Samsung Wave 578 Bada OS Smartphone Launches with NFC Technology
Still trying to win converts to its in-house Bada OS platform, Samsung has just launched a cheap smartphone called Wave 578 in Singapore. The new Samsung Wave 578 is a budget-friendly multimedia phone that’s selling for S$338 or US$279 without contract. It’s running Bada OS 1.1 but hopefully gets the Samsung Bada OS 1.2 Free Update soon.
Free Samsung Bada OS 1.2 Update for Samsung Wave S8500 Leaked
A poster on the SamsungFirmwareWorld forum leaked the upcoming Samsung Bada OS 1.2 update. If you own a Samsung Wave S8500 and you can’t wait for the official release, then go to http://www.samsungfirmwareworld.com/ and register there so you can get this early Bada OS 1.2 patch (S8500XXJID) which is made for the Samsung Wave S8500.
Samsung Bada OS Competition Gives Away Free Samsung Wave S8500 Plus $2.7 Million Cash Prize
Ready to create money by developing apps for Samsung Bada OS? Samsung announced that they will be giving away total prize money of $2.7 Million to the winners of its Bada OS Developers Challenge. The contest is open to all interested programmers. The biggest money goes to the Grand Prize winner who will receive a whopping $300,000!
Unlocked Samsung Wave S8500 Bada OS Phone Price is Under $400 in the US; UK Price Much Higher
The Samsung Wave S8500 is finally available for US customers! Samsung has so far failed to find a US carrier partner for its first-ever Bada OS-powered Wave S8500 smartphone. Bell of Canada is already set to launch this unique handset this summer (the official Samsung Wave release date in Canada announced earlier by its carrier) but American customers do not have to go to Canada to get this phone. Amazon is selling an unlocked version of the Samsung Wave S8500 with Bada OS for $399.95. In the UK, the price of Samsung Wave S8500 is much higher ($506 when it first came out in the market).
The First Bada OS Smartphone, the Samsung Wave S8500 Sold Cheap for under $400
Samsung Wave With Bada OS UK Release Date: Price Set at $506
Why not take a look at Samsung Wave S8500 smartphone (powered by Samsung’s very own Bada OS) if you are growing weary waiting for the release date of Sprint HTC Evo 4G android phone and T-Mobile HTC HD2 smartphone. Apps for Samsung Wave have been widely-publicized already as its release date in the UK gets near (Mid-May 2010). It sells for a low price of £340 pounds (about $506). US release date is yet to be determined but we’re sure it won’t take very long for Samsung to sell this product in American soils.
Samsung Wave Release Date in UK: May 2010
Samsung Bada OS is a New Mobile Operating System for Smartphones
Samsung is betting huge on its core smartphone business with Samsung Bada OS. This is Samsung’s own operating system for smartphones where Samsung Wave S8500 is the first mobile phone that will ever use this OS. They unveiled this in-house operating system last December 2009. Perhaps dissatisfied with the current Google Android-mania, Samsung said it is pushing through with the development of the Bada operating sytem. The electronics giant is fully committed to the implementation of Bada. They made the Software Development Kit for Bada available to the public and initiated a Developers Challenge for Bada app developers. The winners will share the prize money totaling $2.7 million. This is a proof of Samsung’s commitment to Bada OS.
Samsung Bada OS: Samsung's Own Operating System for Mobile Phones