A closer look at the power of Samsung Bada, bears Android resemblances
28. Dec, 2009 
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I’m still not 100% sold on the idea of Samsungs releasing their own home-grown mobile OS in 2010, but the Bada OS continues to impress. On December 8th, Samsung held a conference for developers to showcase how the Bada platform will work from a developer’s standpoint. We’ve seen many of the details before, but this time we get an in-depth video of the event which highlights core functionality like we’ve never seen before. When I say “never seen before” I’d strictly referring to what we’ve seen from bada, not a mobile OS. In all honesty, everything that’s come to light about bada makes me think that Samsung is simply creating their own version of Android specifically for their own phones. Yes, there are a few core differences, but if you look at the functionality that bada offers and match it up to Android, it’s a pretty tight race.
The one main advantage that bada has over Android and even the iPhone is Adobe Flash support. Developers will be able to use Flash to build interactive applications for the OS. Currently, the only android powered phone with Flash support is the HTC Hero, but its implementation is limited simply to the browser and cannot be harnessed in applications at this time. Unfortunately, I don’t think that bada offers enough to make it stand out as a core platform for developers. The Android OS is slowly growing, but there are a lot of doubts on whether it has the power to overtake the iPhone. The market is currently supporting five (iPhone, Windows Mobile, Blackberry, Android, WebOS) major mobile operating systems. I don’t see how application developers will be thrilled to make mobile apps for another OS which is limited to Samsung’s mobile market share.
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