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Samsung Apps For TV’s Launched

Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
Samsung App Store On TV

Samsung App Store On TV

Last January, Samsung announced that it would bring support for Apps to their upcoming HD TV’s, with distribution through Samsung’s existing App Store.

Now Samsung opened up their Apps platform for TV’s, with the launch of an SDK and the first applications available to download on the new Samsung TV’s.

Together with this announcement, Samsung is opening a competition for the best TV apps, offering $500,000 in cash and prizes for the individuals or teams that develop the best looking, most brilliantly conceived, and most functional apps. More info on how to enter this competition can be found here.

“To vitalize the Smart TV market, it is crucial to provide quality local content tailored to consumers of different countries,” says Boo-keun Yoon, president of Samsung’s Visual Display division.
“We are expanding the Samsung Apps Contest from Korea to the US and Europe and will work hard to create an environment where developers, consumers and Samsung win together.”
A European version of the contest will launch later this year.

To vitalize the Smart TV market, it is crucial to provide quality local content tailored to consumers of different countries. We are expanding the Samsung Apps Contest from Korea to the US and Europe and will work hard to create an environment where developers, consumers and Samsung win together. (Boo-keun Yoon, president of Samsung’s Visual Display division via Mobile Entertainment)

A European version of the contest will launch later this year.

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Top 5 Apps Downloaded By Samsung Wave Owners

Wednesday, July 21st, 2010

Samsung announced the top 5 global applications, measured by downloads two weeks ago, on Bada:

  1. SouthAfrica2010 (Developed by Mubaloo)
  2. Hit My Boss (Developed by Rightbrain Communications)
  3. Reaction Test (Developed by ABC Solution)
  4. Basket Ball (Developed by Uangel)

    Basket Ball (Developed by Uangel)

  5. Brain Training (Developed by bluepin)

It may come as no surprise that the number one application is related to soccer, as this list was compiled based on the number of downloads during the world cup. As IntoMobile noted, interestingly this list lacks major publishers, “which still seem unconvinced about the prospects of the Bada platform”. As Samsung will keep publishing these lists on a regular basis, we will keep an eye on whether applications from major publishers will enter the top listings.

via: IntoMobile

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Samsung Rolls Out Samsung Apps Around The World

Tuesday, May 25th, 2010

Today, Samsung has officially launched its first Bada phone: the Wave. The Samsung Wave has been launched in Europe first, and will be available in Southeast Asia, China, the Middle East, Africa, and Latin America later.samsung_bada_apps

While launching the Wave, Samsung’s app store called Samsung Apps will become available in over eighty countries world wide and now also offers Bada applications, as expected. Before, Samsung Apps only offered applications for Samsung phones based on Windows Mobile and Symbian. Citizens of the countries where Samsung Apps is available, can access Samsung Apps using Samsung’s desktop phone management tool.

The Samsung Wave is Samsung’s first phone based on its open Bada smartphone platform. The Wave is a slim touchscreen phone and has 720p high-def video capabilities. The web browser is based on WebKit and supports Adobe Flash. Developers interested in developing applications for the Bada platform can download the Bada beta SDK here.

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GetJar And Samsung Announce The Gettie Awards And Bada Developer Challenge

Tuesday, May 18th, 2010
GetJar

GetJar

GetJar, one of the largest independent application stores, today announced “The Gettie Awards 2010“. As you would expect from an independent store, the Awards are open for app submissions across six platforms: Android, BlackBerry, iPhone, Java, Symbian and Windows Mobile. The event will take place in conjunction with the first evening of VentureBeat’s annual MobileBeat conference scheduled for July 12, 2010 in San Francisco.

Samsung Mobile Innovator

Samsung Mobile Innovator

Additionally, Samsung is holding the Bada Developer Challenge, where “You could win a share of $2,700,000″. Registration opened yesterday and is still open until July 31st, with winners to be announced November 16th.

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First Samsung Bada Phone Introduced In Two Weeks

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

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.

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Samsung Application Store Now In 5 Countries, More To Follow

Monday, January 25th, 2010

The Samsung Application Store was already available in the UK, France and Italy, but now Samsung announced its launch in Germany and Singapore. End of this month Brazil and China will also be added to the supported countries list.

