Samsung Wave S8500
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 Samsung Wave GT-S8500 | |
| Manufacturer | Samsung Electronics |
|---|---|
| Slogan | Born Smart |
| Series | S-Series |
| Compatible networks |
GSM: 850/900/1800/1900/2100 3G: 900/2100 3G: 850/1900 (NAM Version) HSDPA: 3.6 Mbps |
| Availability by country | June 2010 |
| Successor | Samsung Wave II GT-S8530 |
| Related | Samsung Galaxy S , Samsung Wave II S8530 |
| Form factor | Slate |
| Dimensions | 118 x 56 x 10.9 mm (72.0272 cm³) |
| Weight | 118 g |
| Operating system | bada with TouchWiz 3.0 |
| CPU | ARM Cortex A8 clocked at 1 GHz (Samsung S5PC110) |
| GPU | PowerVR SGX 540 |
| Memory | 512MBRAM [1] |
| Storage | 1GB / 2 GB / 8 GB |
| Removable storage | microSD(HC) up to 32GB |
| Battery | Li-Ion 1500 mAh |
| Data inputs | T9 trace (bada 1.2), Abc, QWERTY, Multi-touch input method, Handwriting recognition |
| Display | 3.3" Capacitive touchscreen, 800x480 @ 283 PPI (0.38 Megapixels), Super AMOLED, (PenTile Matrix) display with Gorilla Glass |
| Rear camera | 5 MP Auto Focus, EDOF, with LED Flash |
| Media | MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD, MKV, (FLAC bada 1.2) |
| Connectivity | 802.11b/g/n Wi-Fi, A-GPS, Bluetooth 3.0, microUSB |
| Other |
- Scratch-resistant surface (Corning Gorilla Glass) - Smart unlock - Accelerometer - Proximity Sensor - Magnetometer - Digital compass |
The Samsung Wave (or "Samsung Wave GT-S8500") is the first smartphone to run the Bada Operating System designed by Samsung, which was commercially released on June 1, 2010.[2][3][4] The Wave is a touchscreen phone powered by Samsung's "Hummingbird" CPU (S5PC110), which includes 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU and a built-in PowerVR SGX 540 graphics engine. It also has a "Super AMOLED" screen and 720p high-definition video capture capabilities. Due to shortage of Super AMOLED screens, Samsung released a successor to the device called Wave II and ceased production of the original S8500 model.
Specifications
Screen
The screen is a 3.3-inch (84 mm) capacitive touchscreen Super AMOLED with an anti-smudge oleophobic coating on top of the scratch-resistant tempered-glass ( Gorilla Glass Display ). The screen resolution is 800x480 WVGA with 283 PPI.[5]
Processor
The phone features a 1 GHz SoC,[6] which internally contains an ARM Cortex A8 CPU core. The graphics engine of the device is a PowerVR SGX 540 GPU which is said to be capable of generating 90 million triangles per second (same as the SoC used on the Samsung Galaxy S).
Camera
The phone features a 5 megapixel EDOF camera which supports 2560 x 1920 pixels, along with autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, face and blink detection, image stabilization, touch focus,etc. Shooting modes include beauty shot, smile shot, continuous, panorama and vintage shot. As a camcorder it is able to shoot HD recording (1280x720) at 30 FPS with flash. As well as this, it is also able to record slow motion video (320x240) at 120 FPS with flash.
Operating system
The Wave was the first phone with Samsung's own Linux based Operating System, Bada, meaning "Ocean". Samsung worked on the later versions of Bada 1.2 and later 2.0. Bada 1.2 was released to the world in a phased manner as it was designed to improve stability.
In January 2012, Samsung declared[7] that it was planning to merge Bada with the Linux-based Tizen which is developed in collaboration with Intel. Despite the collaboration Tizen OS will not be supported by the Wave.
Other features
Other features include A-GPS, 2 GB/8 GB of internal storage with a microSDHC slot for an additional 32 GB. It also has a magnetometer (compass), a proximity sensor, an accelerometer, 5.1-channel surround sound Mobile Theater, music recognition, a fake call service, smart search, Social Hub and it is the first phone to support Bluetooth version 3.0.
Radio connectivity includes Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n and HSDPA 3.6 Mbit/s.
