Samsung Electronics has announced operator based billing for its mobile and TV application store Samsung Apps. With this the users can buy apps from easily in just 2 clicks and the price will be charged in the phone bill or deducted from the prepaid SIM card.
Samsung Apps has more than 15,000 apps that is available in 120 countries worldwide. Samsung Apps crossed 10 million downloads in first 3 months and crossed more than 100 million downloads in less than 10 months since its launch on June 2010.
The new billing features will see phased roll out in European countries that include Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine and Asian countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and India from 28th April 2011.
Kang-Hyun Kwon, Senior Vice President of Media Solution Center, Samsung Electronics, said
At Samsung Apps we're committed to doing all we can to provide our customers with an enhanced user experience. The new payment method offers flexibility, choice and ultimately a simpler purchase journey.
Samsung has also announced new promotion called 'Buy Hot Apps, Get Cool Gadgets!' where they offer a chance for customers to win prizes. This offer is available for Samsung apps customers with Samsung Wave smartphones from 17th May to ...
Samsung Electronics has announced operator based billing for its mobile and TV application store Samsung Apps. With this the users can buy apps from easily in just 2 clicks and the price will be charged in the phone bill or deducted from the prepaid SIM card.
Samsung Apps has more than 15,000 apps that is available in 120 countries worldwide. Samsung Apps crossed 10 million downloads in first 3 months and crossed more than 100 million downloads in less than 10 months since its launch on June 2010.
The new billing features will see phased roll out in European countries that include Germany, Austria, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, Ukraine and Asian countries like Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia and India from 28th April 2011.
Kang-Hyun Kwon, Senior Vice President of Media Solution Center, Samsung Electronics, said
At Samsung Apps we're committed to doing all we can to provide our customers with an enhanced user experience. The new payment method offers flexibility, choice and ultimately a simpler purchase journey.
Samsung has also announced new promotion called 'Buy Hot Apps, Get Cool Gadgets!' where they offer a chance for customers to win prizes. This offer is available for Samsung apps customers with Samsung Wave smartphones from 17th May to ...
Samsung announced Wave 2 last October and officially launched it in India this January. This phone runs on Samsung's proprietary Bada OS. Here are two useful and unique Bada apps, Home Remedies and My Yoga from the Samsung App store, that crossed 100 million app downloads in the first 10 months and also rolling out operators based billing in 11 countries.
The home remedies app gets you remedies for common ailments using the ingredients in your home, so that you need not go in search for a medical shop late night to buy the medicines. Some of the common remedies include cure for common cold, pimples, sore throat, acidity, constipation etc. All these remedies are given in a step by step procedure that are easy to follow and there are also more than one remedies.
The My Yoga app not only shows you Yoga positions but also guides you through the entire session to complete a asana. Other than playing pre-loaded sessions with voice guidance, that lasts up to 60 minutes, you can also create number of custom sessions, which could be paused in the middle to take some break.
There are both male and female voices to choose from in the session. This app also provides details like ...
Nimbuzz now has 50 million registered users Worldwide with 28 million users added since July 2010 which is double in less than a year. It also adds 100,000 users per day. Here are some interesting infographics from Nimbuzz
Nimbuzz now has 50 Million registered users worldwide
Nimbuzz users make voice calls of 3.7 billion minutes per year
Nimbuzz supports over 5000 handsets
The average Nimbuzz user has 203 contacts in his list
It also has global partnership with Telkomsel in Indonesia and Aircel and Idea Cellullar in India. They have plans to include entertainment in to the Nimbuzz app by bringing social games, virtual goods and local daily deals in the future.
Haven't tried Nimbuzz yet? Download Nimbuzz from the OVI store for Nokia phones, Android Market for the Android phones, iTunes store for the iPhone and Blackberry App world for the Blackberry phone or just visit get.nimbuzz.com from your phone's browser to download it for free.
Samsung has announced Summer Splash at the Samsung apps site that offers Bada apps at the discounted prices. There are a total of 70 Bada apps that are available for Wave(GT-S8500) and Wave II(GT-S8530) at 20 % discount and some apps are also free.