Samsung Application Store - Countries

The store has been available since September last year and now offers 549 applications. From mid-February, Samsung phones in Singapore and Germany will be shipped with the Application Store pre-installed. Samsung is also launching a new software suite, called Kies, which allows users to search and download applications directly from their PC. The applications are then installed onto their mobile device when synced with the PC.

The Samsung Application Store now supports three phone models, with more to come. We have updated appstores.info with the information above.

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Samsung To Bring Its App Store To HDTVs

Friday, January 8th, 2010

More big news from the Cusomer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Samsung announced it will be bringing its Application Store to HDTVs. With Samsung Apps, users will be able to download and purchase applications from a selection of  Samsung HDTVs, Blu-ray Players and Home Theater systems via the upgraded Internet@TV – Content Service.

Samsung’s goal over the past two years has been to really push the envelope in terms of consumer experience with connected TV, and 2010 is no different,” said Kevin Kyungshik Lee, Vice President of Visual Display at Samsung Electronics. “The upgraded Internet@TV feature with Samsung Apps is another major step in terms of a truly personalized, easy to navigate and convenient connected TV experience, which is why we’re offering it in the vast majority of TV models 40 inches and above and now extending those capabilities across multiple products. (via WebProNews)

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Samsung App for HDTVs

Samsung will start supporting content for HDTVs in the Samsung Application Store in July 2010, with both free and paid applications. The Samsung now supports content for a selection of Samsung Windows Mobile and Symbian phones, and contains over 500 applications. The store is available in the UK, France and Italy, with more countries to follow.

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Samsung Bada To Support In-App Purchasing

Tuesday, December 29th, 2009

Samsung just released a set of videos from the Bada Launch Ceremony that was held on December 8 in London. Bada is a software layer that Samsung has added on top of its existing proprietary mobile phone operating system. This will allow developers to create applications for Samsung’s phones. Right now, developers can already get their applications on Samsung phones using Java, but the goal of Bada is to make this easier and give developers access to more phone functionality in order to create more compelling apps for consumers.

The first Bada devices will enter the market in the first half of 2010. Developers can start to create Bada applications with the SDK Samsung published.

The videos show some interesting announcements for Bada and the Samsung Application Store. First, the Bada platform enables developers to use In-App Purchasing for their Bada applications:

Bada In-App Purchasing

Bada In-App Purchasing

The details on how this will work in relation to the Application Store are yet to be announced. Samsung also said that Bada applications will be available in the Samsung Application Store, which is currently available in the UK, France and Italy, and supports Windows Mobile applications. In the beginning of next year, the number of supported countries will grow to 50, Samsung announced.

To purchase Bada applications from the Samsung Application Store, consumers will be able to use a credit card or operator billing. In the presentation Samsung highlighted that a user of the store will not be required to register before buying an application:

Samsung Application Store - Billing

Samsung Application Store - Billing

More details should be released in the first half of 2010, when the first Bada phones enter the market. See the full videos of the Bada Launch Ceremony here.

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Samsung Bada Applications Coming Next Year

Thursday, December 10th, 2009

This week, Samsung announced its new mobile platform, Bada. Bada is a software layer that Samsung has added on top of its existing proprietary mobile phone operating system. This will allow developers to create applications for Samsung’s phones. Right now, developers can already get their applications on Samsung phones using Java, but the goal of Bada is to make this easier and give developers access to more phone functionality, in order to create more compelling apps for consumers.

The first Bada devices will enter the market in the first half of 2010. 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 and Italy, 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 carrier billing and availability in more countries for the Application Store soon.

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Samsung Bada Launches Next Week

Tuesday, December 1st, 2009

Early November, Samsung announced Bada, 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. Right now, developers can already get their applications on Samsung phones using Java, but the goal of Bada is to make this easier and give developers access to more phone functionality, in order to create compelling apps for consumers.

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 Symbian, Android and Windows Mobile. It is said that Samsung targets lower priced smartphones with Bada and that they will keep Android/Symbian/Windows Mobile for the high end models.

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. More details on how this will work out are coming next week. On December 8, Samsung is holding a Bada launch event in London:

Samsung Bada launch event, 8 December, London

Samsung Bada launch event, 8 December, London

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