Mobile Release

Both Vodafone and Orange has started takin pre-orders for the Samsung Wave, the first device to run Samung’s new open-sourced mobile platform, Bada.

The Wave, which features a Super AMOLED 3.3” touchscreen and 1Ghz processor is designed to offer more “fun and a diverse mobile experience” to the affordable end of the smartphone market, says Korean manufacturer Samsung.

The name Bada means “ocean” and the intention is that the platform will be populated with smartphones for every level of use.

At the heart of the Bada experience is the social experience and Bada offers the ability to intergrate their text messages, instant messaging services and social networks in one place.

Samsung Wave deals start as low as £15 per month, and the handset is free on tariffs of £25 with a 24 month commitment and comes with as many as 600 cross network minutes.

The Samsung Wave launches in the UK on the 1st June.

Samsung continues their touchscreen onslaught as the new Samsung Beat DJ becomes available on O2 and Orange UK contracts, with handsets being offered free on contracts from £20 per month.

The Samsung (M7600) Beat DJ courts music fans by offering real time chopping and mixing of music playback, allowing users to edit tunes on the fly, adding funky sound effects, voice samples or scratch effects into the mix.

The Samsung Beat DJ offers impressive audio courtesy of powered by Bang & Olufsen’s ICEpower amplifier, and also virtual 5.1 Surround Sound with SRS. It has with built-in stereo speakers to truly turn the Beat DJ into a 21st century ghetto blaster thanks to pumping bass and clear treble. With the phone’s 2.8-inch AMOLED touch screen display, they can virtually ’scratch’ records and onscreen, creating their own  unique mash-ups and mixes.