Samsung’s Bada 2.0 to move to ‘web-centric’ apps, getting ad framework and multitasking
We're still hesitant to call Bada a "smartphone platform" in the same breath as Android and iOS -- but despite our best attempts to write it off, Samsung's homegrown handset platform keeps chugging and expanding to new hardware.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bada, bada 2.0, developer-event, entry, handset, korea, rumor, samsung, south-korea, web
Samsung’s Bada 1.2 SDK goes gold
Just a little more than three months after the release of the final 1.0 SDK , Samsung has gone gold with version 1.2, proving that it can go tit-for-tat with Android in releasing new operating system versions at a ridiculous pace. Of course, in Bada's case, it's only Samsung developing devices -- so we imagine they have the situation under control. The big new feature in 1.2 would be support for the latest batch of Bada phones in the marketplace like the Wave 575 and Wave II , but you've also got improved Flash support and a full OpenGL ES implementation, both of which should bump up Bada's street cred in the gaming community
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bada, gaming, mobile, operating, samsung, sdk, street, Versions
Samsung releases Bada SDK for developers who want to ride the Wave
Samsung still hasn't managed to get the Wave or any other Bada handset to market yet, but it's doing the right thing by offering developers the software development kit first. Granted, with a planned June release Samsung isn't managing the same sort of massive lead-time that Microsoft has with its Windows Phone 7 SDK, but a few weeks of pressure-free coding are better than none. The first public SDK for Bada was just made available yesterday, and inside developers will find an Eclipse-based IDE, a phone emulator, and tutorials
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bada, definitions, doing-the-right, eclipse-based, handset, merry, Pointer, result, samsungwave, windows, windows-phone
Samsung Wave is world’s first DivX HD phone, Galaxy S in a hurry to be world’s second
Want some DivX -encoded 720p goodness on your fancy new superphone ? Samsung will be the way to go, at least in the short term. The Korean company has announced that its Bada -infused Wave handset will be the first phone with certified support for DivX HD playback, with the freshly announced, Android -driven, Galaxy S following up at an unspecified point in time.
Categories: Android, htc, Mobile Phone Tags: 720p, bada, content, divxhd, fancy, galaxy s, galaxys, result, samsung galaxy s, samsung wave, samsung-bada, short, smartphone, superamoled, Wave
Samsung Wave shows what’s Super about its AMOLED display by going outdoors (video)
Direct sunlight -- is there anything more terrifying for an OLED screen ? Up until now, you had to sacrifice some outdoor performance from your phone's display in order to get the spectacular contrast and viewing angles on offer from OLEDs.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: after-the-break, amoled, bada, environment, more-terrifying, mwc2010, outdoors, pictures, publication, samsung s8500, samsung wave, samsungwave, super amoled, video
Samsung S8500 Wave caught in a spigot of leaks
Trust in yourself, son, the increase in smartphone news that you sense is not imagined, it's very very real. Mobile World Congress is about to kick off in Barcelona which means we're just hours away from being knee-deep in the stuff. One of the most anticipated devices is the Samsung Wave, first spotted on billboards around Barcelona yesterday.
Categories: Mobile Phone, Other Tags: bada, being-knee-deep, certainly-match, developers, samsung, smartphone-news, super amoled, video
Samsung Wave launching Bada onto its very first handset at MWC
There's something nice and unequivocal about a huge billboard popping up in the host city of major tradeshow, and Samsung's Wave handset is making just such an entrance at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona. The previously unannounced handset will be running Samsung's brand new Bada platform , and appears to be a full touchscreen handset from the look of things
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bada, entry, from-the-look, huge-billboard, mobile, mobile-world, nieuws, samsung, samsung wave, Wave
Samsung’s first ‘Super AMOLED’ phone to debut next week?
Remember Samsung's new 3.3-inch AMOLED with embedded touch-controls? If not then you'd better go back and brush up on your display tech because the first Samsung phone using the new 800 x 480 pixel "Super AMOLED" display is said to be getting a reveal next week at the big Mobile World Congress show. The panel is said to be five times "clearer" and offer 20% better visibility when used outside -- the biggest weakness of existing AMOLED devices like the Zune HD and Nexus One
Categories: Mobile Phone, nexus one Tags: bada, biggest, congress, display, entry, like-the-zune, mobileworldcongress, mwc, mwc 2010, nexus one, reveal, samsung, super amoled, superamoled, touchscreen
Bada getting ‘latest version of TouchWiz,’ first model a lock for MWC
The screen shots we've seen of Bada so far don't really remind us of the TouchWiz we know and love (or hate) today, but a new blog post on Samsung's official Bada site says that the platform will definitely be hooked up with "the latest version of TouchWiz" with "chic touch interaction and components to increase its simplicity and ease of use." What's unclear is whether this'll be a ground-up rethinking of Sammy's classic full-touch user experience or just a grafting of its latest production version onto Bada -- but the good news is that we'll find out soon enough, because the company goes on to say that we'll be seeing "the new Bada smartphone at MWC this month." We'll admit, we don't know how we feel yet about the use of "Bada" and "smartphone" in the same sentence -- but we'll know plenty more in a couple of weeks. Bada getting 'latest version of TouchWiz,' first model a lock for MWC originally appeared on Engadget Mobile on Mon, 01 Feb 2010 18:38:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: bada, engadget, find-out-soon, mwc, mwc2010, sammy, shots, simplicity, smartphone, user
Samsung teases Bada at event, questions still outnumber answers
We've just come back from the Samsung Bada mobile platform launch event in London, and frankly the presentation was no more than an app developer and investor magnet -- no hands-on opportunity and no direct answers regarding the hardware. The only mention of a Bada phone is that something's coming out in the first half of 2010. That said, today Samsung did bring in representatives of five strong Bada app partners: Twitter , Capcom, EA, Gameloft and Blockbuster.
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, htc, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: announcement, bada, bada phone, launch-event, replies, report, samsung, samsung bada launch, samsungbada, samsungbadaannouncement