Bada

mobile operating system

Key facts

Developer: Samsung Electronics
Written in: C++
Os family: TRON , Linux
Working state: Discontinued (replaced by Tizen )
Source model: Mixed: proprietary and open source components
Final release: 2.0.6 SDK / 28 February 2013 ; 13 years ago ( 2013-02-28 )
Marketing target: Smartphone
Available in: Multilingual
Package manager: Samsung Kies
Kernel type: Monolithic ( Linux Kernel )
Default user interface: TouchWiz , graphical ( touchscreen )
License: Proprietary

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Article

Bada (stylized as bada; Korean: 바다) is a discontinued mobile operating system developed by Samsung Electronics for devices such as mid- to high-end smartphones and tablet computers. The name is derived from "바다 (bada)", meaning "ocean" or "sea" in Korean. All phones running Bada were branded with the name Wave, unlike Samsung's Android devices which are branded as Galaxy.

Bada is based on Mentor Graphics' Nucleus RTOS kernel or Linux kernel, and was planned to become as middleware separated from an OS kernel, but development was discontinued. To foster adoption of Bada, Samsung reportedly considered releasing the source code under an open-source license, and expanding device support to include Smart TVs.