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  Samsung has quietly released the bada SDK 2.0 that was accessible to select developers till now. The bada SDK 2.0 will allow devs to take advantage of the new features introduced in the upcoming bada OS like improved UI, NFC support, Ads, text-to-speech and more. The release of the SDK is perfectly timed as [...]

  Samsung Singapore has confirmed the release of its new bada phone Wave 578. Consumers interesting in buying this mid-range phone will be able to buy it from tomorrow at a price of S$338. Wave 578 is the first bada phone to feature NFC (Near Field Communication) and comes with bada 1.1. The phone is [...]

  In an interview with South Korea’s Yonhap, President of Samsung’s mobile communications and digital imaging, JK Shin revealed some interesting facts about the burgeoning Samsung division. Samsung had expected to sell around 60 million smartphones in 2011 but Shin expects it to easily surpass it, Galaxy S II being one of the biggest contributors. [...]

  Word is Samsung has started giving select developers early access to bada 2.0 SDK. Along with the new SDK, Samsung also released a few tutorials and according to our tipster, this is where these images were found. Now we’re not sure if these are just placeholders but both these devices look nice. Surprisingly, we’re [...]

  When Samsung unveiled Wave 578 at MWC, the phone sported a round center button. However, new images on the bada website confirm Samsung has modified the phone’s design a bit, which now has a rectangular home button. The button is reminiscent to what have in Galaxy S II and Galaxy Ace. Apart from this, [...]

  Looks like users using a bada phone with WQVGA resolution will have to face some disappointment. Samsung bada’s official twitter account confirmed that bada 1.2 update won’t be released to WQVGA devices. Bada devices that support WQVGA resolution include Wave 525, 533, 575, 578 and 723. As for bada 1.2, it is expected to [...]

  Samsung is looking to launch bada 2.0 around July, at least in India. Financial Express has published an article on bada where Samsung has shared some interesting insights about the OS. According to a Samsung exec, Dipesh Shah Samsung India is targeting smartphone market share of around 30 percent this calendar year from the [...]

  Own a bada running phone? Now, you can stay abreast with all the Samsung news with our SamsungHub application. The app works on all bada devices and is available on Samsung Apps for you to download.

  Just as expected, the Samsung’s mobile application store aka the Samsung Apps has surpassed 100 million downloads. Samsung managed to achieve this feat in under a year since the application store started in June 2010 with Samsung Wave (S8500) being the first supported device. Samsung Apps currently has 13,000 applications and is available in [...]

UPDATE: Samsung contacted us with the following statement. We are delighted with the success of the original bada platform, which was launched at MWC last year. We have looked to build on this with bada 2.0 by creating a versatile and robust platform capable of continuing the success of its predecessor. We have also created [...]