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Samsung folds Bada into open-source Tizen Project
Own-brand phones go open source 16 January 2012 16:48 GMT TweetSamsung is merging its Bada mobile phone operating system with the Tizen Project, an open-source Linux Foundation software platform, aimed at a broad range of devices, including smartphones. "We have an effort that will merge Bada and Tizen", Tae-Jin...
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TomTom maps give the Samsung Wave 3 direction
CES 2012: Deal struck 10 January 2012 13:21 GMT TweetTomTom has announced that it has struck a deal with Samsung that will see TomTom supply data for navigation needs.
The deal only appears to apply to the Samsung Wave 3 which runs on Samsung's own Bada platform, rather than their flagship Android...
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Bada 2.0 adds a Wave of excitement for older Samsung phones
New OS arriving this year on all models 9 September 2011 9:45 GMT TweetDo you now look at your Samsung Wave or Wave II device with contemptuousness hidden beneath your eyes, following the unveiling of the awesome looking, Bada 2.0 packing, Wave 3 over at IFA?
Do you long for some Bada 2.0 action to at least put...
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Samsung Wave 3 pictures and hands-on
HANDS-ON IFA 2011: Bada boy 1 September 2011 13:37 GMT TweetSamsung is still developing its own Bada platform, despite enjoying runaway success with its Android smartphones. Leading the charge for Bada 2.0 is the new Samsung Wave 3.
We’ve liked previous Wave handsets: they’re well put together...
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Wave hello to three new Samsung Bada 2.0 phones
Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y official 30 August 2011 9:36 GMT TweetWhen Samsung officially announced Bada 2.0 last week, it promised that three new Wave handsets would follow later this year.
Well, their time frame may have been a tad conservative as the Samsung Wave 3, Samsung Wave M and Samsung Wave Y have...
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Samsung Bada 2.0 SDK goes live and three new Wave phones coming
It's not all Android you know 25 August 2011 14:44 GMT TweetIf you thought that Samsung was putting all its eggs in one basket by announcing Samsung Galaxy Android phones for every letter of the alphabet and their pro, plus and LTE variants then think again, because a new version of Bada is coming, along with...
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Windows Phone 7: Less popular than Bada?
Gartner figures suggest so 12 August 2011 9:03 GMT TweetThe latest mobile phone industry figures released by technology reserach analyst Gartner don't make good reading for Microsoft - it suggests that its smartphone market share for Windows Phone devices in Q2 2011 was just 1.6 per cent.
This is...
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APP OF THE DAY: Formula1.com 2011 review (Android)
Addicted to F1? This is for you 8 June 2011 18:21 GMT TweetAs great as he is, there are some days when you just don't feel like watching Lewis Hamilton's face on television. Thankfully F1.com has a brilliantly in-depth app which keeps you posted with stats so you can avert your gaze from the screen. Those...
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Parrot AR.Drone lands on Android, Bada and Symbian
AR.FreeFlight app out now 8 June 2011 16:04 GMT TweetWhilst the Parrot AR.Drone might sound like something that the Terminantor's Skynet would spawn, it is in fact a harmless (unless fitted with rockets) smartphone controlled quadricopter.
For quite a while now iPhone owners have enjoyed the...
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Samsung Apps hits 100 million downloads
In just 10 months....Bada bing! 24 March 2011 16:28 GMT TweetSamsung has announced that its Bada app offerings have been downloaded an incredible 100 million times in the 10 months in which the service has been live.
Samsung Apps launched with the original Bada handset - the Samsung Wave GT-S8500 - back...
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Samsung Wave II review
REVIEW
Can Bada still compete?
28 February 2011 12:00 GMT
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Samsung’s original Wave from last year was an attempt at a high-functioning smart phone at a lower than usual price, thanks to Samsung’s Bada OS, which is supposed to be cheaper to implement than the likes of Android. It did a pretty good...
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Samsung Wave II finally goes on sale in Britain
Good things and all that..... 1 February 2011 11:44 GMT TweetBada bing, bada boom - the Samsung Wave II handset is finally available in the UK, almost 4 months after it was initially confirmed by Samsung.
The Wave II (model GT-S8530) looks very similar to the original Wave (the S8500) but the new arrival...
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Samsung Wave 723 review
REVIEW
Can Bada beat off the Android onslaught?
25 January 2011 15:21 GMT
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The Samsung Wave 723 (GT-S7230E) is Samsung’s latest Bada phone. If you remember, that’s their own mobile phone software platform. Launched at MWC 2010 on the Samsung Wave, the company has always said it is committed to the platform. It...
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Samsung Wave II sets sail for Blighty
Bada-based handset set for a UK launch 12 October 2010 11:15 GMT TweetSamsung went official with its latest Bada handset last week and now we've received confirmation from Samsung that the device will be seeing a UK launch.
"Samsung’s success with the first Wave smartphone did not slow our drive to further...
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Bada Bing: Samsung Wave II gets official
The latest Bada handset 4 October 2010 15:11 GMT TweetSamsung has revealed the latest Bada handset - the Samsung Wave II S8530.
Looking very similar to the original Wave (the S8500) the latest incumbent does lack the Super AMOLED screen of its older brother.
In its place is an LCD display,...
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