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  A new LiMo-powered Samsung phone for Vodafone is expected soon. The info comes from Samsung-Firmware who says that I8330 H2 will be launched in time of the FIFA World Cup and will feature LiMo R3 OS, full touchscreen display, 1GHz CPU, 8MP camera with full HD video recording support, GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth and HSDPA. [...]

  We speculated if bada phone will be there at MWC or not and it seems bada’s official blog has let the cat out of the bag. The blog post has confirmed of a bada smartphone along with the new TouchWiz UX. Not sure how the new user interface will look or function but Samsung [...]

  UPDATE: As Sven points out, this could have been done to avoid any hurdles in the EU region but Samsung too, has applied for the Bada and Vita OS trademarks. Going through recent trademark filings from Samsung, I discovered an interesting filing. A trademark by the name of “VITA OS” was filed by Samsung [...]

  Take it as pure speculation for now but there are compelling reasons that Samsung will show bada phone (or phones) at MWC next month. Samsung’s CES showcase was more of televisions (including 3D), displays, cameras and netbooks. But MWC is a mobile-centric event and since JK Shin, the President and Head of Mobile Communications [...]

  Samsung bada’s press event was nothing more than a showcase of what bada can do but this technical session meant only for developers and content partners reveals a lot more. Check out the long video here.

  Here are few more screenshots of Samsung’s bada OS. As like the previous time, these screens also hint at touch friendliness. However, it will be interesting to see its responsiveness in real world. Another thing that has come to light is that bada phones won’t support multi-tasking. bada phones support one application policy, which [...]

  Few bada OS screenshots have found their way out on the net and it gives pleasure to see that it won’t be as uninteresting and not-so-revealing as the recent bada announcement. The UI seems finger friendly and will be able to exploit other interesting features like multitouch support, motion sensing and more. First bada [...]

  Samsung’s unveiling of bada mobile OS platform today was a disappointment. Nothing substantial was revealed nor did Samsung have a single bada prototype on display. But more importantly, the question in everyone’s mind was “Do we need another mobile platform?” Well, if you consider Samsung’s monetary goal, then yes. To cut the long story [...]

  Within few minutes, Samsung will showcase its bada platform to the world along with few partnership announcements with Twitter, Blockbuster, CAPCOM, EA Mobile and Gameloft. The bada’s UI will be based on Samsung’s TouchWiz that is already being used in most of the Samsung devices. Bada will allow developers to develop apps by taking [...]

  It’s confirmed. The early December date for bada unveiling turns out to be December 8. The Korean giant is sending out invites for the event which is scheduled to take place at Vinopolis in London with Dr. Hosco Lee, EVP and head of the Media Solution Center (MSC) discussing all the intrinsic details. Samsung [...]