Bada
Samsung starts working on bada 3.0
bada’s project head, Justin Hong confirmed in a tweet that they’ve started working on the next version of bada aka bada 3.0. He also notes the team is in the “last phase of bada 2.0 device development,” which means the roll out for bada 2.0 for existing devices could start anytime soon. Samsung had [...]
Samsung and Intel to spearhead development of Tizen OS
It’s a known fact that Samsung is one of the key members of the LiMo Foundation and in the past, have dabbled with few devices running LiMo OS. Now the news comes from LiMo and Linux Foundation that they have come together to develop a new open-source OS called Tizen. Tizen will be an [...]
WSJ: Samsung to make bada open-source
Samsung is close to reach 10 million bada-powered handsets and if the latest piece by Wall Street Journal holds any water, bada’s up take could increase significantly by next year. According to the WSJ report, Samsung is planning to open-source bada next year. This will fulfill two objectives – it will reduce the reliance [...]
Samsung denies bada tablet possibility
With Samsung churning out Android and more recently Windows-based tablets, you’d expect the Korean giant to do something similar with their in-house operating system. However, it turns out Samsung does not have any plans to release a tablet with the bada OS. Or at least, in the near future. Samsung exec, Dipesh Shah made [...]
Samsung Wave 3 launch roll out begins in October
Samsung has confirmed the launch time frame of its latest top-end Wave 3 device. At the bada developer day in India, Samsung executive confirmed that Wave 3 will be launched from this October. The first country to get this bada 2.0 device is unknown but we would guestimate it to be some European country. [...]
Bada SDK 2.0.1 now available for download
Samsung has released the bada SDK 2.0.1 for developers. As you’d expect from the version number, the update is just a minor one with some bug fixes. Developers can download it from the bada developer site. bada Developer
bada 2.0 upgrade for existing Wave devices will be released from Q4
Samsung’s bada team has confirmed the rollout of the bada 2.0 OS. The next major update will be released for Wave devices starting from Q4 (which starts from next month) in Europe. Interestingly, the update will be available for all Wave devices however, the number of features could vary depending on the phone’s hardware [...]
SCH-W689 is a bada phone with dual-SIM support, two touchscreens
Off all the bada phones launched till date, none of them have been a clamshell one. However, Samsung will treat Chinese consumers with a unique offering which will be Samsung’s first flip phone powered by bada and also sport two touchscreens as well as dual-SIM support. The Samsung Duos W689 will run bada 1.1 [...]
Samsung unveils Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y bada phones
Samsung has officially announced three bada phones that will be showcased at the IFA in coming days. Joining the Wave lineup this year will be Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y phones, all running bada 2.0 OS. Wave 3 is the flagship or the hero device in the range and has got a [...]
bada Developer Day scheduled for 2011, starts with India
In addition to announcing the release of bada 2.0 SDK, Samsung has also scheduled its developer days in many countries. The first Developer Day will be held in India, which also happens to be one of the biggest software development centers for Samsung. The event is scheduled to take place on September 16 in [...]