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Samsung bada SDK 1.0.0b2

Saturday, May 8th, 2010

Finally, bada SDK has been released to the public.
http://www.bada.com/

Even though the IDE is based on Eclipse, it runs only on Windows. I’m not sure but, this may be a limit for new developers.
Android SDK or MOTODev are also based on Eclipse and they are available both PC and Mac.
I have a number of friends who are using Mac for developing Apps for iPhone and Andorid on Mac.

So, this is the IDE – not that different with usual Eclipse IDE. The booting time of simulator was fast.
(Faster than Android, but much slower than iPhone SDK. As you know, iPhone simulator’s booting is almost instant)

 

Here are some of the screen shots.

 bada03

 

 
Programming is based on C++. Just by looking at the Entry cpp file, you can see the event driven structures.

SDK also provides diverse Example application with source codes.

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One of the interesting tool in the simulator is ‘Event Injector’. You can emulate events such as
incoming phone calls, SMS, GPS and Sensors.

 

This is the first public release of bada SDK, and I can see the possibilities.
However, the most important thing is - why would developers want to develop Apps in bada?
What would be the benefit? What kind of new user experience and developer experience it can provide?

bada platform should provide answers for these questions to attract developers. 
Needless to say - the number of available bada device on the market is the most important thing. 
And in my perspective, the Developer Experience is another important and crucial thing, just as I described before.
(Success of Apple’s App Store is not only about the UX(User Experience) – there were great DX(Developer Experience)

 

 

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Evolution of design : Form and Function follows Experience

Friday, March 12th, 2010

Evolution of design : Form and Function follows Experience
- On ‘Design USA:Contemporary Innovation’ exhibition at Cooper Hewitt

Dong Yoon Park | http://www.cre8ive.kr

The exhibition ‘Design USA: Contemporary Innovation’ commemorates the tenth anniversary of the National Design Awards and showcases the works of the winners. Since the award started in 2000, the works are modern and they contrast with the old building of the Cooper Hewitt.

My first impression of the displaying method was not good. By utilizing shelves, they tried to show the products of this industrialized era. I could understand their intention however, it was somewhat distracting structure. I think diverse types of the objects – products, pictures, clothes and computer screens – made this distraction more deeper.

On the other hand, they organized the sections in an intriguing way. They divided the sections based on five different topics – Craft, Experience, Technology, Materials and Method. In each section, I could see diverse and evolving achievements of passionate designers. Interactive installation and many screen based works  were impressive. Especially interactive information design of the New York Times or dynamic information by the store Target, were the works that made me realize our digital, screen-based information world. Through the five sections, I could experience what kind of technology or materials brought innovation in the design and learning those background behind the products or architectures were great pleasure.

Above all, from these design innovations in various themes, we can see the big and fundamental shift of the focus of design. It is the user experience. Now a product that provides only a good functionality cannot get attention from the consumer. Beyond the functionality, there should be good experience. In this sense, the design works showcased in this exhibition are not only innovative in functionality but also we can find the effort of the designers to embed good experience. With this change of the design industry, the quote by Louis Sullivan ‘Form follows function’ also should be evolved to “Form and function follows experience”.

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