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TomTom Signs Strategic Deal with Samsung

January 30th, 2012 Hornet

TomTom has signed a strategic deal with Samsung whereby TomTom maps and location content will power the Wave3 smartphone. TomTom will provide information to support daily location needs of Wave3 users, from navigation to search and find.

‘Signing the deal with Samsung highlights TomTom’s ability to deliver the map and enhanced content needed to enable the location based services for wireless users’ said Charles Cautley, Managing Director TomTom Automotive and Licensing. ‘TomTom is excited to collaborate with the global leader in the smartphone market.’

‘As we strive to deliver innovations for the global smartphone market, location-enabled content and applications are increasingly important to our customers,’ said David Noh, Vice President & Head of Technology Alliance Group. ‘We needed a partner that could deliver to our strict requirements for quality and TomTom rose to the occasion.’

The agreement gives Samsung access to TomTom global maps and premium location content including:

– Map coverage for over 200 countries globally, providing over 35 million kilometers of road network

– Points of Interest providing information that enables users to find the people, places and services they need, wherever they are

– 3D City Maps and 3D Landmarks adding a dimension of clarity and reality to the map, enhancing recognition and providing a visual orientation aid

– Enterprise Traffic delivering live road conditions, including the location and length of a traffic incident, helping drivers find the quickest route to their destination

– Speed Cameras providing a location alert for safety related cameras to promote safe driving habits and optimize the navigation experience.

About TomTom

TomTom is a global supplier of location and navigation products and services. We provide consumers and enterprise, government and automotive industry customers with digital maps, traffic intelligence, navigation software, PNDs, automotive systems, fleet management services, smartphone apps, fitness devices, POIs and speedcam intelligence.

Headquartered in Amsterdam, TomTom has over 3,500 employees and operates from 50 locations in 35 countries.

source: Business Wire

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Bada Merger With Tizen OS Not Definite, Says Samsung

January 21st, 2012 Hornet

Samsung Electronics appears to be backtracking from earlier reports that said it was merging its own bada mobile platform with the Intel-backed Tizen operating system, stating on Wednesday that no decision on the merger has been made.

“We are carefully looking at it as an option to make the platforms serve better for customers,” Samsung said in a statement.

Tae-Jin Kang, senior vice president of Samsung’s contents planning team, said the merger was already under way in an interview with Forbes magazine last week. After the integration, Tizen will support mobile applications written with bada’s SDK (software development kit), he said.

“Samsung will probably confirm the status (of the merger) officially when a product is ready, not prematurely,” said Thomas Kang, a director with research firm Strategy Analytics. Samsung has also used other operating systems — Kang mentioned Palm OS and Tizen’s Linux-based predecessor LiMo, but the company has also released phones running Symbian OS, Android and, more recently, Windows Phone — “so there is enough room in Samsung’s portfolio to test another one,” he said.

Samsung has largely relied on Google’s Android OS in its hottest-selling phones, but may have reason to keep alternatives ready. While Android is open source and available to manufacturer, Google announced plans last year to acquire Samsung rival Motorola Mobility, which would allow it to make its own Android phones. This sparked concerns that Google might eventually favor Motorola over other handset vendors with its Android OS, something Google denies.

Despite the possible merger of bada and Tizen providing an alternative OS for the company, Samsung will still heavily focus on using Android to compete with Apple’s products, Kang said. Tizen, however, could provide an additional OS that can not only be used on smartphones and tablets, but also TVs and other consumer gadgets, he said.

Samsung will continue to support open-source based development and work with other “industry stakeholders,” it said in its statement Wednesday.

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Wave 3 Official Live Demo

November 19th, 2011 Hornet

This video provides a detailed demonstration of the key features of the Samsung Wave 3, which includes a premium metal design, enhanced bada 2.0 UX, integrated apps and services, expressional messenger ChatON and powerful performance.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=534K7AxMN8E

For more information, visit http://www.samsung.com/global/microsite/wave/wave3.html

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Radio Ball 3D Review

November 18th, 2011 Hornet

Radio Ball 3D is one of the most addicting games I’ve ever played on the bada OS platform. The bada Developer Challenge finalist is a fun, radioactive, fast-paced and accelerometer driven 3D game. You control a uranium ball driven by radioactive waste which rushes through a tunnel. Go as far as you can, collect power-ups, do combos and avoid or destroy obstacles. And oh yeah… this game’s music kicks ass!

Get your score as high as possible and keep rollin’.

Leave your highscore in the comments if you have the game.

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