02-03-2013, 04:51 PM
Bada Phone
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History
After the announcement, the Wave S8500 was first shown at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona in February 2010. At that time, applications running on the first Bada phone were demonstrated, including Gameloft's Asphalt 5.[7]
After the launch, companies such as Twitter, EA, Capcom, Gameloft andBlockbuster showed their support for the Bada platform.[8]
In May 2010, Samsung released a beta of their Bada software development kit (SDK) to attract developers. Samsung also began the Bada Developer Challenge with a total prize of $2,700,000 (USD).[9] In August 2010, Samsung released version 1.0 of the SDK.
In August 2011, Samsung released version 2.0 of the SDK. This new version provides many enhancements over its predecessors.
The first Bada-based phone was the Samsung Wave S8500, released in April, 2010,[10][11] which sold one million handsets in its first 4 weeks on the market.[12]
Versions
The Samsung S8500 Wave was launched with version 1.0 of the Bada operating system. Soon after the launch, Samsung released version 1.0.2, which included minor fixes for European users.[13] The latest version 1.2 was released with the Samsung S8530 Wave II phone.[14] The alpha-version of Bada 2.0 was introduced on February 15, 2011, with the Samsung S8530 Wave II handset.
The current flagship Bada handset is the Samsung Wave 3 s8600, running Bada 2.0
Samsung Apps
With the release of the Samsung Wave, Samsung opened an international application store, Samsung Apps, for the Bada platform.[15] Samsung Apps has over 2400 applications.[16]
Architecture
Bada, as Samsung defines it, is not an operating system itself, but a platform with a kernel configurable architecture, which allows using either a proprietary real-time operating system hybrid (RTOS) kernel and Linux kernel.[2] According to copyrights displayed bySamsung Wave S8500, it uses code from FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. Despite numerous suggestions, there is no known bada device to date that is running the Linux kernel. Similarly, there is no evidence that bada uses the same or similar graphics stack as the Tizen OS, in particular EFL.
The device layer provides core functions such as graphics, protocols, telephony and security. The service layer provides more service-centric features such as SMS, mapping and in-app-purchasing. To provide such features there is a so-called bada Server. The top layer, the framework layer provides an application programming interface (API) in C++ for application developers to use.
Bada provides various UI controls to developers: It provides assorted basic UI controls such as Listbox, Color Picker and Tab, has aweb browser control based on the open-source WebKit, and features Adobe Flash, supporting Flash 9, 10 or 11 (Flash Lite 4 with ActionScript 3.0 support) in Bada 2.0. Both the WebKit and Flash can be embedded inside native Bada applications. Bada supports OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API and offers interactive mapping with point of interest (POI) features, which can also be embedded inside native applications.[17] It supports pinch-to-zoom, tabbed browsing and cut, copy, and paste features.[18]
Devices
Samsung's first phone running the Bada platform was the Wave S8500. The Wave is a slim touchscreen phone powered by Samsung's "Hummingbird" CPU (S5PC110), which includes a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU and a built-in PowerVR SGX 540 3D graphics engine, "Super AMOLED" screen and 720p high-def video capabilities.[23]
The Samsung S8530 Wave II was made available in November 2010. It has a 3.7" Super Clear capacitive LCD touchscreen. It is preloaded with Bada 1.2.[14]
At the end of 2011, Samsung released three new models with Bada 2.0. The Samsung Wave 3 (S8600) a high-end model featuring 1.4 GHz CPU with integrated Adreno 205 GPU, 4" AMOLED screen and 5MP camera. The Wave M and Wave Y lower-priced models, using slower CPUs, smaller LCD screens, and lacking other features found in the Wave 3.
