Samsung Wave heads gadget line-up

So many new gadgets have been released in the first 24 hours of the Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona that it's hard to keep track of them all, writes Phone Plus Mag. But many believe the Samsung Wave is the head of the class.

The Wave is the first Samsung phone to use the Bada Linux-based operating system. It has been praised for its super active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (Amoled) display, which some are calling the best they've ever seen.

It's so vivid, it makes some want a bigger size (it's 3.3 inches). Samsung has pledged to release a phone with a four-inch super Amoled display sometime in 2010.

Microsoft is giving its smartphone software a much-needed reboot, says Dallas News.

The new Windows Phone 7 Series operating system unveiled at the MWC in Spain is a drastic overhaul of the aging Windows Mobile platform.

It is an upgrade that is at least two years later than it should have been - Apple's iPhone redefined in 2007 what a high-end phone should look and feel like - but the new software is garnering Microsoft that most precious commodity among consumer tech companies: buzz.

'Smart-home' technology that allows people to control household appliances via their mobile phone or other gadgets is being shown off in Germany, reports BBC.

The EU-funded i2home project is aimed at giving greater independence and freedom to older and disabled people. It uses so-called 'middleware' to allow heating, air conditioning, lighting, and other gadgets to be controlled by a user's chosen interface. It is the result of research between EU industry, universities and user groups.

"The users of the technology have been the driving force in the project - all technical solutions are based on a thorough investigation of the users' needs and desires," said project coordinator, Jan Alexandersson.