These apps are selected from this year’s top paid-for app list and there are range of apps in the categories like Games, Navigation and productivity.
Some of the Games include, Fruit Ninja, Shrek Forever After HD, Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Conviction HD, PES 2011 – Pro Evolution Soccer, Earthworm Jim HD, Brothers In Arms 2: Global Front HD.The productivity apps include, Picsel Smart Office, Google Translate and Mobile maps for countries like India, Germany, Italy, France, Russia and Ireland.
The Summer Splash Sale lasts till 11th July 2011 in 41 countries including the UK, France, Germany, Spain, and India and the availability of the apps might differed by country.
Samsung Android devices are famous worldwide but what about their Bada powered devices? Well, they are also famous and one of the best selling Samsung devices. Bada is Samsung’s very own OS and Samsung Wave was first one to run it, and then Samsung launched the Wave 2 and it’s known as one of the best selling Samsung devices. It looks like Samsung is working on another Bada powered device. Folks over at BadaWorld got their hands on a render image of a new Wave device and they discovered it in the Bada 2.0 SDK. The device is codenamed as Wave 725 and final name is still unconfirmed. The image above is just a render but I am sure that the real device is not much different. It's probably the same device which was leaked a few weeks ago and it was scheduled for September.
The device comes with a 3.65 inch touchscreen display with the resolution of 320 x 480, it has a 5MP camera with a front facing VGA camera, and it will also feature NFC, and features like WiFi, Bluetooth 3.0 and other common features. It’s coming in September so stay around as we will keep you updated ...
SPB Time application is now available for Bada smartphones such as Samsung Wave and Samsung Wave II. This app is already available for the other platforms that include Android, iPhone, Symbian and Windows Mobile.
Features of SPB Time Bada app v 3.5.0
Classic alarm, which is the normal alarm, Paranoid alarm that stops only when you solve a puzzle and Bio alarm that makes pleasant sounds to wake you up.
More than 20 different alarm tones
More than 50 analog clocks to choose from
World time with timezone information for more than 10, 000 cities
Monthly calendar and moon phase calendar to show the next lunar phases
Customizable stopwatch and countdown timers
Online skin catalog with more than 50 free themes and animated skins
Download SPB Time for Samsung Wave Bada smartphones from the Samsungapps site for ￡ 3.00.
Here are two travel apps, Car Finder and Wipolo for your Bada and Android phones. The Car Finder app uses GPS to remember the location of your parked car and guides you to it. Wipolo is handy to view the travel information like weather forecasts, currencies, timezone etc.
The Car Finder app remembers the location where the car is parked by navigating to previously visited locations. It can save up to 4 different locations and works offline.It also tells how long your car has been parked and shows the distance and the direction where the car is parked. You could also use the Google Maps to find the location.
Wipolo is a useful app for travelers , that shows information like weather forecasts, currencies, timezone information and phone prefixes list for the places you travel. Other features include friend connect to see where they are traveling.
The app also provides an option to centralize all the travel information for the app just by mailing the booking emails of flight, train, hotel bookings to mail@wipolo.com. You need to create an account on the Wipolo site to use this feature. There are also Wipolo Pro features like alerts for flight or train delays and much ...
We already told you about Car Finder and Wipolo travel apps for Bada and Android phones recently, here are wide variety of Bada travel apps from trip planning through to language guides. These apps include, Hotel and transport, City guides/tips , Currency converter, Weather and Language guides/tips.
List of Travel apps for Samsung Bada smartphones
Travel Booker - Make travel arrangements on the go by searching hotel details, available rooms and prices. It also gets best travel deals from the local customer service agents to destinations around the world.
Hotels - Book rooms in the hotels around the world easily. Identify the hotels on a map by prices, promotions, quality of service, location etc. View description, photos, reviews, availability and prices about the hotel.
HRS Hotels - Check availability and current prices of more than 250,000 hotels worldwide. Book the hotel of your choice online for free of charge and cancel it without any charge.
Europcar - Book your rental car from 5,300 Europcar stations in 150 countries worldwide. View Nearest Europcar stations using GPS. View, modify or cancel your reservation easily.
