Last week, Samsung announced the launch of Bada:

“Samsung bada – The Next Wave Of The Mobile Industry. Developers get the chance to create mobile applications for millions of new Samsung handsets”

As PC World states, Bada isn’t a new operating system, but a software layer that Samsung has added on top of its existing proprietary mobile phone operating system, allowing third-party developers to create applications for its phones.

The first Samsung handsets with Bada will enter the market mid 2010. Developers that want to develop applications for Bada can learn more on Samsung’s Developer Site, which will contain more details in December.

Samsung already offers phones with both Symbian, Android and Windows Mobile platforms. It even announced a new Android phone today. Samsung is said to target lower priced smartphones with Bada and will keep Android/Symbian for the high end models. This would mean that a developer that wants to target the full Samsung audience. needs to support four different platforms with his application.

When the first Bada phones will be available mid 2010, applications for Bada will be offered through the Samsung Application Store, which got out of beta past September.

Currently the Samsung Application Store offers content for three supported models that run on Windows Mobile. See our latest coverage on this store here.

Vincent Hoogsteder

Tags: bada, samsung application store

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