<s>
Bada	B-Operating_System
(	O
stylized	O
as	O
bada	B-Operating_System
;	O
Korean	O
:	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
discontinued	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
developed	O
by	O
Samsung	O
Electronics	O
for	O
devices	O
such	O
as	O
mid	O
-	O
to	O
high-end	O
smartphones	O
and	O
tablet	B-Device
computers	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
name	O
is	O
derived	O
from	O
"	O
(	O
bada	B-Operating_System
)	O
"	O
,	O
meaning	O
"	O
ocean	O
"	O
or	O
"	O
sea	O
"	O
in	O
Korean	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
All	O
phones	O
running	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
were	O
branded	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
Wave	O
,	O
unlike	O
Samsung	O
's	O
Android	B-Application
devices	O
which	O
are	O
branded	O
as	O
Galaxy	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
To	O
foster	O
adoption	O
of	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
,	O
Samsung	O
reportedly	O
considered	O
releasing	O
the	O
source	O
code	O
under	O
an	O
open-source	O
license	O
,	O
and	O
expanding	O
device	O
support	O
to	O
include	O
Smart	B-Device
TVs	I-Device
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
June	O
2012	O
Samsung	O
announced	O
its	O
intention	O
to	O
merge	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
into	O
the	O
Tizen	B-Application
project	O
,	O
while	O
still	O
using	O
it	O
in	O
parallel	O
with	O
Google	B-Application
's	I-Application
Android	I-Application
OS	O
and	O
Microsoft	O
's	O
Windows	B-Protocol
Phone	I-Protocol
on	O
its	O
smartphones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
25	O
February	O
2013	O
,	O
Samsung	O
announced	O
that	O
it	O
would	O
stop	O
developing	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
,	O
moving	O
development	O
to	O
Tizen	B-Application
instead	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
,	O
the	O
Wave	B-Application
S8500	I-Application
,	O
which	O
would	O
eventually	O
turn	O
to	O
be	O
the	O
first	O
Bada-based	O
phone	O
,	O
was	O
first	O
shown	O
to	O
the	O
public	O
at	O
Mobile	O
World	O
Congress	O
2010	O
in	O
Barcelona	O
in	O
February	O
2010	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Alongside	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
itself	O
,	O
some	O
applications	O
running	O
on	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
were	O
exhibited	O
,	O
including	O
mobile	O
videogames	O
like	O
Gameloft	O
's	O
Asphalt	O
5	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
Wave	I-Application
S8500	I-Application
,	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
that	O
year	O
,	O
sold	O
one	O
million	O
handsets	O
over	O
the	O
first	O
four	O
weeks	O
on	O
the	O
market	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Samsung	O
,	O
companies	O
such	O
as	O
Twitter	B-Application
,	O
EA	O
,	O
Capcom	O
,	O
Gameloft	O
and	O
Blockbuster	O
revealed	O
their	O
support	O
for	O
the	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
platform	O
by	O
having	O
arranged	O
development	O
partnerships	O
with	O
Samsung	O
since	O
before	O
the	O
launch	O
,	O
and	O
shared	O
a	O
few	O
insights	O
about	O
their	O
vision	O
for	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
mobile	O
apps	O
and	O
how	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
would	O
play	O
a	O
role	O
in	O
it	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
addition	O
,	O
it	O
was	O
made	O
public	O
the	O
announcement	O
of	O
an	O
incoming	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
Developer	O
Challenge	O
with	O
a	O
total	O
prize	O
of	O
$	O
2,700,000	O
(	O
USD	O
)	O
throughout	O
the	O
launch	O
event	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
May	O
2010	O
,	O
Samsung	O
released	O
a	O
beta	O
of	O
their	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
software	B-Application
development	I-Application
kit	I-Application
(	O
SDK	B-Application
)	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
available	O
to	O
the	O
general	O
public	O
as	O
it	O
had	O
done	O
with	O
partners	O
the	O
previous	O
December	O
,	O
to	O
entice	O
potential	O
developers	O
of	O
applications	O
for	O
this	O
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
August	O
2010	O
,	O
Samsung	O
released	O
version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
SDK	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
year	O
later	O
,	O
in	O
August	O
2011	O
,	O
version	O
2.0	O
of	O
the	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
