Showing posts with label Smart TV. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smart TV. Show all posts

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Bada OS smart take on Samsung TV


Samsung will not buy MeeGo, but does not mean that the company has no design for mobile platforms.
Samsung is trying to "refine" his little pet becomes Bada OS operating system platform on mobile devices, it is particularly ambitious smart-line presence on the TV (TV series smart) .
Although recent times have rumor Samsung Electronics will acquire MeeGo, but then this phone manufacturers have rejected the above information. In fact, Samsung also has a separate operating system Bada OS but it seems this company has the "indifference" to the platform. Instead of choosing Bada OS on mobile phones and smart phones (smartphones) is the priority Samsung Android.
The current mobile phone and the Samsung smartphone primarily "through" trust Google's Android platform. But in the near future, Bada OS will undoubtedly appear on many Samsung products, especially on the Smart TVs. Photo: Reuters .
Meanwhile, Bada OS appeared on the phone and smartphone only count on the fingers. But the Wall Street Journal, Samsung is planning to expand the Bada OS become the leading operating system on their devices especially smart on the TV series. Accordingly, Samsung will soon make its project for development and later must be present on devices in 2012.
If the plan succeeds, other developers will help Samsung Bada developed into a powerful operating system which means Bada will continue as "ocean waves" unlike "the silent ocean" as previously (Bada in Korean means ocean, sea).
Currently, only Bada OS version 2.0 operating system and this age was very young.Specifically, Samsung officially launched OS Bada brand in May 2 / 2010. Then the company introduced the first model Samsung Wave series on this platform. With the appeal of Samsung S8500 Wave has helped sell over 1 million units in just four weeks of release.

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Coming common platform for applications on Smart TV

LG, Philips and Sharp have agreed to work together to identify the common technical requirements for their smart TV, based on open standards like HTML5, CE-HTML and HbbTV.
Initially, the group will introduce a beta version of a Kit for developing software (SDK), which defines the technical requirements for content developers need to create a single application TV can run on smart LG, Philips and Sharp ...
The initiative aims to simplify application development and provides industry intelligence television. Currently, application developers spend more time and effort to test their applications on different platforms. By simplifying this step, the developers will be able to spend more time creating applications such as video, require the service of music, games and social networking services.
 
"This partnership is a landmark in the history of smart TV" - Mr. Havis Kwon, chairman and CEO of LG Electronics said. "By working with TV manufacturers, we made a big step towards creating a market for application as a smart phone."
LG, Philips and Sharp will offer the intelligent TV manufacturers and application developers to contribute ideas and initiatives to simplify the development process while improving the user experience. Expected, the beta of the SDK will be released in early October.