Sasmung’s Bada mobile operating system had enjoyed some success, particularly in Asian markets, but it has failed to pose a realistic threat to either Android or iOS in the smartphone market. One of the flagship Bada handsets, the Samsung Wave S85000, is sleek, powerful and cheap but lacked the operating system to take advantage of its hardware features. With this in mind, some enterprising hackers have managed to squeeze Android onto the device, suddenly opening up a lot of new opportunities for the Wave....

Samsung is introducing a new feature through its SmartThings app that’ll help you use your old Galaxy phone as a child monitor or light sensor. The SmartThings app will have a new function calledSmartThings Labs that can use phone sensors such as mics and sound sensors to turn it into a smart device. Using AI, the app can identify sounds such as a baby crying, dog barking, cat meowing, or a door knock, it will send an alert directly to the user’s smartphone and the user can listen to the recorded sound....

In a sad saga, there is a new chapter in the tale of troubled owners of Samsung WP7 handsets, this time concerning the supposedly fixed pre-NoDo update. What is wrong? It seems that the fixed update, to prepare the phone line for the NoDo update, isstill throwing error codesleft and right for Samsung owners. What is the problem? A pesky error code numbered ‘800705B4,’ which seems to deal with the amount of clear storage on the phones that are trying to update....

Samsung has moved quickly to disassociate itselffrom reportsthat it was certifying the sale of Anymode’s Smart Case, a tablet cover and stand that bears an uncanny resemblance to Apple’s Smart Cover, by stating it did not approve the certification of the product, subsequently removing it from sale. The Anymode Smart Case operates much in the same way as Apple’s product, but attaches to the rear of the device instead of connecting via a magnetic strip on the device itself....

The attributed quote for this article is incorrect. Please see our update at the foot of the post. With the dust still settling following the announcement that Samsung had become thelatest and biggest company to license Microsoft’s patent portfolio, the reasons behind the agreement started to emerge with the Korean smartphone vendor looking to better position itself in its fight against Apple, having lost confidence in Google’s ability to help defend it....