Girls, Gaming and Social Media Marketing

Jul 26, 2010

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This week on GetConnected Radio:

  • Women and Gaming - Mike and Leila speak with Brenda Gershkovitch, CEO of Vancouver-based games studio, Silicon Sisters, about women and girls in the gaming world.
  • Social Media Marketing - Shane Gibson joins Mike and Leila on the show to talk about his new book "Sociable" and how to use social media to make money.
  • Tech News - Facebook reaches half a billion users, Facebook killer Google Me, Samsung's new Bada OS, and the Samsung Galaxy Vibrant.

Enter this week's contest to win the last of four copies of Microsoft Office 2010 Professional!

Move over iPhone 4, Samsung is making a splash with its new operating system, bada

Jul 13, 2010

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Samsung Wave

Consumer Reports stated on Monday that they won't recommend Apple's iPhone 4 (warning consumers about the problems with reception). Here's another touchscreen smartphone to consider — the Samsung Wave S8500. It's the first phone to use the bada ("bah-dah") operating system, which is made by Samsung. And it's finally available in Canada. (Side note: Bada means ocean in Korean.)

The S8500 includes a 3.3" 16M-color Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen with 480 x 800 pixels resolution and scratch-resistant glass surface. The AMOLED screen technology provides user with better outdoor visibility (ie: reduces the sun glare), offers higher picture clarity and at the same time reduces power consumption. This smartphone offers a 5 megapixel camera, HP Video (720p) for playing and recording. Other features include: video calling, built-in Wi-Fi, GPS, Bluetooth3.0, and a microSD slot for up to 32GB of additional storage.

Samsung's Bada OS To Be Released Shortly

In a few weeks, Samsung Electronics will release their first mobile operating system, bada.

Bada, which means ocean in Korean, will aim to offer customized products for wireless carriers and its consumers. By doing this, Samsung believes it will help them "achieve broad-based shipment growth in the smartphone market as it gets bigger".

Windows Phone 7 Series, Samsung Bada Hands-On

This week is the week of the Mobile World Congress, so as expected a lot of big things happening with the mobile industry. For one, Microsoft has finally unveiled its heavily delayed new mobile platform with a rather confusing name - Windows Phone 7 Series. (Seriously, why not just call it Windows Mobile 7?) And let's not forget Samsung's Bada OS that came to light not too long ago, and no one had much information on just a few days ago. Now, there are already videos of both of their prototypes in action. Videos after the break.

Samsung Joins the Mobile OS Game

By Kevin Lau on Feb 11, 2010 at 5:35 PM

Samsung Joins the Mobile OS Game

Bada, which means "ocean" in Korean, was first announced in November 2009. Samsung is going to kick Symbian aside on their new mid-to-low end devices in favor of Bada as early as late March (When they will be available to Canadians is a separate matter).

Bada handsets will be 3G enabled, with Wi-Fi, GPS and multitouch screens. Bada will also release an SDK, enabling developers and operators to create and customize for it.

Details on Bada at the moment are extremely vague - all we know is that it will offer "flash control, web control, motion sensing, fine-tuned vibration control, and face detection. Also, it supports sensor-based, context-aware applications. By using various sensors such as accelerometers, tilt, weather, proximity, and activity sensors, application developers can easily implement context-aware interactive applications"

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