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News first appeared about a new smartphone device from Samsung last week after information was spotted buried inside the Korean company’s own Android app made for the forthcoming IFA conference. And now the confirmation is here. In a post late Monday on the company’s official global blog, not one but three new smartphones were announced – the Wave 3, the Wave M and the Wave Y. All three devices will run on the company’s bada 2.0 platform,… Read More

In a controversial move, the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) has resigned its seat on the Java SE/EE Executive Committee, the group responsible for standards surrounding the Java programming language and ratifying that Java releases—such as Java Standard Edition 7—meet specifications. The ASF supports a wide variety of open source projects; the organization's resignation is protest over long-standing governance issues within… Read More

The smartphone OS world is certainly heating up—and another major player may be entering the game: the UK's Vodafone has announced that the Samsung Wave—the first phone to hit the market with Samsung's new Bada operating system—will be on sale starting June 1. Pre-orders are available now—and the phone will be free with monthly payment plans of £25 or higher. The Samsung Wave features a 5 megapixel… Read More

At this week's Mobile World Congress, South Korean electronics giant Samsung formally unveiled the Samsung Wave, the company's first phone based on its own Bada smartphone operating system. The Wave features a 3.3-inch AMOLED display, an integrated Social Hub for social networking and communications features, and Samsung's own TouchWiz 3.0 user interface for a slick look at feel. Plus, under the hood the phone features a… Read More