| Why is Samsung putting out a new smartphone OS? | | | | hardware, this is software. |
| That is the question on the industry's lips today, as in | | | | The Samsung Bada mobile OS platform, which isn't |
| the face of a brutal war between RIM with its | | | | exactly out just yet, will support multitouch screens, |
| Blackberry OS (aka BB OS), Microsoft with its | | | | social networking, and use of more than one web |
| Windows Mobile (aka WinMo), and of course the | | | | browser. Why they're trading in their existing OS, |
| inimitable Apple with its mobile OS for the iPhone and | | | | Symbian, for this new one, Bada, might be best |
| the biggest new threat to Apple's monopolistic | | | | conveyed in looking at the sales numbers, which show |
| aspirations, Google's own Android OS, a lagging | | | | Samsung falling flat compared to its competitors, time |
| competitor, namely Samsung, attempts to gain lost | | | | and time again. Building upon Samsung's reputation for |
| ground by...throwing its hat in this already crowded | | | | feature-rich phones, the Bada OS will, perhaps most |
| ring? What gives? | | | | notably, include an SDK for third-party software |
| There may be less of a definitive answer to that | | | | development. Which means Samsung apps are soon |
| question than there is to the question of what gives, or | | | | to follow. |
| to put it another way - what is this new Samsung | | | | The announcement of the new Samsung mobile OS |
| mobile OS and what's it all about? Well, it's called Bada | | | | was made in London last week, and no word has yet |
| (for bada or worse?). Of course Symbian seems to | | | | been released about plans to put the Bada OS in |
| be working just fine for Nokia, who purchased the OS | | | | Samsung's U.S. smartphones, but the likelihood is that |
| earlier this year, and Nokia is still known for having one | | | | the U.K. will be its testing ground, and if all goes well... |
| of the best hardware systems around. But that's | | | | |