Introduction to bada: A Developer's Guide

Bada is a new platform that runs on mass market phones andenables you to build cutting-edge applications for mobile devices.As an access layer, bada has all the advantages of native codingand provides the power of multi-tasking and multi-threading. Thisbook serves as a complete introduction to the exciting capabilitiesof bada and shows you how bada offers commerce and businessservices with server-side support. The authors walk you through thecomplete set of platform APIs and detail the architecture of bada.Code fragments are featured throughout the book as well as examplesthat utilize all of the major APIs, from sensors to maps and fromphonebook to billing.

• Introduces Samsung's new platform, bada
• Explains the bada framework, its APIs, and the badaarchitecture
• Walks you through how bada is a logically structured mobileplatform that allows you to build exciting apps for mobiledevices
• Features code fragments and numerous examples that address allthe major APIs

Discover how bada boasts the richest set of end-to-end service,commerce, and billing APIs with this book!

Ben Morris is a freelance author and developer,specializing in mobile software including Symbian OS and mobilewidgets.