Samsung to skip Donut, first bada phone in H1 2010

John Chan | Nov 18, 2009

During a Samsung media event today, a spokesperson revealed that the company will be skipping version 1.6 (codenamed Donut) altogether for its lineup of Android phones heading to Asia in Q1 next year. The company has already released three devices using Google's mobile operating system, all of which come with version 1.5 (Cupcake).

In his presentation, product marketing manager Winston Goh said an Android phone will be available in Singapore come Q1 2010. This product will first launch with Cupcake and then be upgraded to Eclair (version 2.0). He did not say which phone this will be, but given Samsung's announcement of the I5700 on Monday, it seems likely that the Galaxy Spica will be the one. Subsequent Android phones from the company, he added, will ship with Android 2.0.

Aside from Android, Goh also briefly described the Samsung bada and the direction of this new mobile platform. This was announced earlier this month and will give developers an SDK to create applications for future Samsung smartphones based on the company's own operating system. He mentioned that the first phone based on bada will be announced in the first half of 2010, confirming some of the rumors that have been floating around.

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