Sixt- Hire a car easily using this app and get confirmation via SMS, email or screenshot. View local Sixt stations worldwide.
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Samsung has launched the bada 2.0 SDK (Software Development Kit) for the developers, which is their own mobile development platform. They showcased the features of bada 2.0 at the MWC 2011 in Barcelona earlier this February.
The bada 2.0 brings new capabilities including multi-tasking, Wi-Fi Direct, Near Field Communication (NFC) and voice recognition and enhances the web experience with the HTML5 and improved Flash support. It also supports some of the advanced services such as mobile payment, transport pass-card recharge and file sharing without Internet networking.
The bada 2.0 would also support In-app Ads that lets the developers insert ads using the Ads API (Application Programming Interface)that would provide revenue opportunities. There are also some useful tools for developers such as Emulator and Profiler.
The Samsung apps clocked 10 Million downloads in the first 10 months of its launch and it surpassed 100 million-mark in March 2011, and it is now available in 121 countries worldwide. The new bada 2.0 would provide new app purchasing options and recommendations. The bada 2.0 SDK could be downloaded from the bada developer site.
Samsung has announced new bada 2.0 phones Wave 3, Wave M and Wave Y. They launched Bada 2.0 SDK recently that brings in new features that include multi-tasking, Wi-Fi Direct, HTML 5 support, voice recognition and Near Field Communication.
The Samsung Wave 3 is the upgraded version of Wave 2 that comes with 4 inch AMOLED touch screen display and Anodized aluminum body. The Wave M lies in the middle tire and the Wave Y lies lies in the entry level categories as per the latest naming system from Samsung and these phones have Metallic body.
Specifications of Samsung Wave 3
4 inch (800 x 480 pixels) AMOLED touch screen display
9.9 mm thick and weighs 122g
bada 2.0 OS
1.4GHz Processor
5 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and secondary VGA camera
702p HD video recording and playback
3.5mm audio Jack and stereo FM Radio with RDS
3G, Bluetooth v 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, A-GPS/Glonass and USB 2.0
3GB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD
1,500mAh battery that offers 8.5 h talk time and 480 h standby
Specifications of Samsung Wave M
3.65 inch (320 x 480 pixels) TFT LCD touch screen display made of tempered glass
12.2mm thick and weighs 121g
bada 2.0 OS
832MHz Processor
5 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and secondary VGA camera
3.5mm audio Jack and stereo FM Radio with ...
Earlier today the official Samsung Bada twitter account tweeted that they will be updating all the wave devices to Bada 2.0 in Q4. The devices in Europe will be the first to get updated starting from next month.
Samsung has confirmed that all the Wave devices will be getting the update but there might be some changes in the features depending on the hardware specs of different devices.
Source: Sammyhub
Samsung Apps has received a new update for Bada phones. The new version includes improved user interface, updated purchasing options and a personalised App recommendation service. Samsung is also celebrating their 2nd birthday of Samsung Apps by offering 30 popular paid Bada apps for free. Samsung Apps is now available in 121 countries and offers 40,000 applications. Samsung Apps for Galaxy devices is available in China, Korea, UK and Australia.
Features in the new version of Samsung Apps for Bada
New user interface with new elements such as Smart and My Page
New purchasing options include “Try’n Play” and “Rent’n Play would let users rent an app on trial basis without paying
Smart mode recommends apps based on current usage trends and the user's favorite apps and interests
Wish List lets the users Save a list of applications and access it later
They have also added new seller page as well as a promoted App tab for the developers to promote their app and also view and reply to customer comments. The 30 paid apps include some of the popular apps such as Fruit Ninja and Plants vs. Zombies that are available for free for Wave phones.
The new version of the Samsung Apps would be available for Samsung Wave smartphones running on the new bada 2.0 OS, and rolled ...
Samsung has launched 3 new phones, Galaxy Y , Wave 3 and the Omnia W phones in India. The Samsung Galaxy Y runs on Android 2.3 and has 3 inch TFT LCD display and features 832MHz Processor. The Wave 3 runs on Bada 2.0 and has 3.7 inch (800 x 480 pixels) inch Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz processor and 5 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and a VGA video calling camera. The Omnia W runs on Windows Phone 7.5 (Mango) and has 3.7 (800 x 480 pixels) inch Super AMOLED display, 1.4GHz processor and 5 MP Auto focus camera with LED Flash and a VGA video calling camera.
