XDA Developers Are Working To Hack Bada OS

xda-developers forums has released a modified firmware for Samsung Wave. This firmware is based off of XXJL2 and is only a demonstration to prove that some tampering can be done, (can be hacked) and hopefully kicks off a movement for more tampering of the bada OS in the near future. 

Samsung Bada OS 2.0 Features

Samsung highlighted the future of its Bada OS, confirming that the Korean giant plans to support it strongly. The bada OS which is currently at v1.2 will get a major leap next year in the form of bada 2.0. As you can see from the image, there will be lots of new features added like an improved user interface, Near Field Communication (NFC) support, smarter home screen, SDK support for Linux and Mac, 3rd party SNS integration and more.

Samsung Theme Creator Finally Released

Finally Samsung released today his theme creator program. Samsung well done! This creator is very easy to use and very nice.

Comparison: Bada OS 1.2 vs 1.0

Samsung will update all his wave (S8500) devices to bada version 1.2. The planning is for end of November.Take a look at browser speed test for both os versions. The left wave uses bada version 1.2 and the right uses bada version 1.0.2. [Via]

Samsung S8530 Wave II: Big Brother Is Coming Soon

The Big Brother of original Samsung S8500 Wave is on the way. If You have any doubt about this  picture, take a look at its menu button. The shape and size is different. The screen has grown to 3.7-inches and all the great features have been preserved. And we thought only Nokia's naming scheme was a mess.

GPU Comparison Between Smartphones

 Let's see which smartphone has graphics processor unit (GPU). Here is a comparison of GPU's of Iphone 4, Iphone 3GS, Samsung Wave (S8500) and Samsung Galaxy S. All GPUs are PowerVR Products. Each phone has Series5 (SGX) GPUs.