New Bada UI screens look new-agey yet familiar

Okay, so HTC doesn't own exclusive rights to create a flip-clock displays on phones, but the style is something of a hallmark of Sense UI and now here one is in Samsung's Bada platform -- though seemingly tucked away in the date setting window. That's just one of a set of new screens uncovered at Samsung Hub showing off a media player that loves to show off album art and to truncate artist names, a photo browser full of delicious stock imagery, and that very familiar looking home screen to the left above. Things really don't look bad at all, but we're still having a hard time getting excited about this one.

[geekthree Posted Dec 22nd 2009 11:50AM]

Kinda like android, but with nokia fonts..

Weired.. I kinda like it...

[Spencer Posted Dec 22nd 2009 7:04PM]

@geekthree Yeah, I was going to say 'next typeface please'

[xberxinfinity Posted Dec 22nd 2009 11:52AM]

This looks very much like that Espresso screenshot we got.

Uuuuugggllllyyyy.

[Tomas Herman Posted Dec 22nd 2009 11:54AM]

i like the looks of it...but i think there is no place for yet another mobile os

[Endadget Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:00PM]

@Tomas Herman

So should everybody just use Android or Maemo now?

Android is ok, but it has it's flaws. Maemo still has to prove itself.
If Bada can deliver there is place for it.

[Tomas Herman Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:07PM]

@Endadget there is more mobile oses then what you enumerated. But after most of the mobile manufacturers invested a lot of time and money into developing custom android suits, i dont think they will go back easily...ofc gl to folks from samsung, competition is always nice

[Endadget Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:20PM]

@Tomas Herman
"there is more mobile oses then what you enumerated"

That are relevant for Samsung phones?
Only WM and Symbian. Both of which would need a redesign to be really competitive. And I use Symbian every day, it's not bad, but it should be improved, especially for touchscreens.
So for now, I'd say it's only Android and Maemo. Hopefully Symbian will improve and stay there, but AFAIK Nokia is putting the money on Maemo, at least for the high end..

[xberxinfinity Posted Dec 22nd 2009 11:55AM]

This is why we need a edit button.

Also, "My Media" makes me feel like Samsung is planning on releasing this to AT&T first.

[CtrlBurn Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:04PM]

@xberxinfinity
If it were for AT&T, it would be My MEdia. That's not to say this won't be out for AT&T, but the use of the word Media without the capitalized 'E' is probably coincidental.

[TikiTeko Posted Dec 22nd 2009 11:57AM]

I like it. It is a baby of Android and Symbian

[vickypollard Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:04PM]

@TikiTeko And a little bit of iPhone OS (springboard)

[TikiTeko Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:12PM]

@TikiTeko DARN IT!! it was a threesome???

[archkron Posted Dec 23rd 2009 1:24PM]

@TikiTeko

And with those fonts, Maemo.

[Appl Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:00PM]

Okay Bada should definitely integrate Bing.

[slamEVIL Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:57PM]

@Appl
why isn't this comment highest ranked?

[LAY Posted Dec 22nd 2009 1:31PM]

@slamEVIL

Because its been said about 11 billion fricking times!

[Teslanaut Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:02PM]

Am I the only one that feels that this isn't creative at all? Its like all they did is hold an Android device and an iPhone side by side and stole parts of each.

[TikiTeko Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:03PM]

@Teslanaut more than the iPhone a Nokia phone.... this looks very close to the OS in the 5800 and 5530 and 5320 and how many more 5XXX

[Draper Posted Dec 23rd 2009 9:16PM]

@Teslanaut

Yeah...and they missed the correct spelling of Calendar from both OSes. Samsung...no spell-check, FTL.

[qlimax Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:04PM]

don't like

[Saja Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:07PM]

its looks like a bland version of sense. it looks fine, but yes, it doesn't get me excited

[RITarded09 Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:14PM]

I'm excited so long as it remains a featurephone OS. This means I can have a WiFi+BADA device on ATT and not need a Data plan. Boohyah.

[bpm2000 Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:15PM]

sigh, was a hallmark of TF3D, not sense, but of course it had to leave winmo before engadget would even look at it.

[prewreckless Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:47PM]

I'm sorry but the Bada UI is completely ugly, I mean if they mean to compete with iPhone, Android and webOS then they better hope that UI changes significantly.

[LAY Posted Dec 22nd 2009 1:34PM]

@prewreckless

What makes it ugly?

[JakeMG Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:49PM]

I think the phrase is "too little, too late."

[LAY Posted Dec 22nd 2009 1:33PM]

@JakeMG

Too late for what?

Has there been a limit as to when stuff like this can be made?

Cheer new things, and lay off the need to limit choices.

[AndrewAmazed Posted Dec 22nd 2009 12:55PM]

I only see this as a update to their Java...os?
many things are pretty similar, well actually everything pretty much looks like my Samsung Jet/Omnia except a different 'theme' or so if you may.

[Avaviel Posted Dec 22nd 2009 1:23PM]

Without my glasses I thought, "Oh. An other Winterboard theme to download from Cydia? Eh." And then I read the article and looked at the picture a bit closer.

[dtwhite Posted Dec 22nd 2009 2:31PM]

"Calender"? Really? Just because it got past spell check doesn't mean you spelled it right.

[dimithra Posted Dec 22nd 2009 2:24PM]

Why are you guys hating when someone other than Google and Apple make an OS for the phone???

I hope this does well for that sake!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 22nd 2009 2:25PM]

Bada Boom Bada Bing -- right into the trash can.
Samsung get a clue, ANDROID or Symbian.

[artshark Posted Dec 22nd 2009 4:56PM]

convenient lack of pics of email and web browser is convenient

[jambles Posted Dec 23rd 2009 7:46AM]

Surely they'd be better off doing what htc did with sense and building their own skin with extra things around Android... I don't get the point of starting a whole new OS and making it the same as the old ones...

[pk Posted Dec 24th 2009 10:57AM]

I've lost interest of whatever this will become... Looks like just another "me too!" thing that brings nothing new to the table.