Comments on: Step aside Android; Samsung debuts Bada 2.0 handsets

By: Ronak

Ronak — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 18:55:22 +0000

Yes, self-made ringtones can be used in bada.

By: cabdriverjim

cabdriverjim — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:07:19 +0000

Throwing junk on the wall to see what sticks? I think so. I fail to see the fascination with constantly reinventing the wheel. Why not just smooth out the rough edges on the one we have? Yes, yes, its a differentiator for them. The problem is that most differentiators tend to be simultaneously too different in some ways and not different enough in others.

By: kart

kart — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 07:40:25 +0000

I think the title should have been ” Step aside WP7 samsung debuts bada 2.0 handsets”

Why?

Because with android and now bada being taken more mainstream by samsung,i doubt it will have the same interest in making wp7 handsets.

One company making handsets running on three different OSes??Dont think so.

By: Stan Chan

Stan Chan — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 21:15:14 +0000

I think the last numbers given for Bada/Android/iPhone was 13k/100k/300k respectively. I think that Bada will take some market share, but not significant. The target audience for these phones are most likely moving away from feature phones, but why would you want to go Bada with such a limited set of applications unless you don’t understand the market for smartphones or was incentivized to get one.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:59:32 +0000

I’m not sure that 3,000 app number is accurate; there’s no citation in the Wikipedia entry to source the 3000 apps. I did see a Samsung press release last month saying that the Samsung Apps store has over 25,000 apps and hit 100m downloads: http://www.samsungapps.com/notice/getNoticeDetail.as?csNoticeID=0000000561 The tricky part is: although Samsung Apps was initially developed for Bada phones, it later added Android apps and software for other Samsung devices (televisions, for example), so it’s hard to say how many apps are specific to Bada. Also in July of this year, Samsung said it has sold 10m Bada phones, which isn’t half bad for an upstart, in-house platform that debuted about 1.5 years ago.

By: AC

AC — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 20:43:24 +0000

What happens if Apple sues Samsung on these Bada phones as well? This time they don’t even have Google’s backing for support.

By: Mukesh Aggarwal

Mukesh Aggarwal — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 19:30:44 +0000

now all it needs it to get more apps to entice more people to buy these phones (wikipedia says they have about 3000). That will entice more developers to write more apps. That will mean more people will buy this phones because of more apps.
Hmm… I (and maybe Samsung) seem to be missing something in above logic..

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:17:08 +0000

Just being in the game (as webOS was) obviously isn’t enough. There’s a huge difference between webOS and Bada phones IMO: Samsung is delivering Bada devices while webOS phone launches were delayed or never materialized from either Palm or HP. Samsung appears to be growing Bada sales at a rate faster than Microsoft and RIM, which tells me it has legs, or at least potential. Bada may never challenge for more than a quarter of smartphone market share, but it’s looking like a nice plan B for Samsung. The company is weaning customers off of feature phones with Bada and is now starting to move it upstream to the higher end as well.

By: Stan Chan

Stan Chan — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 18:06:08 +0000

So, is there a market for a 4th smartphone OS… I have my doubts. Look at WebOS.

By: Kevin C. Tofel

Kevin C. Tofel — Tue, 30 Aug 2011 17:48:07 +0000

Yes, all three handsets have headset jacks, but I can’t speak to the ringtone functionality as I haven’t yet used one of the devices.