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Rogers has thought that today would be a good day to slash the prices on five of their handsets, four of which are running Android. The Acer Liquid E is now available for $29.99 (down from $49.99), the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is now $99.99 (down from $149.99), the Motorola Quench is $29.99 (down from $49.99), and the Samsung Galaxy Spica is now $9.99 (down from $79.99 and not pictured). The other handset that has gone through a price cut is Rogers' Bada-based handset, the Samsung Wave. It launched a couple of weeks ago for $99.99 and now it's $79.99. Check them all out on Rogers' website if you're interested.

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Well, what do we have here? We already know that the Samsung Wave will be hitting Canada via Bell and Rogers and it looks like it has just been priced. According to the picture above, Bell will be launching it for $29.95 on a 3-year contract and $299.95 contract-free. This Bada-based handset is definitely priced lower than I expected it to be. I think it's a great deal, so look out for it soon.

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There's really not much to tell you but the picture above is apparently a dummy unit of the Samsung Wave headed to Rogers. This smartphone should be hitting the carrier in the near future and it should also be hitting Bell on July 8th. This handset packs a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED display, a 1GHz CPU, a 5MP AF camera, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot, Bluetooth 3.0 support, WiFi, and the Bada OS.

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Mobile Syrup heard that Bell was going to be releasing the Bada-based Samsung Wave handset last month and another one of their reliable tipsters has mentioned that it could be hitting another Canadian carrier as well. If you read the title then I already ruined it and told you that Rogers will be getting it. This handset has already been confirmed to have a CPU inside of it which is extremely similar to the one found in the iPhone 4 but that's not really important. The most important part of this is how user-friendly the Bada OS is.

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Well, Samsung has finally released their first Bada handset, the Samsung (S8500) Wave. It's being reported that you'll be able to find this handset for €429 ($545 USD) unlocked somewhere in Germany. If you live in Italy, you can also pre-order the handset (here) for slightly cheaper at €399 ($506 USD). This handset is sporting a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display (480 x 800 resolution), a 1GHz CPU, WiFi b/g/n / aGPS support, Bluetooth 3.0, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, and HSDPA / HSUPA connectivity.

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Mobile Syrup is hearing from their sources that Canada's Bell will be launching the Samsung (S8500) Wave sometime this Summer. This tipster is apparently the same one who gave them the HTC Legend tip as well. For a refresher, this handset sports a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display with a 480 x 800 resolution, a 5MP AF camera with a flash, a 1GHz Samsung CPU, a 3.5mm headphone jack, a microSD card slot, and the new Bada OS underneath the Touchwiz UI 3.0 skin. This is great news because Canada seems to be getting some high-end smartphones these days.

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Two phones seem to be headed to the UK, thanks to Vodafone. It's the Samsung Wave running on their Bada OS and the Android-based Samsung Galaxy S which will be one of the handsets to hit the market. You can actually check them both out on Vodafone's "Coming Soon" page here or you can get the Samsung Wave unlocked on Amazon here for £349.99 ($517 USD) but it's just pre-orders for now. Either way, you should look out for these two in the near future.

Update: According to Unwired View, the Coming Soon page also shows that Vodafone has confirmed that they'll be launching the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Mini in the future. We just don't know when yet so you can look out for this one as well.

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We already know that the Samsung (S8500) Wave will be hitting Europe in the near future, but what about us in North America. The good news is that the handset could be hitting our region in the future as well, seeing how the Bluetooth SIG has just approved the GT-S8500R and the GT-S8500M which mentions that it'll get launched in North America. Now we play the waiting game.

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Interested in getting the first Bada handset? Well, the Samsung Wave (S8500) looks like it's now available in the UK if you want to get it unlocked. This handset is packing a good specs sheet: a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display, WiFi / GPS support, a 5MP AF camera with an LED flash, HSDPA connectivity, a 3.5mm headphone jack, 2GB of internal storage, and the Touchwiz 3.0 UI. Check it out unlocked on PhonesLimited here, it'll cost you £366.99 ($565 USD).

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Here's a great start for Samsung's Bada mobile OS. They've just announced the Samsung Wave which is the S8500. This handset will be their first handset running their Bada OS and it's got some juicy features. Juicy-ness includes a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED touchscreen display with a 480 x 800 resolution, Bluetooth 3.0 support, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 5MP AF camera that will record 720p video, aGPS / WiFi n support, 2GB / 8GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, virtual 5.1 surround sound, and support for DivX / XviD videos.

Sadly, there's no multitouch on-board and I'm pretty sure that Bada does not have multitasking capabilities. This handset will be launching this April, but the price hasn't been mentioned yet.

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It looks like that Samsung S8500 "Wave" has just been pictured in the wild and it actually looks pretty sexy since they're some high quality pictures. This handset will feature a 3.3-inch touchscreen display (like the Super AMOLED one), a 5MP AF camera with a flash and 720p video recording capabilities, 2GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot, HSDPA connectivity, WiFi b/g/n, a 1GHz Snapdragon CPU, a 3.5mm headphone jack, tempered glass, a 1,500 mAh battery, and the Bada OS with TouchWiz 3.0. Along with all of that news the body is made of aluminum and is just 10.9mm thin. It's definitely looking like it's a good start to Bada, but let's see how the software is.

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This handset just passed the Bluetooth SIG and now the Samsung S8500 has been cruising around at the FCC as well. This handset will be the first handset to have Bluetooth 3.1 support. It'll also feature a 3.1-inch AMOLED touchscreen display, quad-band GSM support, a 1,000mAh battery, Bluetooth / WiFi support, and a microSD card slot. The OS is still unknown right now, but it looks like it could be an EU model. Check out the FCC filing here.

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It's rare to find anything with Bluetooth 3.0 support these days, but it will be a normal thing in the future. For now, the first handset that looks like it will be getting the Bluetooth 3.0 treatment is the Samsung GT-S8500. Unfortunately that seems to be the only thing that seems to be desirable right now. We do know that this handset will feature EDGE / GPRS connectivity, a 3.1-inch OLED (probably touchscreen) display, and the TouchWiz UI. We don't know if this will be one of Samsung's first handsets running Bada but we'll hopefully see it at MWC in two weeks. Check out the Bluetooth SIG here.

[Engadget, Tech Tree]