Samsung - December 6th, 2010
Samsung S8500 Wave
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Samsung S8500 or popular as Samsung Wave is the best choices for you who need the slim smartphone, with Bada OS and proper developer with support and fast growing app store there will be lot of fun with this smartphone. We’re about to see what the Samsung S8500 Wave is really capable of. We’re getting ready to enjoy it. The S8500 Wave did well in our preview and – fingers crossed – unpleasant surprises are not on today’s menu. The OS is trying to combine feature-phone ease of use with the versatility of smartphones. The Super AMOLED touchscreen is the envy of the industry, with image quality that no other phone display could match.
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Key features
* 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, WVGA , multi-touch input support
* Solid 10.9mm-thin metal body
* Bada OS with Samsung Apps
* ARM Cortex A8 based 1GHz CPU
* Quad-band GSM support with dual-band 3.6Mbps HSDPA, 2Mbps HSUPA
* Wi-Fi 802.11b/g/n connectivity with WPS support, Wi-Fi tethering app
* Built-in GPS receiver with A-GPS support, digital compass
* 5 MP autofocus camera with touch focus, geo-tagging, face, smile
* 720p video recording at 30fps
* 390MB user available memory, 1GB Bada apps storage and 550MB storage
* microSDHC card slot
* Standard microUSB port and Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP
* Standard 3.5mm audio jack, TV out
* Stereo FM radio with RDS, FM recording
* Webkit-based Samsung Dolphin Browser 2.0 with full Flash support
* YouTube client, Facebook and Twitter integration
* DivX/XviD video support
* Impressive audio quality
Main disadvantages
* Limited number of available applications
* No lens cover
* Card slot under the battery
* Inbuilt SatNav software has only a 30-day navigation license
* No ambient light sensor to change screen brightness dynamically
The S8500 Wave tries to give it all and hopes the Samsung app store will eventually catch up. As good as this phone looks and feels, and for all the technology it holds inside, its success or failure hinges on the developer support it will get. The Apple app store took a year to open after the launch of iPhone but look at it now.