The Samsung Galaxy Y is 11.5mm thick and weighs 97.5 g. It has 3.0 inch QVGA(320×240) TFT LCD touchscreen display, 832MHz Processor, 2 MP camera. It has 160MB Internal memory, 2GB inbox microSD card that is expandable up to 32GB, Music Player with Sound Alive, 3.5mm Ear Jack, Stereo FM Radio with RDS. The connectivity features include 3G, Bluetooth v 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS with A-GPS and a 1200 mAh battery. It come with Swype keyboard.
The Samsung Wave 3 is 9.9 mm thick and weighs 122g. It has 4 ...
Samsung has announced the bada 2.0 Power App Race for bada 2.0 developer globally that would offer them a chance to win cash prize up to $100,000 each. This is the second year of the Power App Race contest, and this would let the developers create new and innovative apps using the bada 2.0 SDK.
A total of ten applications – including five game applications, and five non-game applications will be selected and rewarded with prize money totaling $1,000,000. The app would also receive ‘Power App’ mark at Samsung Apps, exclusive marketing and promotion benefits. Developers who wish to participate should register directly on the bada developer site.
Entries open on October 18th and will close at midnight on December 31st. Developers can enter as many applications as they wish. The winners are judged by the people. The first 10 apps to reach 100,000 cumulative downloads would be chosen as the final winners, announced on the bada developer site upon reaching the target.
We already know that recently Samsung India has launched three new smartphones in 3 different platforms namely, Android, BADA and Windows Phone. We attended the launch event in Delhi and here are the hands-on photos of Samsung Wave 3. Enjoy…
The Samsung Wave 3 is the latest flagship model from Samsung in their BADA line-up and priced in India at Rs. 19600/- which is MRP. As we all know that BADA is the Samsung developed OS for their own devices. BADA is also going to be Open Sourced in 2012 as per Samsung Global. The new Wave 3 actually has a uni-body but battery is still removable as we can slide the battery door towards up and can remove the battery. It's definitely one big advantage than other manufacturer’s unibody design where battery is not removable. Wave 3 uses a 1500mAh battery.
The Wave 3 is almost made of fine Aluminium including the sliding battery door with brushed metallic finish which feels quite fantastic in hands. Only top and bottom parts of the Wave 3 is made of plastic similar to the original Wave and Wave 2. The key structure is very similar to the Samsung style where Volume Rocker is at the ...
Samsung has launched a new version of the Theme Designer tool for bada developers. The Samsung Theme designer 2.0 now supports Wave 3 and Wave M, bada 2.0 devices and also has support for flash content (.swf). The authoring tool includes model specific pre-set information, image / animation / flash components, preview function, and sample theme templates. The process is less with the theme designer that includes simple steps in the stages of concept and design. The previous version, 1.0.5 was launched this May.
New features in the Samsung Theme Designer 2.0
Theme type has been changed: bada 1.x / Feature(Touch) / Feature (NonTouch) Phone Theme.
Samsung Theme Designer newly supports bada 2.x Phone Theme type.
Samsung Theme Designer newly supports bada Flash Extension Services.
Samsung Theme Designer newly supports GT-S8600(Wave III/bada 2.x) and GT-S7250(Wave M/bada 2.x).
Here is a demo video that shows how easy it is to develop themes using the Samsung Theme Designer
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fY0CYr3ozMw
Go to Samsung Developers' site and login to Download the Theme Designer 2.0 for bada 2.0. After developing the theme, the developers can easily submit their themes to the Samsung Apps store.
Here are some of the Bada Apps for your Samsung bada 2.0 and Android smartphones. These apps range from healthy food guide, Calorific diet tracker, cooking recipes and much more.
List of Food apps for bada 2.0 and Android phones
Vegan Recipes - This has a collection of 16 vegan recipes of many traditional foods in all kinds of cuisines from Supreme Master Television. It also includes the ingredients and how to make the food.
iRecipe - It covers wide collection of Pakistani food and gives detailed directions of cooking, the ingredients of each and every dish. It also displays the picture of the dish as well. There are also different categories to choose from.