SDK	B-Application
was	O
released	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
S8500	I-Application
Wave	O
was	O
launched	O
with	O
version	O
1.0	O
of	O
the	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
alpha-version	O
of	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
was	O
introduced	O
on	O
15	O
February	O
2011	O
,	O
with	O
the	O
Samsung	O
S8530	O
WaveII	O
handset	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
final	O
flagship	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
handset	O
was	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Wave	I-Application
III	I-Application
s8600	I-Application
,	O
running	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
release	O
of	O
the	O
Samsung	B-Application
Wave	I-Application
,	O
Samsung	O
opened	O
an	O
international	O
application	O
store	O
,	O
Samsung	B-Application
Apps	I-Application
,	O
for	O
the	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
platform	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
had	O
over	O
2,400	O
applications	O
and	O
was	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
Android	B-Application
and	O
Samsung	O
feature	O
phones	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Samsung	O
created	O
a	O
new	O
app	O
store	O
for	O
its	O
subsequent	O
mobile	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
Tizen	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bada	B-Operating_System
was	O
defined	O
by	O
Samsung	O
as	O
not	O
an	O
operating	O
system	O
itself	O
but	O
a	O
platform	O
with	O
a	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
configurable	O
architecture	O
,	O
which	O
allowed	O
using	O
either	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
real-time	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
system	I-Operating_System
hybrid	O
(	O
RTOS	B-Operating_System
)	O
kernel	B-Operating_System
or	O
the	O
Linux	B-Operating_System
kernel	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
copyrights	O
displayed	O
by	O
Samsung	B-Application
Wave	I-Application
S8500	I-Application
,	O
it	O
used	O
code	O
from	O
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
,	O
NetBSD	B-Device
and	O
OpenBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
service	O
layer	O
provided	O
more	O
service-centric	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
SMS	B-Device
,	O
mapping	O
and	O
in-app-purchasing	O
,	O
handled	O
by	O
a	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
Server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
top	O
layer	O
,	O
the	O
framework	O
layer	O
,	O
provided	O
an	O
application	B-Application
programming	I-Application
interface	I-Application
(	O
API	B-Application
)	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
for	O
application	O
developers	O
to	O
use	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bada	B-Operating_System
provided	O
various	O
UI	O
controls	O
to	O
developers	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
web	B-Application
browser	I-Application
control	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
open-source	O
WebKit	B-Language
,	O
and	O
featured	O
Adobe	B-Operating_System
Flash	I-Operating_System
,	O
supporting	O
Flash	O
versions	O
9	O
to	O
11	O
(	O
Flash	O
Lite	O
4	O
with	O
ActionScript	O
3.0	O
support	O
)	O
in	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
of	O
the	O
latter	O
could	O
be	O
embedded	O
inside	O
native	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
the	O
OpenGL	B-Application
ES	I-Application
2.0	O
3D	O
graphics	O
API	B-Application
and	O
offered	O
interactive	O
mapping	O
with	O
point	O
of	O
interest	O
(	O
POI	O
)	O
features	O
,	O
which	O
could	O
also	O
be	O
embedded	O
inside	O
native	O
applications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
supported	O
pinch-to-zoom	B-Application
,	O
tabbed	O
browsing	O
and	O
cut	B-General_Concept
,	I-General_Concept
copy	I-General_Concept
,	I-General_Concept
and	I-General_Concept
paste	I-General_Concept
features	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bada	B-Operating_System
's	O
interaction	O
methods	O
that	O
could	O
be	O
incorporated	O
into	O
applications	O
included	O
sensors	O
such	O
as	O
motion	O
sensing	O
,	O
vibration	O
control	O
,	O
face	B-General_Concept
detection	I-General_Concept
,	O
accelerometer	O
,	O
magnetometer	O
,	O
tilt	O
,	O
Global	O
Positioning	O
System	O
(	O
GPS	O
)	O
,	O
and	O
multi-touch	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Native	O
applications	O
