Samsung’s first Bada phone, the Wave, shows up early

Oh, Mobile World Congress — how we love thee. You’re still a few days away, and already word of new handsets is trickling out. The guys at TheUnwired just caught this billboard going up in Barcelona, showing what appears to be the world’s first Bada phone: the Samsung Wave.

Research in Motion in the Top 5 Handset Manufacturers in the World

IDC’s latest report shows Research in Motion in the in the top 5 of all mobile handset makers in the world. RIM has been in the Top 10 Smartphone Manufactuers list for some time and now, but making the top 5 handset makers in the world is a really significant benchmark

Yes indeed, the iPad 3G is already jailbroken

Been reading up on all the fun you can have with a jailbroken device, but were afraid your iPad 3G might be unhackable? Fear not . The “Spirit” jailbreak should work on the iPad 3G, just as soon as @comex releases a revision for the firmware shipping with the 3G. Just be sure to back up your blobs

G1 + Atari gamepad = gaming bliss

There isn’t any info on how this was pulled off, but this looks like a great way to play a few old-school games on my G1. Presumably it’s a straightforward mechanical hack: the buttons just press down on keys he’s designated in the emulator to do this or that. Not the best option for texting, but for Mario , it can’t be beat

Sony Pleased As Punch With Apple’s iPad [Apple]

While Nintendo president Satoru Iwata expressed some rather public disappointment with the new Apple iPad yesterday, representatives from rival firm Sony couldn’t be happier. “Apple’s entrance into the portable gaming space has been a net positive for Sony,” Sony’s John Koller, Director Hardware Marketing, told the Wall Street Journal.

Nokia wants you to make an Ovi app out of your Twitter feed, launches Ovi App Wizard

To anyone who’s ever written a line of code, pre-canned/auto-generated apps are the scourge of the App Store world. For anyone who just wants to be able to say “Me? There’s an app for that! LOL!” without having to dedicate their lives to waging war against semi-colons and pouring through documentation, however, they’re a god send. Love’em or hate’em, Nokia has just embraced’em.

First Bulletstorm Screens Show Off Outrageously Large Guns, Plants [People Can Fly]

Painkiller developer People Can Fly are loading Bulletstorm for a 2011 release, promising “outrageously large guns” and “hordes of mutants and flesh eating gangs in an abandoned paradise,” all of which one can clearly see in brand new screen shots. More

I Order You To Pee On This Battery, Soldier [Batteries]

If you think your gear runs out of juice at inopportune moments, consider the infantrymen of the world, whose lives depend on their gadgets maintaining a charge. Thus the MetalCell, a magnesium-based battery that charges with salt water. Or urine. More

Palm Pre Plus, Pantech Breeze 2 dummies showing up in AT&T stores

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Next webOS update pinned down for late May or early June

If you’re already up and running on webOS 1.4.1.1 , it’s time to lay off of the Update button for a while. Palm just sent out an alert to developers detailing their plans for the next minor update — and as long as our math isn’t failing us, the dates work out to somewhere at the end of May or the beginning of June.