Samsung has confirmed that some of its devices (read mid-range to high-end) will get three generations of Android OS upgrades. This means if you have a device from the list below or plan to buy, rest assured, your phone or tablet will receive Android 10, Android 11 and Android 12 (or Android 13 if the […]
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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 […]
South Korea to develop smartphone OS with Samsung and LG
South Korea ministry today announced that they’ll develop their own open-source smartphone OS to give local smartphone makers “competitiveness” against foreign smartphone OS makers. The details on how and what the OS will be are unknown but the Korean ministry said such a move will help manufacturers like Samsung, LG to compete against Apple’s […]
Samsung releases bada SDK 1.2.1; announces In-App Advertising
Samsung has released a new update to bada’s recently released v1.2 SDK. The new v1.2.1 bundles an error checker to check potential errors that could occur during packaging of the app. Another interesting development is the introduction of in-app advertising. Developers can now monetize and earn revenues from their app starting Jan 1, 2011. […]
Samsung to end Symbian support tomorrow
Samsung’s Mobile Innovator just sent another email reminding us that they’ll officially stop supporting the Symbian platform after tomorrow. The Symbian Lab for developers was closed in October whereas the Symbian forum and content related to the OS will be removed today and tomorrow respectively. Samsung hasn’t confirmed if they’ll support Symbian in the […]