were	O
developed	O
in	O
C++	B-Language
with	O
the	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
SDK	B-Application
,	O
and	O
the	O
Eclipse	B-Application
based	O
integrated	B-Application
development	I-Application
environment	I-Application
(	O
IDE	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Some	O
publications	O
criticized	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
1.x	O
over	O
the	O
following	O
issues	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
beginning	O
,	O
all	O
VoIP	B-Application
over	O
Wi-Fi	O
applications	O
were	O
banned	O
which	O
meant	O
that	O
popular	O
applications	O
such	O
as	O
Skype	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
used	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
external	O
sensor	O
API	B-Application
was	O
not	O
open-ended	O
,	O
preventing	O
new	O
types	O
of	O
sensors	O
or	O
unexpected	O
technology	O
developments	O
from	O
being	O
added	O
in	O
the	O
future	O
by	O
third	O
parties	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Due	O
to	O
"	O
performance	O
and	O
privacy	O
issues	O
"	O
,	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
1.x	O
applications	O
cannot	O
access	O
the	O
SMS/MMS	O
inbox	O
or	O
receive	O
incoming	O
SMS/MMS	O
notifications	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Bada	B-Operating_System
versions	O
1.x	O
only	O
allowed	O
one	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
third	O
party	O
application	O
to	O
run	O
at	O
a	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Multitasking	O
applications	O
was	O
only	O
possible	O
between	O
the	O
base	O
applications	O
and	O
one	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
third	O
party	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
best	O
GPS	O
facility	O
was	O
poor	O
in	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
1.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
further	O
updated	O
in	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
availability	O
of	O
popular	O
applications	O
was	O
arguably	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
important	O
factors	O
in	O
the	O
demise	O
of	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
lack	O
of	O
developer	O
and	O
consumer	O
support	O
that	O
caused	O
this	O
deficit	O
could	O
not	O
be	O
rectified	O
by	O
the	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
update	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
version	O
was	O
shown	O
at	O
IFA	O
2011	O
in	O
Berlin	O
and	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
December	O
2011	O
with	O
a	O
lot	O
of	O
new	O
functions	O
and	O
improvements	O
compared	O
to	O
version	O
1.2	O
,	O
introducing	O
features	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Samsung	B-Application
S8500	I-Application
(	O
Wave	O
)	O
was	O
the	O
only	O
device	O
available	O
supporting	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
at	O
its	O
initial	O
release	O
date	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Samsung	O
S8530	O
(	O
Wave	O
II	O
)	O
launched	O
in	O
November	O
2010	O
and	O
was	O
shipped	O
preloaded	O
with	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
v1.2	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Preloaded	O
with	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
1.1	O
,	O
upgradable	O
to	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
By	O
the	O
end	O
of	O
2011	O
,	O
Samsung	O
released	O
three	O
new	O
models	O
,	O
preloaded	O
with	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
2.0	O
,	O
ending	O
the	O
list	O
of	O
devices	O
running	O
on	O
the	O
short-lived	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
:	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
chart	O
below	O
show	O
global	O
sales	O
of	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
smartphones	O
from	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
2010	O
through	O
the	O
second	O
quarter	O
of	O
2013	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Canalys	O
,	O
a	O
technology	O
market	O
analysis	O
company	O
,	O
estimated	O
that	O
Samsung	O
shipped	O
3.5	O
million	O
phones	O
running	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
in	O
Q1	O
of	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Gartner	O
,	O
in	O
Q1	O
2012	O
Bada	B-Operating_System
gained	O
a	O
grow	O
index	O
of	O
+43%	O
,	O
and	O
rose	O
to	O
2.7	O
%	O
market	O
share	O
(	O
up	O
from	O
1.9	O
%	O
in	O
Q1	O
2011	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
