Open Source Bada From 2012 Says Samsung

Following in the foot-steps of Google’s Android, Samsung has announced that it is making Bada, Samsung’s mobile operating system, an open-source platform from next year.

This move is supposed to be in response to Google’s plans of buying competitor Motorola Mobility holdings in August. Samsung is counting on the deal which might lead to handset makers that incorporate Google’s open-source Android operating system lag behind Motorola in securing technology support from Google.

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Samsung has been doing well in the smartphone market with the coming of Galaxy S2 in June, this year. It was only behind Apple in the sales of smartphones in the second quarter, beating Nokia. Going Open-Source with Bada is only Samsung’s move to keep its position intact and might be helpful in expanding its scope. The shift also enhances Samsung’s chances to advance further in the field of smart-TVs, which incorporate advanced functions such as on-demand streaming into flat-screen displays. Though, it’s unclear whether the idea to bring Bada as a global standard for advanced TVs will reap fruits as there are no dominant software platforms for smart TVs yet.

Samsung, whose strong suit is hardware development, by being open-source allows software engineers a chance to work on innovating with Samsung’s architecture. If providing support for alternate platforms would be successful for Samsung, we will have to wait and find out.

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