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Samsung Enters Smartphone Wars With Bada OS

Posted by samzenpus on from the new-phone-on-the-block dept.

MojoKid writes "Samsung is betting there's room for more in the smartphone market and has unveiled its new bada OS. The name 'bada,' means 'ocean' in Korean and was chosen to convey the 'limitless variety of potential applications which can be created using the new platform.' Samsung claims the OS is extremely simple for developers, saying that bada was built to be extremely interactive with its users — including flash control, motion sensing, fine-tuned vibration control and face detection. Samsung is hoping developers will take this user interface and create a variety of applications focused around it, and thus provide different types of apps than exist for the iPhone and Android OS. The bada OS has a variety of sensors, including accelerometers, tilt, weather, proximity and activity. Samsung will be hosting a series of Developer Days in Seoul, London and San Francisco, among other cities, throughout 2010."

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  1. Oh goody! by yelvington · · Score: 4, Insightful

    To go with their new, incompatible OS, maybe they can introduce yet another new, incompatible power plug and a new, incompatible headphone jack!

    1. Re:Oh goody! by A12m0v · · Score: 5, Insightful

      Then get a Droid :-)

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    2. Re:Oh goody! by Krneki · · Score: 4, Insightful

      All I want is Motorola hardware with... someone else's OS. Frankly, so far they all blow.

      I know I'll either get flamed or modded +5 insightful, but I would really consider getting an iPhone. There's only one thing that will keep me from doing it: I want to be able to remove the battery from my phone. If I can't swap out my battery if I drop my phone in water or replace it on my own, then I don't want that phone.

      You want a player that is not recognised by the PC unless you install some dodgy rivers?

      Funny thing is, the mp3 player for 10$ doesn't need any driver and works with Mac, Linux or Windows.

      Fuck lock in hardware or software.

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    3. Re:Oh goody! by dwater · · Score: 2, Insightful

      or even better, an N900

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  2. "limitless variety of potential applications"? by No+Grand+Plan · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Wouldn't it be better to have a limitless variety of actual applications?

  3. Marketing gem by jmpeax · · Score: 3, Insightful

    From the website navigation menu: bada for business | bada for developers.

    Bada for Samsung, more like.

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