Market shares
According to Canalys, Samsung shipped 3.5 million phones running Bada in Q1 of 2011.[24] This rose to 4.5 million phones in Q2 of 2011.[25]
According to Gartner in Q1 2012 bada gain a grow index of +43% and rose from 1.9% share of the market in the same period last year to 2.7%.[26]
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History
After the announcement, the Wave S8500 was first shown at Mobile World Congress 2010 in Barcelona in February 2010. At that time, applications running on the first Bada phone were demonstrated, including Gameloft's Asphalt 5.[7]
After the launch, companies such as Twitter, EA, Capcom, Gameloft andBlockbuster showed their support for the Bada platform.[8]
In May 2010, Samsung released a beta of their Bada software development kit (SDK) to attract developers. Samsung also began the Bada Developer Challenge with a total prize of $2,700,000 (USD).[9] In August 2010, Samsung released version 1.0 of the SDK.
In August 2011, Samsung released version 2.0 of the SDK. This new version provides many enhancements over its predecessors.
The first Bada-based phone was the Samsung Wave S8500, released in April, 2010,[10][11] which sold one million handsets in its first 4 weeks on the market.[12]
Versions
The Samsung S8500 Wave was launched with version 1.0 of the Bada operating system. Soon after the launch, Samsung released version 1.0.2, which included minor fixes for European users.[13] The latest version 1.2 was released with the Samsung S8530 Wave II phone.[14] The alpha-version of Bada 2.0 was introduced on February 15, 2011, with the Samsung S8530 Wave II handset.
The current flagship Bada handset is the Samsung Wave 3 s8600, running Bada 2.0
Samsung Apps
With the release of the Samsung Wave, Samsung opened an international application store, Samsung Apps, for the Bada platform.[15] Samsung Apps has over 2400 applications.[16]
Architecture
Bada, as Samsung defines it, is not an operating system itself, but a platform with a kernel configurable architecture, which allows using either a proprietary real-time operating system hybrid (RTOS) kernel and Linux kernel.[2] According to copyrights displayed bySamsung Wave S8500, it uses code from FreeBSD, NetBSD and OpenBSD. Despite numerous suggestions, there is no known bada device to date that is running the Linux kernel. Similarly, there is no evidence that bada uses the same or similar graphics stack as the Tizen OS, in particular EFL.
The device layer provides core functions such as graphics, protocols, telephony and security. The service layer provides more service-centric features such as SMS, mapping and in-app-purchasing. To provide such features there is a so-called bada Server. The top layer, the framework layer provides an application programming interface (API) in C++ for application developers to use.
Bada provides various UI controls to developers: It provides assorted basic UI controls such as Listbox, Color Picker and Tab, has aweb browser control based on the open-source WebKit, and features Adobe Flash, supporting Flash 9, 10 or 11 (Flash Lite 4 with ActionScript 3.0 support) in Bada 2.0. Both the WebKit and Flash can be embedded inside native Bada applications. Bada supports OpenGL ES 2.0 3D graphics API and offers interactive mapping with point of interest (POI) features, which can also be embedded inside native applications.[17] It supports pinch-to-zoom, tabbed browsing and cut, copy, and paste features.[18]
Devices
Samsung's first phone running the Bada platform was the Wave S8500. The Wave is a slim touchscreen phone powered by Samsung's "Hummingbird" CPU (S5PC110), which includes a 1 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 CPU and a built-in PowerVR SGX 540 3D graphics engine, "Super AMOLED" screen and 720p high-def video capabilities.[23]
The Samsung S8530 Wave II was made available in November 2010. It has a 3.7" Super Clear capacitive LCD touchscreen. It is preloaded with Bada 1.2.[14]
At the end of 2011, Samsung released three new models with Bada 2.0. The Samsung Wave 3 (S8600) a high-end model featuring 1.4 GHz CPU with integrated Adreno 205 GPU, 4" AMOLED screen and 5MP camera. The Wave M and Wave Y lower-priced models, using slower CPUs, smaller LCD screens, and lacking other features found in the Wave 3.
Market shares
According to Canalys, Samsung shipped 3.5 million phones running Bada in Q1 of 2011.[24] This rose to 4.5 million phones in Q2 of 2011.[25]
According to Gartner in Q1 2012 bada gain a grow index of +43% and rose from 1.9% share of the market in the same period last year to 2.7%.[26]