Samsung has recently released the Wave 2, the less costly offspring of Samsung’s popular Wave phone. Though the Wave garnered a large following, its higher cost kept many buyers away. With the Wave 2, Samsung is hoping to capture a larger slice of the smartphone market, particularly those who may not have as much money to spend on a new phone. The Wave 2 is priced to attract students and young adults, who represent the majority of social networkers, but typically do not have a great deal of income to spend. To keep the price down, Samsung did make some changes to the Wave 2, but it still has many of the original Wave’s great features.
Among the most popular of the Samsung features that have been included with the Wave 2 is the soft key QWERTY keypad and predictive text input. This can be a real time-saver for anyone who sends lots of text messages or updates, not to mention the fact that you will not have to keep pecking at the keypad. There is also an accelerometer, so your Wave 2 includes the auto-rotate function, allowing you to move quickly between landscape or portrait modes when viewing pictures or documents. Just turn the phone on its side and it adapts the image to fit the screen. Also included is the TouchWiz 3.0 UI for simple, easy to understand navigation. Even those unfamiliar with smartphone technology will be able to quickly find their way around this system.
The Wave 2 comes with 80MB of internal storage to store contact and other basic media. For the serious multi-media user, the Samsung Wave 2 comes equipped with a microSD slot for up to 16GB of expandable memory – an option to take advantage of if the user wants to play back MP3′s or use the 3 megapixel camera to shoot still images or SD video. It even comes with image editing software to touch up your images on the go, along with MP4 video viewing capabilities. The expansion slot provides another handy feature – the user can use separate cards for various media and interchange cards as desired.
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.
Weary of the constant social buzz? Take a time-out to enjoy one of the Wave 2′s numerous entertainment features on its 3.2″ 240×400 TFT LCD touchscreen in over 250,000 colors! Or pop in some ear buds and kick back to your favorite tunes using the Wave 2′s more popular audio formats, including mp3, eAAC+, and wav files. Not sure what you want to listen to? Why not tune into your favorite radio station through the Wave 2′s integrated FM stereo? With the Samsung Wave 2, the possibilities are endless, no matter how big your wallet is.
