802.11n, Bluetooth 3.0, GPS, microSD card slot and a whole lot more.
What’s stopping me (and I guess the rest of the world) from grabbing the Wave is the number of apps available. The Korean giant has a long way ahead to attract developers to make apps for the new platform. At the same time, they fight for the Android fans too, with the Galaxy S, which is arguably one of the most desirable smartphones on the market today.
I’m sure that in the coming weeks we’ll see some carriers jumping on the Bada bandwagon, but in the meantime if you’re in States, the only way to grab the Wave at the moment is to take the more expensive “unlocked, SIM free route.”
[Via: SamsungHub]
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Dusan Belic
Dusan has been using smartphones since their introduction and is now following the latest trends in the industry. The "convergence" is what he's most excited about, and writing about it is the next logical thing to do. He thinks that using a smartphone is what everyone who cares about their time should do. In addition to his interests in mobile phones, Dusan also loves to experiment with the latest web and mobile 2.0 services. The idea of accessing and managing your information from any device no matter where you are simply amazes him. Whether it's an online to-do list, note taking service or a video sharing social network, he's there to try it out. He admits though, he's still searching for the ultimate web-based organizational tool, which "sings" perfectly with the mobile PIM application. Dusan used to run SymbianWatch.com which later became part of IntoMobile. He lives in Serbia, South-East Europe, from where he edits the site on a daily basis.
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