bada 2.0 & Ecosystem FAQ's

Q: What new features are introduced in bada 2.0?

To develop the bada 2.0 platform, Samsung Electronics analyzed a variety of feedback offered by consumers and app developers on the previous versions. The newly-enhanced bada 2.0 platform provides a variety of new features which allow bada smartphone users to truly appreciate the smartness of their smartphones.
Moreover, it enables third-party app developers to fully utilize the various bada’s functionalities as well as develop the apps that the developer wants to realize.

The Wave family FAQ's

Q : What is the target market of the Wave family with the bada platform?

Wave Family ( 525/533/723/578 )

A : The target smartphone user is shifting from early adopters to the majority of mobile phone owners. For those who are not yet familiar with smartphones, the bada platform has seamless usability compatible with the existing mobile phones and has various functions and better performance just like other Samsung phones. So we created the Wave phone range with the aim of offering the ‘My First Smartphone’ experience. The Wave range offers something for everyone, and is very affordable, so we expect great things for these devices. 

[Success Story] bada Developer Challenge 2010 Grand Prize winners : Mooncoder

bada Developer Challenge 2010 Grand Prize winners :

Mooncoder (Szymon Ulatowski & Maciej Komosinski)

Application Name: Little Sailor

Developer Profile

The first prize of the Samsung Electronics’ bada Developer Challenge 2010 was awarded to ‘Mooncoder’, a Polish developer team that submitted the Little Sailor application. A total of 2077 teams from 54 countries fiercely competed in this bada Developer Challenge which was held from May 2010 to December 2010. Mooncoder (Szymon Ulatowski and Maciej Komosinski) was awarded the first prize of US $30,000. Szymon Ulatowski is an independent developer developing and supplying games through www.toyspring.com and he was in charge of the graphics coding, 3D models and GUI designs for Little Sailor. Maciej Komosinski, an associate professor of Institute of Computing Science at the Poznan University of technology, played a leading role in the creation of the application and was in charge of game play, sailing physics, water simulation and artificial intelligence.

Free Samsung Apps Chart

Just when you thought it couldn't get any busier, Samsung releases bada 2.0 and starts officially talking about the Wave 3 device (which is going to be awesome!). Work is also under way to shift the old Samsung Mobile Innovator brand to the new all singing all dancing Samsung Developers brand, as you may of noticed on our Facebook/Twitter/LinkedIn accounts... <phew!> Anyway, best get on with this weeks top five free Samsung apps rundown -

[Success Story] Major bada application developer: Starwind Games

Developer Profile

Starwind Games is a Russian game developer whose mobile game, Battle Frogging is one of the most popular paid apps currently available on Samsung Apps, Samsung’s mobile & TV application store. Since it launched in October 2010, the game has received a high number of downloads, and has ranked in the top download lists for over 8 weeks. The initial release of the game was exclusively on bada, Samsung’s own smartphone platform.

http://www.samsungapps.com/topApps/topAppsDetail.as?productId=G00000201679

With its fun story and likeable characters, the cartoon-style game quickly gained popularity among Samsung Apps users. Battle Frogging’s appeal lies in its appeal for the whole family: it is both an arcade and puzzle game, where players will need accuracy and planning skills.

Introducing Wave3 with bada 2.0 [infographic]

Samsung enhances its mobile platform with the launch of ‘bada 2.0’

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd, a leading mobile phone provider, today announced the bada 2.0 SDK (Software Development Kit), an application development tool for Samsung’s own mobile platform. bada 2.0 is expected to be a catalyst in expanding the global distribution of bada smartphones, which have already received significant global sales.

The expansion of the bada platform is led by the success of the seven existing Samsung Wave devices. The Wave smartphones have proven extremely popular in Europe, China and Southeast Asia, where consumers have been attracted to their affordability and functionality; the recognizable user-experience and touch interface has helped introduce existing Samsung feature phone users to Smartphone services and application experiences. 

Free Samsung Apps Chart

Busy week in mobile this one, with bada 2.0 SDK becoming publicly available, Steve Jobs stepping down from Apple and IFA round the corner. Time to take five (ho ho ho) with this week's top free Samsung Apps for Android & bada handsets.

Free Samsung Apps Chart

From this day hence, I have taken the liberty of adjusting this weeks top free samsung apps chart to feature both Android and bada. So now this weekly chart will be the best place to find out about what to download for your Samsung device! Read on, brave adventurer, for the hottest free samsung apps available right now in real life!!

more bada tutorial videos coming soon!

Just a quick update to let you know we've got a couple of bada videos in production at the moment for the badadevelopers YouTube channel. We've upgraded our production software to Final Cut Pro 10.0 (which is awesome!) so we will finally be able to have someone running through the IDE, while its on fire. Or so I am told.

Lights, camera, erm....

Our very own Keith Bauwise will show you how to make the most of video in your apps, and of course we are working on an epic magnum opus of a bada 2.0 video, to make sure you can hit the ground running as soon as its released. The bada 2.0 video is going to be really special (no pressure Jon) and I'm really chuffed with the early results.

Best get to work on them now!!

For the latest on bada and our other videos check developer.bada.com