Samsung Bada OS to be open source

Samsung’s Bada OS has grown up to version 2.0, and that growth spurt will continue once it goes open source next year. That’s the scoop according to a Wall Street Journal source, who says Sammy will unleash its OS on the wider world in 2012. Bada 2.0, with its improved social networking and NFC integration is the OS found in the new Wave 3 we enjoyed playing with at IFA.

We’re not sure Samsung’s new power-to-the-people tactic will boost its mid-range OS to the levels enjoyed by Apple’s iOS or Google’s Android platforms but it could open the door to a world of originality. Or it could become a giant sprawl of fragmented OS versions, each doomed to be housed on a handful of phones owned by green-skinned, agoraphobic OS anoraks. The former, we hope.

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Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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