Samsung’s bada OS has emerged in public with the first screen shots of the Korean phone giant’s own brand operating system. So what can we expect from the latest entry into the mobile OS wars?
Samsung’s said before that the Samsung bada OS is based on its previous TouchWiz UI, so if you ever pawed one of those touchscreen phones, don’t be surprised if you see some similarities.
The leaked Samsung bada homescreen seems to support widgets with an analogue clock sat smack bang in the middle of the screen.
There’s the expected web mail integration (with Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail visible in one of the leaked shots) while social networking smarts are present in the Samsung bada OS with Twitter and Facebook making an appearance.
We also spotted a Samsung bada movie player and connection manager (for hooking the phone up to WiFi and Bluetooth connections), a snazzy looking picture viewer and a fairly standard looking phone app with a very prominent video call button.
It all looks rather lovely but we’ll only be able to judge the Samsung bada OS and its multitouch smarts when we actually get our fingers on a phone in 2010. We’re also eager to find out more about its apps and much-touted sensing capabilities.
Due 2010 | £TBA | Samsung (via Engadget)
