SAMSUNG WAVE S8500: THE FIRST BADA SMARTPHONE IS NOW OFFICIAL!

As expected, the first smartphone to run on the Samsung Bada platform has been recently unveiled at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The Samsung Wave S8500 features a slim bar-style aluminum body with a 3.3-inch "Super AMOLED" display with 800 x 480 resolution, a 1GHz processor, and 5 megapixel camera. The first Samsung Bada smartphone is expected to be available starting April but the pricing remains a mystery.

Here are the rest of the known features of the Samsung Wave S8500:

• TouchWiz 3.0
• 802.11n WiFi
• Bluetooth 3.0
• aGPS
• accelerometer
• 2GB or 8GB of internal storage space
• a microSD expansion slot
• multi-codec support for DivX, XviD, MP3 and WMV
• support for virtual 5.1 surround sound and 720p recording / decoding
• HSPA,
• access to Samsung Apps
• FM radio
• 1,500 mAh battery
   

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