Samsung’s Bada OS, freshly announced – though far from released – for mobile devices is reasonably interesting on its own, but we always prefer to have an inkling of hardware to go along with our software speculation. Happily that itch has been allegedly scratched this morning, with a render of what’s purported to be the first Samsung Bada device.
Willeke at GSMHelpDesk has been slipped an image of this touchscreen handset, though there are no accompanying specifications to tell us what sort of experience we can expect. That leaves us arguing the aesthetics, and while the device pictured is reasonably inoffensive, it doesn’t exactly distinguish itself from any other touchscreen-centric candybar. Perhaps there’s a slide-out QWERTY keyboard waiting to wow us, but right now hardware controls look to be minimal.
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