Every big smartphone manufacturer is dreaming of doing what Apple and Android have done so effectively- to develop a custom OS for which developers will come up with their paid and free apps. Bada is one such version developed by Samsung for which it even intends to open an app store and the first bada laden handset, Wave S8500, has finally reached the customer hands in the UK, Courtesy Vodafone.

The Vodafone UK customers who had pre-ordered the Bada running Wave have started receiving their orders beginning June 1, 2010. If you go by the numbers, Samsung intends to sell around 20 million units of this handset around the world by the end of next year.

Those numbers are surely ambitious but for Samsung to achieve those, the Bada app store will have to come up very quickly. What is even more important than opening the application stores is that the Bada laden Wave should receive rave reviews from people who choose to use it upfront.[Courtesy: MobileCrunch and Nokia Phones]

Vodafone UK unveiled that is going to launch Sony Ericsson’s first Android smartphone, the Xperia X10, in April. Like T-Mobile Germany’s Xperia X10, the UK version also runs Android 1.6/Donut only. The smartphone features a massive 4.0″ WVGA (480×854) scratch-resistant capacitive screen, a 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon CPU, a 8.1 megapixel camera and supports all the typical Android Google Mobile apps.

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Vodafone UK will be able to sell the Nokia N900 soon.As you know the N900 features a 3.5 inch WVGA touchscreen display, full QWERTY keyboard, HSPA, GPS, Wi-Fi, 3.5mm headset jack, 5MP Carl Zeiss camera, and 32GB on on-board storage.

Vodafone UK just revealed what’s in store for their customers this Christmas.There will be a total of 16 mobile phone exclusives offered, plus a netbook (bet you didn’t see that coming), and several freebies.The list of the mobile phone line-up are the BlackBerry Storm, Samsung Omnia, Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, and Nokia N96 16GB. Sadly, only the BlackBerry Storm will be offered for free, while the Omnia will come in PAYT, and the two other handsets will come with contracts.

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