Last December, Samsung announced its new mobile platform, Bada. Samsung now said that the first Bada phone will be introduced during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, which is being held in two weeks.
Developers can start to create Bada applications with the SDK that Samsung published.
Samsung also announced that Bada applications would be available through an app store that will span 50 countries and offer carrier & credit card billing. More details are not announced yet, but it is very likely that Samsung will support Bada applications in its existing Application Store. The Samsung Application Store was only launched this September, so it would be a logical step not to build a new storefront for Bada.
The Samsung Application Store is now available in the UK, France, Italy, Germany and Singapore and supports Windows Mobile applications. At this moment, it offers a mobile client for Samsung Omnia phones and billing via credit card. The developer revenue share is 70%. The revenue share for Bada applications in not yet disclosed, but the 70% Samsung currently offers, is very likely. We expect Samsung to announce more details on Bada and their Application Store during the Mobile World Congress.
Vincent Hoogsteder
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