MUMBAI: Samsung India Electronics Pvt Ltd on Friday announced the launch of Wave II (S8530) on the �bada' platform, Samsung's own proprietary OS. With its Wave series of mobiles based on the bada platform, the company is seeking to provide users with an enhanced smartphone experience.

Announcing the launch of Wave II in India, Ranjit Yadav, Country Head, Samsung Mobile & IT, said: The �bada' platform has been designed as a fully integrated platform which supports cutting-edge applications and services. The launch of Wave II represents our efforts to grow this platform further. The new Wave II enhances the consumers' smart phone experience with advanced entertainment, communication, push e-mail, display and superior usability....

Designed to deliver what a company release describes as a super fast... performance, the new Samsung Wave II is equipped with a 1GHz processor for a good Multimedia, Multitasking and Application experience and adds to the overall usability of the device. With an enlarged 3.7... LCD display, Samsung Wave II offers a good view, improved outdoor visibility and a wider viewing angle. The LCD display also makes for a good movies-, gaming-, videos and photo-viewing experience. Its seamless aluminum body adds to its style quotient.

The Samsung Wave II features Quicktype by T9, which provides a faster and easier way to input text than standard texting. Instead of punching individual letters, users with Quicktype T9 just need to swipe their finger in a continuous motion over the letters of the word, and the mobile intuitively spells out the word which is being typed. Along with this quick texting feature, the Samsung Wave II's advanced Social Hub feature integrates all contact information from SMS, IM and e-mail, allowing the users to track information and view history of activities with their peer group.

Touchwiz 3.0 user interface of Wave II features Multiple Screens which can be customized for easy access to Multi Widgets like â€?Buddies Now... and Feeds and Update'' which enable users to connect with their friends with just one click 

With the HD video player and recorder, watching movies or videos is convenient on the new Wave II. The HD video player provides universal compatibility for easy viewing of different file types with a multi codec support for DivX, Xvid, MPEG4, real, MKV, ASF and WMV.

Users of Samsung Wave II can enjoy a whole range of mobile Apps from the Samsung Apps store and download applications from the �bada' platform. �Bada' is interactive and provides a simple, intuitive UI enabling effortless customization and interactivity. It is service-oriented and supports social networking, device synchronization, content management and location-based services. �Bada' is open and configurable, allowing developers to create a host of exciting new applications.

The Wave II has a 5 megapixel camera with flash LED and a 1500 mAH battery which provides 15 hours of talk time on 2G network and 8 hours of talk time on 3G. The 2GB internal memory of Samsung Wave II is further expandable up to 32 GB and it comes with a Free 2GB Memory card.

With the launch of WAVE II, Samsung's mobile phone offering of the bada' based handsets in the WAVE series has been expanded to include 5 models in the price range of Rs 8800 to Rs 20,900.