The Samsung Wave 2 : The Basics Explained
After reaching overwhelming success with the Samsung Wave, Samsung is releasing the Wave 2 in order to capture a larger sector of the smartphone market. Students and other young adults encompass a large share of the social networking demographic; however, they also tend to be unable to splurge on a smartphone with all the bells and whistles. Samsung has designed a smart phone to reach this audience – one that compromises on some of these extra features, but still delivers a trendy and desirable phone.
Tired of the time and frustration of pecking long messages on full keyboards that can not keep up with all you have got to say? The Samsung Wave 2 takes the full QWERTY keyboard one step further, by combining the feature with predictive text. No more tedious typing. And how you view your messages and images can now be controlled with a twist of the wrist with the Wave 2′s accelerometer that automatically rotates the screen from landscape to portrait. Navigating your way through the phone’s many features also becomes second-nature with the TouchWiz 3.0 UI.
The Samsung Wave 2 can do much more than send messages or receive phone calls though. The 3-megapixel camera can take snaps, record in SD video and even let you edit your images with a few personal touches. Enjoy your favorite music or video with the mp4 playback capability as well. All of this can be stored safely on the Wave 2′s 80 MB of internal storage or, if you prefer, you can use the 16 GB of expansion memory available with the microSD slot. Pick your favorite card before you head out in the morning and enjoy your favorite songs, movies or shows all day.
Like most major smartphone manufacturers, Samsung offers its own social networking aggregator, similar to HTC’s Friend Stream, Sony Ericsson’s Timescape of Motorola’s Motoblur. Samsung’s Social Hub maintains all your contact details, email accounts and social networking services in one location for easy access. With just your Wave 2 in hand, you will be able to share a favorite joke with all your friends, manage your account information or see what everyone else is talking about. Social Hub means you can now view and respond to messages, check your social networks and send emails from multiple service providers without having to access each individual network.
The Wave 2′s display is a respectable 3.2″ screen for video and picture viewing; the 240×400 TFT LCD is capable of showing up to 256,000 colors. Most users will appreciate the built-in FM stereo to catch up on the latest music. However, if nothing is on the radio, the integrated music player can store and playback a variety of audio formats, including wav, MP3, and eAAC+.
