Wondering what Bada (the upcoming Samsung mobile platform) will look like?  Here are some of the leaked screenshots. They look like a mixture of WebOS, Android, and iPhone.  And it make us wondering why Samsung is interested to develop a whole new platform for their mobile devices.  I guess the South Korean giant might want to have full control of their mobile platform and might have some great ideas that are not found in the [...]

Engadget attended the Bada mobile platform launch event in London and brought back some details of Samsung’s upcoming mobile platform. The event was mainly targetted at developers and investors.  And there is no phone to show nor direct answer regarding the hardware.  It is only mentioned that the Bada phone will be coming during the first half of 2010. Samsung did bring in representatives of five strong Bada app partners: Twitter, Capcom, EA, Gameloft and [...]

Here is another video of ZiiLABS‘s Trinity phone (ZiiLABS is a subsidiary of Creative Technology). If you are interested to see how this CellComputing platform performs in HD video playback, you will find it interesting. The video playback is smooth and fast. And hopefully there will be manufacturers interested in this platform and we will soon see devices powered by Zii in the market. Enjoy!

Gee… here comes another Mobile OS, this time it is Bada from the Korean phone maker, Samsung. According to the press: “This new addition to Samsung’s mobile ecosystem enables developers to create applications for millions of new Samsung mobile phones, and consumers to enjoy a fun and diverse mobile experience.” Bada means ocean in Korean.  According to the press, it was chosen to convey the limitless variety of potential applications which can be created using [...]

“We have determined that the plastic covers of the affected chargers could come loose and separate, exposing the charger’s internal components and potentially posing an electric shock hazard if certain internal components are touched while the charger is plugged into a live socket.” The world’s largest mobile phone manufacturer has just initiated a charger recall program.  It seems there are as many as 14 millions chargers that are affected.  The models affected are AC-3E and [...]

LG had just announced their latest Chocalate phone, BL40, which packed a 4-inch display (resolution of 345×800). The phone also features the latest S-CLASS interface from LG, which comes with gesture shortcut support (launch application by drawing simple icon on screen), easy copy and paste from applications. The BL40 will be available in Singapore from 14th of November, selling at SGD988 without contract. [via techielobang]

Singtel (Singapore) has started to sell the LG watch phone, GD910.  It is priced at SGD598 for a high end plan.  However, it will cost you SGD798 for a low end plan. The watch phone is currently available on Singtel online store, Singtelshop, only. This 3G watch phone from LG comes with a screen of 128×160 pixels, 80Mb internal memory, 7.2Mb HSDPA connection, VGA camera for video calls.  A James Bond style video call is [...]

INQ Mini 3G is here in Singapore. It was launched yesterday (14 September) at Singtel Supperclub.  It will be available from 19th September 2009, exclusive to Singtel. The INQ Mini 3G is the first social mobile phone to be fully integrated with Facebook, offering ‘always on’, one-click access to this popular social networking application, as well as Twitter. It also merges contacts on the mobile phone and Facebook to create the world’s first ‘live’ address [...]