Archive for the ‘Platforms: Bada’ Category

Free Bada Development eBook

July 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

Samsung has released a new eBook that outlines development in Bada OS. The eBook, titled Introduction to Bada – A Developer’s Guide, is available as free download.

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Samsung’s Wave & Galaxy S Hit the Million

July 16th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Bada, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Though Samsung has been putting most of its PR budgets on the introduction of the Samsung Wave (with their new Bada OS), The company’s Galaxy S faster than expected.

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SkyHook Brings LBS to Bada

July 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

Samsung has signed a deal with LBS service provider SkyHook. SkyHook will provide developers on the Bada OS with specific data on where the user is located based on various inputs.

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Behind the Bada OS – UPDATED

June 7th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

The day after we visited Microsoft’s Windows Phone 7 DevHub, MGB visited the Samsung Bada Developer Event in Amsterdam. Just like our Windows Phone 7 post, a big part of this story will have information you already know, yet there might be some scoops in this one as well.

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First Experience Samsung Wave

April 22nd, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada, Smartphones & Tablets | No Comments »

Last Monday we visited an event where Samsung was mass-demonstrating the WAVE and with it, their brand new Bada platform. We took some time and played around with the device.

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MWC: Astraware Big Winner Samung/Handmark Fund

February 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards, Platforms: Bada | 5 Comments »

Last night, Samsung and Handmark announced the games that will receive funding for their presence on Samsung’s Baba fund. The biggest winner was Astraware, a studio that split from Handmark only recently.

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MWC: Bada’s App Store

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

With the introduction of their new OS, Samsung is now also shedding some light on the Bada part of the App Store behind it. Amongst other features, in-app purchasing will be supported by the sales channel.

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MWC: Samsung to End Dumbphones!?

February 15th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

It seems the end is over for the dumbphone if we have to believe Samsung. Though the manufacturer still creates a large amount of feature phones, it is expected that Bada will be their new OS.

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Bada Developer Portal Launches

January 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

Samsung has unveiled their new Bada developer portal. It will allow all developers to sign up and submit their applications for the platform. At the same time, they can also enter the Developer Challenge that is still running.