Earlier this week Samsung announced its first bada-powered phone—theS8500 Wave, which is molded with a 3.3-inch Super AMOLED capacitive touch screen, TouchWiz UI 3.0 and a scratch-resistant surface. The operating system has been developed by Samsung in an effort to take on Apple, Google and Windows in the mobile phone market.
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"What we are looking for is handsets that allow us to sell our data services not Samsung's," Telstra said.
"Right now we are building a close relationship with vendors developing new Windows- and Android-based phones and we are confident that we can deliver significant benefits for consumers. We are able to deliver applications such as Foxtel, White Pages and access to BigPond which millions of Australian's use every day."
This year senior Telstra executives have gone out of their way to show their support for HTC and the Google Android operating system.
Yesterday in a an HTC press release, Telstra Chief Executive Officer, David Thodey, predicted that Australians would adopt smartphones in record numbers this year thanks to fast 3G networks, the growing range and popularity of mobile applications, and the introduction of user-friendly Android devices "like the HTC Desire" which was introduced yesterday to gushing praise by Telstra executives.
"We are delighted that our close relationship with HTC means that Australia's most advanced Android smartphone will be available to Telstra customers first," Mr Thodey said.
