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  Original Wave users can also dive into the bada 2.0 goodness, courtesy a firmware leak from Samfirmware. The build is S8500XPKG5 and is the most recent build for bada 2.0. Most of the things are reported to work but do remember it’s a beta so you’ll encounter some bugs and crashes. You can download [...]

  Samsung Mobile India’s twitter account just confirmed that bada 1.2 update has been rolled out for original Wave (S8500) users in India. Users can download the update via Kies which in addition to performance improvements and bug fixes, will also add the T9 Trace keyboard. Download Kies Thanks, Aakash!

  UPDATE: Samsung Italy has postponed to release the updates in between March 15 to March 20. Not really a surprise but Samsung Italy has published an estimated timeframe about when Galaxy S and original Wave users can expect the firmware update. According to a post made on their Facebook page, Italian Galaxy S and [...]

  Here’s some good news for original Wave (S8500) users. Samsung bada’s official twitter account has confirmed that they’ll release the bada 1.2 update for Wave and Europeans using unlocked units will be the first ones to receive it in early next year. As for rest of the world, Samsung plans to release the update [...]

  Samsung selling phones to football fans is not new. This time they’re targeting German fans with their limited edition FC Bayern Munich Wave phone (S8500). The limited edition comes with the same Wave device but differentiates itself with different packaging, pre-installed FC Bayern Munich app, a 65 euros voucher to shop from the club’s [...]

  Want some keyboard tracing goodness on your good ol’ Wave (S8500)? Well, a forum poster at Samsungfirmwareworld has posted a leaked build of bada OS 1.2 (S8500XXJID) meant for S8500 that brings continuous typing input. Users at the forum claim that the build features Swype but we reckon it could be Nuance’s T9 Trace, [...]

  Samsung’s first bada-powered handset has crossed a new milestone in the European market. Wave S8500 has surpassed sales of more than a million, just four months after its European release. Wave is a value for money phone that sports high-end hardware in a mid-range price. The phone has a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED display, 1GHz [...]

  Samsung South Africa is treating its Wave users with a free life-time license of Route 66 navigation. Samsung has provided a list of IMEI numbers (of Wave devices sold in South Africa) to Route 66, which on synchronization will unlock the life-time navigation license. However, this navigation is only applicable for South African maps. [...]

  Samsung’s first bada phone has reached an iconic milestone. Over 1m units of Wave have been sold globally and all this was achieved in just under 4 weeks. Meanwhile, we’ve been monitoring Galaxy S sales in South Korea and today SK Telecom announced that they’ve surpassed the 300,000 unit figure mark. This makes Galaxy [...]

  Samsung is leaving no stones unturned to promote two of its hottest devices, Wave that has Samsung’s proprietary bada OS and Galaxy S that runs on Android OS. Samsung recently held an event in Mumbai where they invited us to try out the devices and also win. Well, we couldn’t manage to do the [...]