Kuala Lumpur, 2 December 2010 – Four varsities emerged as finalists to showcase their most innovative Applications based on bada - Samsung’s new, open smartphone platform - in the finale of the bada Developer Varsity Challenge 2010.
The challenge supported by the Multimedia Development Corporation (MDeC) and Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC), saw students using their creativity and ingenuity, to develop bada applications for social networking, location-based service (LBS), education and even for religious activities.
Bada enables applications to fully utilize the powerful hardware by providing various Application Programming Interfaces (APIs) for interactivity including UI elements, 3D Graphics, Flash, multipoint-touch, sensors and motion support. In addition, service-oriented features such as social network integration, LBS and in-application-purchase, allow users to experience a variety of applications and content.
"Samsung is fully committed to creating opportunities for developers to leverage on the success of the bada platform. The bada Developer Varsity Challenge 2010 is aimed at nurturing young Malaysian ‘bada technopreneurs’ by providing an avenue to develop creative and value added applications for consumers,” said Mr. Yu Jai Sul, Managing Director, Samsung Malaysia Electronics.
"Samsung is actively constructing a total eco-system around the bada platform including Samsung Applications, making our platform vision a reality for consumers, developers and operators to experience the freedom of choice that bada enables,” added Mr. Yu.
Samsung’s vision for the Smartphone era is defined by a revolution both in hardware and software, operator-friendly practices and open development. The result is bada, Samsung’s open smartphone platform that will define our success worldwide.
"MDeC is committed to the continued development of the ICT industry in reaching the nation’s goal as a developed country in 2020. With that in mind, we support the initiative by Samsung in delivering cutting-edge technologies to Malaysia’s ICT industry and the public,” said En. Saifol Bahri Shamlan, Vice President, MDeC.
The inter-varsity bada Developer Challenge included a series of roadshows to showcase bada and Wave smartphone at Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman’s (UTAR) Kampar and Setapak campus, Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM), Sunway University College, Management & Science University (MSU). There were also three bada workshops organised together with MDeC and attended by varsities at MSC Cybercentre, Plaza Sentral and GoMobile 2010 Expo.
The entire challenge took three months of intense brainstorming and programming. It received a total of 22 registrations from 18 varsities all across Malaysia. Each team consisted of one advisor and three students to inculcate team work and synergy among lecturers and students.
The finale kicked off with each team presenting and demonstrating their application to the panel of judges consisting of En. Saifol Bahri Shamlan, Vice President, MDeC; Mr. Lee Jui Siang, Head of Marketing Department – Mobile Phone, Samsung Malaysia Electronics; Mr. Kashminder Singh, Managing Editor of Mobile World Magazine and Mr. Muthu Nedumaran, Founder Murasu Systems Sdn. Bhd.
The judges had a hard time deciding on the winning Application because of the high standards of the entries based on the set criteria; innovation – creative, technicality, commercial; technical – UI design, quality of experience and general – achievement of objectives, sustainable business model and implementation of new technology that adds value for the consumer.
Team G-Polaris from USM presented their Application called the “Green Polaris” which provides functionalities such as LBS, news, and sustainable environment tips and contacts of environmentally friendly company. Team Doa Nazihah (meaning: An Honest Prayer) from Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM) developed an Application called “Doa Recital for Muslim Pilgrims” to help them during their Haj Pilgrimage.
The MSU Team named Rois et Reine developed an Application called “The Pianist” that teaches users how to play the piano with sounds and chords. Team Smart from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) developed a location based mobile friend-finder application called “Tell Me”.
Team Green Polaris from USM emerged as the 1st place winner, followed by Team Doa Nazihah from UiTM and Team Rois et Reine from MSU for 2nd and 3rd place respectively. The Most Innovative team name and logo went to Team Rois et Reine from MSU.
Team Green Polaris consist of Chai Jian Wei, 22; Khoo Han Ni, 22 and Peter Lau Yi Zhong, 22 together with their supervisor, Mr. Azlan Osman. All three students are currently pursuing their degree in Computer Science.
The winning team received a grand prize of RM15,000 while the second and third team received RM10,000 and RM5,000 respectively. Each winning team will also receive four units of Samsung Wave smartphone. Members from the Most Innovative team name and logo will each receive a one-year subscription of Mobile World Magazine.
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