Samsung Unveils TouchWiz Interface SDK

Samsung Mobile has announced that they are all set to enter into the domains of App store by launching its new Mobile Widget SDK, in a bid to help developers create cool apps for its signature TouchWiz smartphones line up.

TouchWiz is a touch-supported user interface that is incorporated into some of the company’s high-end handsets, such as Memoir and Omnia, and it provides users with single-click access to the internet-based updates, including weather and stocks.

The new SDK for TouchWiz would be based on the Eclipse platform, which would even allow developers to create carrier-specific applications. This would give developers the flexibility to create high-profile apps by keeping the network operators in mind.

With the company’s ongoing Mobile Innovator program, developers would also get the opportunity to pitch their widgets straight to Samsung to get them preinstalled on the mobile phones in future. 

Furthermore, the widgets can also be included via other channels, including the Samsung Widget Gallery as well as the company’s own App Store.

Discussing about the aforesaid program, the company’s senior VP Omar Khan said: “The Samsung Mobile Innovator program is a global program focused on giving developers the tools and the support that they need to develop and market widgets for Samsung's lineup of TouchWiz-based devices and applications for different Samsung phones”.                      

The new Samsung i8000 Omnia, which is slated to be available with Verizon Wireless sometime around later this year, will be the company’s first handset to have the Widget Gallery.