BARCELONA, Spain (AFP) - – South Korean firm Samsung Electronics unveiled Sunday a new smartphone to lead the charge in its strategy to boost its share of the fast-growing segment of the mobile phone industry. The firm unveiled the slick Samsung Wave smartphone at a launch party in Barcelona, Spain, on the eve of the industry's biggest annual gathering, the Mobile World Congress. The phone, to be launched in May, is the first device fitted with Samsung's new mobile operating system, Bada, which was unveiled late last year. "This is a new era, the smartphone era," JK Shin, Samsung Electronics head of mobile communications business, said at the event, which featured a huge video presentation with splashing waves and a live dance act. "Samsung is committed to making the smartphone era available for everyone. We are committed to making the smartphone era a true democracy for billions of people on all continents in all corners of the world," Shin said. Jean-Phili...
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