Samsung today clarified a report that it was merging its bada operating system with the Intel-backed Tizen initiative. A final decision has not been reached according to a company statement sent to AllThingsD: “Samsung and other members of Tizen Association have not made a firm decision regarding the merge of bada and Tizen. We are carefully looking at it as […]
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Samsung bada merging with Intel-backed Tizen project
Samsung’s internally developped bada mobile operating system is is being merged with the recently announced Intel-backed Tizen operating system. Tae-Jin Kang, Senior Vice President of Samsung’s Contents Planning Team, indicated during CES that “We have an effort that will merge bada and Tizen.” Once completed, Tizen promises to be fully backwards compatible with bada. Both bada and Tizen developers will […]
Samsung to make Bada open source next year?
Citing “a person familiar with the situation,”, The Wall Street Journal is reporting today that Samsung has no plans to buy a mobile software platform (it already passed on webOS and MeeGo). It will instead make its Bada mobile operating system an open source platform sometime next year. Samsung is hoping that the move would translate in increased adoption for […]
Samsung announces Bada 2.0-powered Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y
Samsung today announced the launch of three new smartphones to be powered by the latest version of Samsung’s Bada mobile operating system. The Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y will all use Bada 2.0 which adds a number of new features including multitasking, Wi-Fi Direct, voice recognition and Near Field Communication. They will also come with ChatON, Samsung’s new […]
Samsung to announce GALAXY Tab 7.7, Wave 3 and GALAXY Note at IFA event?
To go along with its upcoming Unpacked II event on September 1st, Samsung launched an Android teaser app called SAMSUNGmobile UNPACKED. The only trouble is that an enterprising soul dug through the APK and found three logos embedded in the app that suggest that Samsung will announce three new devices: The GALAXY Note, the Wave 3, and the GALAXY Tab […]
Bell Mobility also announces bada-powered Samsung Wave
Right on Rogers Wireless’ heels, Bell Mobility also announced that it is offering the Samsung Wave. While they may have been beaten to the punch when it comes to who announced the Wave first, their pricing is much more attractive than Rogers’. Bell is offering the Samsung Wave for CA$29.95 with a three-year contract (CA$70 less than Rogers), CA$149.95 with […]
Samsung announces Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro bada smartphones
Samsung today announced two new bada-powered smartphones, the Wave 2 (S5250) and Wave 2 Pro (S5330). The devices are quite similar but the Wave 2 Pro adds a slide-out QWERTY keyboard. Both will slot in below the flagship Samsung Wave. “The Wave 2 and Wave 2 Pro are testament to Samsung’s continuing commitment to deliver a smartphone for every lifestyle,” […]