I think if they market it right they could get some ground. Maybe best if they tried to bridge the gap between dumb phone and smart phone or even just tried to make it a dumbphone OS that allows some wifi access for smartphone like features. I know the smartphone lite idea has been tried before (kin) and failed so it would rely on some Apple like marketing to fill a niche that is not there.
A demonstrably-better OS let down by lack of software support from third-parties and (ultimately) indecision by its own developers?
Bada is Samsung's own baby, so they're free to develop it however they want. They're still hedging their bets with Android and Windows Phone, while Bada looks like it borrows UI elements from both. Maybe they're hoping to corner the market in users who don't like/trust either megacorp?
In my head the hiring of Kondik always seemed like a way to improve touchwiz. I suppose they could try to get him to help in further development of Bada but I can't imagine that would be the main reason he was hired.
The way I see it having more OS choices available is a good thing. Samsung can go several ways with Bada, if they try to go the Apple route I don't see them succeeding Apple has a brand and recognition that most other OEM can only dream of, I think it is for this reason alone they have been able to survive other proprietary OS haven't had much luck in doing this. Nokia did well for a while then as the competition grew they couldn't keep up, the same happened with Palm. RIM is failing and trying to hold on but they are losing the only edge they had which was corporate adoption where many corporations are now looking elsewhere since RIM no longer seems as reliable. So unless Samsung is willing to distance itself from Android and find a way to make their name standout as well as Apple I don't see Bada being a contender for smartphone OS
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Originally Posted by Yeahha
In my head the hiring of Kondik always seemed like a way to improve touchwiz. I suppose they could try to get him to help in further development of Bada but I can't imagine that would be the main reason he was hired.
If my post came across incorrectly, apologies.
I'm not saying Kondik was brought on board solely for Bada, it was more likely Touchwiz as you've pointed out. However, given his talent, I suspect they'd at least look to him for advice/guidance on Bada at some point.
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Among the obvious fictions in that statement included speculations that would have Google violating their Open Handset Alliance agreements, something that Google knows they can't do without being sued into phone oblivion, and Samsung knew that.
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