Bada 2.0 (Mobile OS by Samsung) released

barredo wrote: post #2

Does anyone in HN develop Bada apps? How is it? Any tips or general advice? How does it compare to developing for Android/iOS?

Sorry downvoted you by mistake. I also wonder which of their handsets run Nada?

Re: Bada 2.0 (Mobile OS by Samsung) released

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Post by Garbage » Sat, Aug 27, 2011, 5:37 PM UTC

budu3 wrote: post #3

Does this mean that Samsumg is moving away from Android?

No.

Re: Bada 2.0 (Mobile OS by Samsung) released

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Post by budu3 » Sat, Aug 27, 2011, 5:42 PM UTC

Garbage wrote: post #5

budu3 wrote: post #3

Does this mean that Samsumg is moving away from Android?

No.

Can you elaborate?

Re: Bada 2.0 (Mobile OS by Samsung) released

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Post by programminggeek » Sat, Aug 27, 2011, 5:50 PM UTC

budu3 wrote: post #3

Does this mean that Samsumg is moving away from Android?

Bada is more for lower end smart feature phones. As the lowest of the low end market gets more capability, you need an OS that's lighter than Android but better than the Java ME junk from 5 years ago. Thus, Bada. It's an OS for smarter dumb phones.

Re: Bada 2.0 (Mobile OS by Samsung) released

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Post by mmahemoff » Sat, Aug 27, 2011, 5:57 PM UTC

budu3 wrote: post #3

Does this mean that Samsumg is moving away from Android?

This is 2.0 and Bada's been around a couple years already. For now, it's more low end than Android, but Samsung's reach is huge these days and I'm sure they privately see it as a nice contingency plan and bargaining chip to balance against Android, as the technologies and business relationships evolve.

I doubt Google will try to take things more vertical with Motorola, but it's one possible scenario where Samsung will be pleased to have a headstart should they need to put another OS on their leading devices.

Re: Bada 2.0 (Mobile OS by Samsung) released

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Post by mhlakhani » Sat, Aug 27, 2011, 6:08 PM UTC

barredo wrote: post #2

Does anyone in HN develop Bada apps? How is it? Any tips or general advice? How does it compare to developing for Android/iOS?

I've written Bada apps (CTO at a startup that's done quite a few of them), but personally can't compare directly to Android/iOS as I've not worked with those.

The toolkit is generally rough and you'll have to re-invent the wheel many times. You'll thank yourself for using a cross platform tool for anything but the most basic apps. One of our best selling apps on the Bada platform was made using FlashLite, and for games we've been using the Marmalade SDK (formerly Airplay, http://www.madewithmarmalade.com/)

Re: Bada 2.0 (Mobile OS by Samsung) released

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Post by mhlakhani » Sat, Aug 27, 2011, 6:09 PM UTC

budu3 wrote: post #4

barredo wrote: post #2

Does anyone in HN develop Bada apps? How is it? Any tips or general advice? How does it compare to developing for Android/iOS?

Sorry downvoted you by mistake. I also wonder which of their handsets run Nada?

The Wave I and Wave II are their most prominent offerings. They're pretty good on the hardware front. Personally I'd buy them without a thought if they ran Android.