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How to download a game from Samsung Apps

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How to download a game from Samsung Apps
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Samsung's bada is the new kid on the mobile OS block.

To date, the only phone using bada is the excellent Samsung S8500 Wave, although a range of other smartphones is due in the autumn in the Europe.

This How To runs through the steps of how to download a game from the Samsung Apps store directly onto your bada phone.

However, combined with bada is Samsung's Kies PC media manager utility, so you might want to check out related How Tos: How to use Samsung's Kies desktop application and How to download games to your phone via Kies.

The first thing to do is open up Samsung Apps on your bada phone. Hit the main menu button and then tap on the Samsung Apps icon.
The home page of Samsung Apps has some simple tabs so you can see hot and new Featured apps, Top free and paid apps, and also drill down via category. The search option is in the bottom left.
I'm going to buy Tetris Refresh. Its page has a description and screenshots. Hit the 'Buy' button. The store will automatically check that you have enough memory available to download the game onto your phone. However, remember that some bada games are very big. Modern Combat: Sandstorm is over 200 MB for example, so you probably don't want to be downloading over 3G.
At the moment, the only payment option on Samsung Apps is credit card.
Because I already have a Samsung Apps account - standard email, password, and credit card details required - all I have to do is enter my password. (I've photoshopped my email address if you were wondering).
I have no voucher to reduce the price so it's £4.50 for me.
As with DSiWare, the download process is shown as the game icon fills up as if liquid is being poured in. Nice.
Once the game's downloaded, just tap on the icon. Hey, it's Tetris Refresh on my Wave S8500.


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