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 […]
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Leaked bada 1.2 OS brings T9 Trace to Wave (S8500)
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 sells more than a million Wave devices in Europe
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 […]
South African Wave users get free life-time navigation
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 Wave tops 1m sales globally, Galaxy S 300,000 in SK
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 […]