This phone is available with both European/Asian 3G bandings and the North American 3G bandings. The North American 3G bandings version of the phone is a limited availability and is not available in the US.
Software features
User interface
The phone is the first smartphone to feature the Samsung bada operating system platform. The UI is Samsung's own Touch-wiz 3.0. Touch-wiz 3.0, like the two predecessors (Touch-wiz 2.0 and Touch-wiz), utilizes widgets. The three most notable widgets pre-installed in Touch-wiz 3.0 are Daily Briefing (which includes all essential information such as weather, finance, AP mobile news and schedule), Feeds and Updates and Buddies now (which allows users to call, send texts to and read Facebook/Twitter feeds off their favorite contacts). Users are allowed to have up to 10 home screens to add widgets.
Applications
For Internet browsing the Samsung Wave has the Dolphin Browser v2.0 (based on WebKit) (or 3.0 depends by the firmware version). This browser supports Flash, but it is disabled by default to improve page loading speed.
By default, the phone comes with Picsel Viewer which is capable of reading .PDF and Microsoft Office file formats. Users from selected countries can buy and download Picsel Office Editor from Samsung Apps.
As for Samsung Apps, users can also download applications, games and widgets from the application store.
Other software includes the GPS software that comes with this phone (LBS Route 66), Facebook, Twitter, social hub, mini diary, daily briefing, memo, video player, FM radio, media browser, voice recorder, e-mail and pre-installed Asphalt 5.
Media support
MP3, AAC, AAC+, e-AAC+, WMA, AMR, WAV, MP4, MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, FLV, DivX, XviD, MKV, (FLAC Bada 1.2) Also supports subtitles.
Bada 2.0 support
On the end of December 2011 the OS was updated to Bada 2.0 in many countries gradually. The first official Bada 2.0 was the LA1. With Bada 2.0 the Touch-wiz reach the version 4.0, the GUI was totally revisited and are included many features as full multitasking, WAC, vocal commands, text-to-speech, speech-to-text, ChatON, Caster, new version of DLNA and social apps and the new browser Dolphin 3.0 with download manager.
Unofficial Development
Android Porting
Since the Samsung Wave operates a Linux-based operating system it does have the ability to run alternative operating systems after modification to files such as the bootloader. An example of this is Android which has been ported to run on the device from the Micro SD card if a supported bootloader is flashed. The Android versions ported to the device include Froyo, Gingerbread, Ice Cream Sandwich, Jellybean and KitKat.
References
- ↑ http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1012856.html
- ↑ http://www.bada.com/samsung-wave-first-bada-smartphone-hits-the-market/
- ↑ http://wave.samsungmobile.com/
- ↑ http://badawave.com
- ↑ http://blog.gsmarena.com/how-does-the-iphone-4-pixel-density-stand-in-comparison/
- ↑ http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218600577
- ↑ http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_to_merge_its_bada_os_with_tizen_-news-3671.php
- ^ http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1012856.html
- ^ http://www.bada.com/samsung-wave-first-bada-smartphone-hits-the-market/
- ^ http://wave.samsungmobile.com/
- ^ http://badawave.com
- ^ http://blog.gsmarena.com/how-does-the-iphone-4-pixel-density-stand-in-comparison
- ^ http://www.eetimes.com/news/latest/showArticle.jhtml?articleID=218600577
- ^ http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/08/apple-ipad-and-samsung-wave-share-a-brain?icid=sphere_blogsmith_inpage_engadget
- ^ http://www.ubmtechinsights.com/uploadedFiles/Apple%20A4%20vs%20SEC%20S5PC110A01.pdf
- ^ http://www.gsmarena.com/samsung_to_merge_its_bada_os_with_tizen_-news-3671.php
- ^ http://www.xda-developers.com/android/samsung-wave-bada-gets-a-taste-of-froyo/
- ^ http://www.badaforums.net/forums/android-porting/porting-android-s8500-s8530-wave-t5464.html
- ^ http://www.xda-developers.com/android/samsung-wave-s8500-gets-ics-bada-users-everywhere-rejoice/
- ^ http://www.xda-developers.com/android/samsung-wave-s8500-bada-running-unofficial-aokp-jelly-bean/
External links
Reviews:
- Phonearena.com review by PhoneArena Team, 04 Jun 2010
- GSMArena.com review by GSMArena team, 01 June 2010
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