Bada Mobile Operating System Launched by Samsung
Another mobile operating system to add to the list of the modern ones that are currently competing on the market, including Windows Mobile, Research in Motion’s BlackBerry, Palm’s webOS, Apple’s iPhone, Symbian and Google’s Android. Samsung electronics announced the launch of their own open mobile platform by the name of bada, which is translated from korean as “ocean”, and is meant to “convey the limitless variety of potential applications which can be created using the new platform.” As third party application become an increasingly important factor in purchasing decisions, it is well understood why the new OS will be an open platform, which presumably refers to the open software development kit and the ability of developers to create applications for devices running on bada. Even though the company released it’s own OS, it still remains involved with the Windows Mobile, Java and Symbian operating systems. Where it will go – we’ll see.