Cook Book - This has a collection of Indian, Chinese, South, Punjabi, Rajasthani, Thai, Italian cuisine. It is listed in different categories and also displays an image of the actual dish.
Healthy Food - This has delicious collection of recipes that is healthy that you could eat without concerning on weight. This includes salads, soups, starters, desserts and more.
Calorific - This is a Calorific diet tracker that lets you make healthier decisions about what to eat and drink, then record it all easily. It suggets food categories (green for good, yellow for okay, red for bad) which you can choose to improve ...
NDrive Navigation app is now available for entire range of Samsung bada phones including, Wave 525, 533, 575, 578, and 723, in addition to Wave and Wave II phones. NDrive is also the first to develop a real navigation app for Samsung Wave phone and the current app for Wave and Wave II has has also been updated to version 11 with new features.
Features of NDrive for Samsung bada phones
Precise turn-by-turn door-to-door navigation
Voice and on-screen instructions
Radar and speed limit notifications
3D rendered buildings (for Wave and Wave II only)
Hundreds of thousands of POIs by NAVTEQ
Lane assistance and signposts
Pedestrian and adventure modes
Share your location, favorites, and routes via Facebook
Search for POIs (Point of Interests) and check in on Foursquare
NDrive supports 35 languages for menus and voice instructions and it is available for different countries including, Hong Kong and Macau, India, Scandinavia, Russia, Italy, UK and Ireland, and more. New features such as real-time traffic updates would be available soon.
NDrive costs between 30 and 50 Euros, based on the country maps you choose and it could be downloaded from the Samsung Apps store.
Here are some Apps for your Samsung bada and Android phones for this Christmas Season. These Apps include, MMS apps, Themes, Fun filled Games and widgets and more for your bada phones.
List of Christmas Apps for bada phones
Xmas MMS (Rs. 50) - Send your special wishes to your friends and loved ones with cute and fun-filled videos from a collection of Christmas videos in the app! All videos are in standard format QCIF so can be sent and played back on most MMS compatible phones.
Christmas Dressup (Free) - Dress your model by choosing from a nice collection of hair styles and holiday outfits. Create your own look and decide to which Christmas party you want to go!
Christmas Puppets 2 (Rs. 50) - Decorate your Phone with this coolest Theme and feel the spirit of christmas. It has quality christmas graphics that fits to all devices created powered by IEC.
Christmas Present (Rs. 50) - Kikimomo have a lot of presents for you! Candy? A new Toy or a pair of shoes? Open some gift Boxes! What do you wish to get this Christmas? They may all come true! There is also Challenge mode and Stress therapy.
Xmas Gnokkia Clock for Android (Free) - This simple and high-readable widget will bring you spirit of ...
Samsung has launched Wave Y in India that runs on bada 2.0 OS. They announced the Wave Y last August along with Wave 3 and Wave M. It comes with a 3.2 inch (320 x 480 pixels) TFT LCD display and is powered by 832MHz processor. It features 2 MP Full focus camera. It is 12.3 mm thick and weighs 102.4g.
It comes with 3.5mm audio Jack and stereo FM Radio with RDS. The connectity features include, 3G, Bluetooth v 3.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n with Wi-Fi Direct, A-GPS and USB 2.0. It also comes with CHATON mobile messenger app, TouchWiz for bada UI, Live Panel interactive home screen and better Folder Management function. It has 150MB internal memory that is expandable up to 32GB with MicroSD and 1,200mAh battery.
The Samsung Wave Y is priced at Rs. 7,950. Customers who purchase Airtel SIM card along with Wave Y would get 500 MB data free for 1 month and 100 MB free data usage per month for 12 months on 3G.
Prepaid customers would get 500 MB of 3G data for 1 month followed by 100MB free data usage on recharge of Rs 150 in addition to talk-time benefits. 100MB offer applicable for 24 recharges or 12 months whichever is earlier. The 100 MB offer is valid for all rental plan above Rs. 149 for post-paid customers.