Into The New Wave – The Samsung Wave S8500
http://wave.samsungmobile.com/
Samsung launched its newest smartphone, the Wave, at MWC 2010. We managed to get our hands on it for a few minutes ahead of the launch event. Here, you can take a deep-dive into everything this awesome phone has to offer....
Check out more at http://samsungmwc2010.com/pressrelease_SamsungWave.html
Samsung Wave (S8500) / Product Specifications:
Network2.5G (GSM/ GPRS/ EDGE) : 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 MHz
3G (WCDMA/ HSPA) : 900/2100 MHz
Display:3.3 WVGA (800x480) Super AMOLED with mDNIe
Camera: 3.2 HVGA(320x480) TFT
Camera: 5.0 Megapixel camera w/ LED Flash, AF
Face/Blink Detection, Lomo Shot, Vintage Shot, Beauty Shot,
Smile Shot, Panorama Shot, Geo-tagging, Image Editor
Video: HD(720p) video playing & recording, 5.1ch
Mobile Theater: MPEG4, H.263, H.264, WMV, DivX, XviD Video Editor
Audio: Music Player with SoundAlive, Music Recognition, Music Recommendation,
DISK UI, 3.5mm Ear Jack, FM Radio / Recording
Value-added Features: Integrated Messaging Social Hub
Samsung Apps (*Availability of Samsung Apps differs by country)
TouchWiz 3.0 w/Integrated phonebook, Voice & Motion UI
Dolfin Browser 2.0 / One Finger Zoom (up to x10)
A-GPS, On/off Board Navigation(3D Map), LBS
SMS / MMS / Email / Video Messaging / Exchange ActiveSync
Accelerator Sensor, Proximity Sensor, GeoMagnetic Sensor
BPP(Basic Printing Profile), OPP(Object Push Profile),
PictBridge (USB Printing), Offline & No SIM Mode, Voice Command,
RSS Reader, Communities & Mobile Widgets
ConnectivityBluetooth technology v 3.0
USB v2.0 (Full -Speed)
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n
Memory2GB/8GB + microSD (Up to 32GB)
Size118 x 56 x 10.9 mm
Battery Life(Standard) Li-Ion, 1,500 mAh
Duration : 0:1:58
This video log is for my Information Systems class at Cornell University. It is a visionary project which analyzes the role of social shaping on the development and designs of cell phones in the future. Enjoy!
http://www.globalchange.com/cyberb_index.htm Threat to retail banks from mobile phone payment systems using SMS, RFID and other technologies including biometrics (fingerprint). How mobile / wireless technologies will transform retail financial services, purchases especially for relatively low value transactions. Video interrupted by security guard on instructions from his boss.... clearly making even a short YouTube video is itself a potential threat! Maybe they are right. YouTube comments spread at the speed of light. Comment by Dr Patrick Dixon, futurist, leading authority on global trends and conference speaker.
http://www.globalchange.com Banks will become phone companies and telecom companies will become banks. Mobile payment systems, micropayments, mobile phone credit card transactions and loans. Economic impact of remittances from foreign workers using SMS credit to avoid foreign exchange transaction costs. How biometrics fingerprint technology will allow large mobile phone payments. Commissions and interest charges on loans. Impact of revenues from American Express, Visa, Delta, Access, Mastercard moving to mobile phone transactions. Conference keynote speaker and Futurist Dr Patrick Dixon.
http://www.ted.com While news from Iran streams to the world, Clay Shirky shows how Facebook, Twitter and TXTs help citizens in repressive regimes to report on real news, bypassing censors (however briefly). The end of top-down control of news is changing the nature of politics.