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
BlackBerry PlayBook demoed in the flesh at Adobe MAX, Air-based SDK launched
RIM's PlayBook just got real -- quite literally -- at Adobe's MAX conference today. Granted, out-of-the-box Flash and Air support are being billed as a big deal for the PlayBook, but it still seems a little strange that the company showed non-functional dummies running video loops encased in Plexiglas at its developer conference just a few weeks back, only to let Adobe show the good stuff at its own event here.
Categories: BlackBerry, Mobile Phone Tags: adobe, after-the-break, berry-play, BlackBerry, integration, lazaridis, platform, playbook, sdk
Qualcomm launches augmented reality SDK in beta form, ready to rock your Android devices
By now you would've come across at least a handful of inspiring augmented reality apps (with a few exceptions , perhaps), and if you fancy having a go at coding one yourself, Qualcomm may be able to assist. Today, the giant chip maker is pushing out a beta release of its Android AR SDK, which has produced interesting demos like the digital photo frame concept showcased in London last month, as well as the Rock 'Em Sock 'Em Robots game pictured above. In fact, Mattel's so confident with the latter app that it's planning on commercializing it, so who knows -- you could be the next Peter Molyneux of the AR scene, or at least a winner of up to $125,000 from Qualcomm's AR Developer Challenge.
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: arsdk, augmentedreality, beta, developer, digital, Frame, handful, london, mattel, peter, programming, qualcomm, result, sdk
Samsung Bada SDK hits version 1.0; in other news, a tree falls and no one’s around to hear it
Is anyone developing for Bada ? Hello, anyone
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: brim, code, engadget, entry, hand-at-busting, mobile, platforms, result, sdk
MeeGo 1.0 for netbooks and N900 now available to download
You've seen it teased , and now it's time to shelve whatever you had planned for this evening (or morning, depending on your current coordinates) and slap the first bona fide 1.x MeeGo release onto whatever device you've got handy.
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: evening, glance, intel, maemo, meego, mobileos, n900, netbooks, nokia, nokian900, result, sdk, shelve-whatever, whatever-device
Android 2.2 SDK goes live, developers likely unable to crash Google’s download server
Giving devs access to freshly-announced versions of mobile operating systems on the very same day that they're announced is pretty much the way things work nowadays -- the first version of Windows Phone 7 understandably excepted -- so we're pleased to see that Google's kit for Android 2.2 Froyo is now up and running. You start out by downloading a modest 18-odd megabyte package that just contains tools with no target platforms, then you open a separate app to pull and install only the platforms you want (you can go all the way back to version 1.5, if you're so inclined). So kick off that download now while you grab lunch -- we hear the lobster bisque they're serving in the cafeteria today is pretty good
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: bisque, contains-tools, engadget, modest-18-odd, much-the-way, phone, platforms, result, sdk, systems, target, the-cafeteria, the-platforms, windows-phone
webOS update coming soon, PDK apps likely to land
Well, what have we here? A friendly tipster, who just so happens to be a registered Palm developer, has sent us the latest informational email from the recently-swallowed outfit, and while the tone here may be gentle, the implications are certainly serious. According to the memo, a new webOS update is "coming soon," and developers are being alerted that they'll need to be prepared to test their apps when it hits
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: developer, developers, engadget, entry, operating-system, sdk, update-coming
Numerous new iChat clues found iPhone OS 4
We don't really know why Apple wouldn't have mentioned iChat at its "tentpole"-filled keynote if it was all ready to go on it, but the eternal optimists within us would like to believe that the merest glimpse of the app would instantly reveal a front facing camera on whatever new iPhone hardware is in the works, therefore relegating the app to secrecy. Still, the evidence does indeed seem to be mounting for the software's inclusion in the OS. Outside of the iChatAgent process that was spotted last week, 9 to 5 Mac has pulled the covers off references within the SDK to moderators, chat rooms, encrypted video conferences, and more
Categories: Mobile Phone Tags: apple, covers, desktop, even-uncovered, ichat, iphone, iphone os 4, misunderstanding, rooms, sdk, videochat
Palm App catalog hits 1,000 apps… okay, 946
Hey, good news everybody! The Palm App Catalog, which has lagged far behind its peers, has reached the 1,000 app milestone as of this morning. Well, to be precise, it's hit 946, as pointed out by Electronista , but still, it's a nice little sign of growth for the webOS apps, whose development was hampered by very restricted initial access to its Mojo SDK. In comparison to contenders such as Android, whose catalog numbers around 20,000 , and Apples iTunes store, which boasts over 100,000 , Palm's numbers are extremely modest -- but progress is progress, especially considering it launched its App Catalog in June with just 30 apps
Categories: Android, Mobile Phone Tags: apps, catalog-hits, ces, electronista, engadget, initial-access, launched-its, milestone, morning, numbers, peers, pointed-out, sdk, such-as-android, very-restricted
Palm’s Ares SDK goes to public beta
After a brief private testing period, Palm's interesting Ares software development package has made its way into a public beta phase. Breaking tradition from Mojo -- Palm's other webOS SDK -- the big news with Ares is that the dev environment is fully web-based with no additional tools needed for apps to get whipped into reality
Categories: Android, BlackBerry, Mobile Phone, Other Tags: ares, aressdk, BlackBerry, breaking-news, mobile, neutral, palm, podcasts, project-ares, return-false, sdk, webos