Samsung bada Smartphone Coming to MWC 2010 Samsung to Announce bada OS-based Phone at MWC?

Although we re mostly waiting for Windows Mobile 7 to arrive this month
in Barcelona, Microsoft s new mobile platform is not the only one to
turn a couple of heads at MWC 2010. In fact we re hearing that Samsung s
own OS is also going to be featured in Spain and we might just see the
first bada OS-based phone get announced in about two weeks from now.
Needless to say that we re expecting bada to be a more than impressive
OS. Maybe even more impressive than Windows Mobile 7! Microsoft has
already established itself as a pretty successful mobile OS developers
but Samsung is just toying with this new environment. If bada won t make
a proper impression soon chances are that customers will ignore it in
favor of other mobile platforms.
On the other hand it s only fair for Samsung to make its home-brewed OS
since regular OS makers like Microsoft and Google have launched or will
launch their own smartphones this year.
The bada OS has already been shown to various mobile carriers around the
world and it seems that it has been very well received. The first
smartphone running bada OS is therefore expected to arrive at the MWC .
We don t know how will the first bada phone look like in terms of specs
but we re expecting a lot from him. The phone should be capable to
compete with some of the hottest smartphones currently available in
stores so we re really counting on it to sport some very competitive
features.
Bada will come with the latest version of TouchWiz on board. Flash
support will also be available and the user interface promises a lot
although we haven t really seen bada in action so far, have we?
The bada phone could very well become a great alternative to iPhones,
Android, webOS and BlackBerry devices. It case bada takes of it will be
interesting to see who will Samsung ditch first, Android, Windows Mobile
or both?

Google IE6 Web Apps Support To Cease Google Web Apps to Drop Internet Explorer 6 Browser Support - Amongst Others

Google have confirmed that they are to phase out support of older
browsers such as Internet Explorer 6 in relation to new features for
their their Web Apps (including Google Docs) with Google reasoning that
�very old browsers cannot run many of these new features effectively .
In truth we don t doubt that the associated security vulnerabilities of
older browsers (specifically IE6) plays a not insignificant factor in
Google s decision but what is particularly interesting is that Google
singles out IE6 in its announcement whilst stating that Google Web Apps
will phase out �older browser support (so it isn t just IE6 in the
firing line)
The Official Google Enterprise Blog states:
�The web has evolved in the last ten years, from simple text pages to
rich, interactive applications including video and voice. Unfortunately,
very old browsers cannot run many of these new features effectively. So
to help ensure your business can use the latest, most advanced web apps,
we encourage you to update your browsers as soon as possible.
Many other companies have already stopped supporting older browsers like
Internet Explorer 6.0 as well as browsers that are not supported by
their own manufacturers. We re also going to begin phasing out our
support, starting with Google Docs and Google Sites. As a result you may
find that from March 1 key functionality within these products —
as well as new Docs and Sites features — won t work properly in
older browsers.
2010 is going to be a great year for Google Apps and we want to ensure
that everyone can make the most of what we are developing. Please take
the time to switch your organization to the most up-to-date browsers
available.
So, if you utilise Google Web Apps such as Google Docs and you re using
an older browser (specifically IE6) then its time to get your browser up
to date pronto unless you want to find yourself possibly loosing various
degrees of functionality.