Posts Tagged ‘Bada’

Samsung Shows off Tizen Device

May 8th, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

Following the recent release of the Tizen SDK’s, Samsung has now started to show off the first hardware running the new Tizen operating system. Tizen is based on Linux and originated from MeeGo (Intel and Nokia) and Bada (Samsung).

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Intel and Samsung Present Tizen 1.0

May 3rd, 2012 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

Intel and Samsung have launched version 1.0 of the new Tizen operating system for smartphones. Tizen is a combination of MeeGo (once developed by Intel and Nokia) and Bada OS from Samsung. The whole system is based on the Linux kernel. Developers can start downloading the Tizen SDK’s, but have to realize there isn’t any Tizen hardware… yet.

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Intel Drops MeeGo for Tizen

September 28th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Linux, Platforms: MeeGo, Platforms: Tizen | No Comments »

Following partner Nokia, Intel has now announced it is to abandon the MeeGo platform as well. Instead, it will be working on a new mobile platform with Samsung that’s called Tizen.

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Samsung Apps Passes 100.000.000 Downloads

March 24th, 2011 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada, Platforms: Windows Mobile | No Comments »

Samsung has announced that its Samsung Apps channel passed 100 million downloads. Not bad considering the app store mostly supports Windows Mobile, Samsung Bada and internet TV apps.

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Samsung Launches Bada SDK 1.2.0

December 17th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

To facilitate the release of the Samsung Wave II, the Koreans have prepared the 1.2.0 release of the Bada SDK. 1.2.0 is built for the Wave 525, Wave 533, Wave 575, and Wave 723 and Wave II.

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Little Sailor Wins Bada Developer Challenge

December 8th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Game Awards, Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

Samsung has announced the winners of their Bada Developer Challenge. The grand prix of $300.000 went to an app called Little Sailor from developer Komosinski.

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Samsung Ramps Up on Windows Phone 7 Business

November 18th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: AndroidOS, Platforms: Bada, Platforms: Windows Phone | No Comments »

Samsung has announced it will be creating twice as much Windows Phone 7 devices than Android devices according to Asian news site AsiaOne.

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Scoreloop and Samsung Team up for Bada SDK

October 12th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada | No Comments »

Just in time for the World Cyber Games, Samsung and Scoreloop have teamed up to enable Scoreloop connected games on Samsung’s Bada OS platform.

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Samsung Apps Live in 109 Countries

September 14th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada, Research & Stats | No Comments »

Samsung has announced that its Samsung Apps channel is now live in 109 countries World-wide. The Samsung Wave is of course dominating the downloads in all of those countries.

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Samsung Introduces Next Bada Phone

September 6th, 2010 by Arjan Olsder Posted in Platforms: Bada, Smartphones & Tablets | 1 Comment »

Samsung UK has uncovered the company’s next Bada phone. The device will be called the Wave 723. We have no clue what the numbers refer to, but it is clear the company wants to continue cashing on the popularity of the first Wave handset.

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