Android has been a very profitable venture for Samsung. Why next to Apple, they’re really the only other mobile hardware manufacturer turning a respectable profit. That said, even with Android’s contributions to Samsung’s bank accounts, the company is hell bent on keeping their options open. At first, that alternate option was based around an in-house low/mid-range device OS dubbed “Bada”. As of late, however, that option has morphed into...

With the hustle and bustle of CES over the last week, we’ve been pretty out of the loop regarding mainstream tech news. And wouldn’t you know it, something pretty big was revealed — Samsung and Intel are reportedly combining Bada and Tizen. The former is Samsung’s in-house pet project while the latter is Intel’s (which also contains some core pieces of MeeGo). More importantly, a new API and SDK will eventually make its way into...

Have a Samsung Wave II in your possession as well as a lust for Sammy’s in-house Bada OS? Why not install the newly leaked Bada 2.0 ROM on it, in turn living dangerously, throwing caution to the wind and likely impressing your friends in the process? The overall fit & finish on Bada 2.0 makes the OS a much more competent contender to the likes of Android, iOS, etc., etc. We on the other hand, still can’t get over the TouchWhiz-like homescreen which...

Samsung Bada developers have some new development goodies to play with this morning. Samsung has officially launched the Bada OS 1.2 SDK. The latest update comes around three months after the official 1.0 release and brings some much needed updates including OpenGL/ES 1.1 and 1.2 Extension support, the ability to allow apps coded in HTML/JavaScript or Flash SWF to run natively without needing to be converted to C++, as well as support for Wi-Fi EAP. However, the biggest...

The processor everyone wants right now is Snapdragon. With meager power requirements considering it’s 1+GHz speeds, it’s not hard to see why. So far, the more prominent phones to have received the speedy chip have been the WinMo powered Touch HD 2 and the N1. Both equally fast phones for sure. But Samsung’s recently announced “Wave” smartphone could put them all to shame, not necessarily raw CPU speeds considered, but buy graphics...