Top applications on Samsung Bada platform

BANGALORE, INDIA: An application that turns the Samsung Wave (S8500) into a flashlight tops Samsung Apps’ list of most popular downloaded Apps from June 1 to mid-July.

According to a compay press release, utility and entertainment apps dominated the list released today by Samsung Apps, the application hub for leading mobile phone provider Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Magic Torch, a unique app which transforms your phone into a flashlight with four different screens – standard light bulb, ecological light bulb, neon light bulb, and white screen – topped the chart as the most-downloaded application across the globe.

Here are descriptions for the most-downloaded apps from June 1 to mid-July:

Magic Torch

Category: Utilities

The app transforms the phone into a flashlight. With four different kinds of lights (white screen, regular light bulb, ecological light bulb and neon) you will never be in the dark again. Magic Torch will also prevent your phone from changing the screen luminosity due to inactivity.

Need For Speed Shift

Category : Game

Explode onto the circuit in the fastest, hottest cars around. Tear through the streets of Chicago, Dubai, Italy and London in 24 street and pro-racing events. From the second you hit the gas, start earning points and trophies for aggressiveness, precision and style. Mobile gamers can upgrade their ride with top speed, handling, acceleration and nitrous features as they race to defeat the world’s top-three professional drivers.

Illusions

Category: Entertainment

The application allows users to view a multitude of images sham (illusions of movement, objects that appear and disappear, bizarre lines and distortions). Users can rotate the images by clicking on the screen after selecting its category.

SouthAfrica 2010

Category: Entertainment

The World Cup 2010 Tracker features information about all the competition matches (times, city, stadiums, real-time scores); country and squad information and facts; player profiles; and stadium information and images. Users can also search for their favorite country, player or stadium. World Cup 2010 Tracker was developed by Mubaloo, the United Kingdom’s leading smartphone application developer.

BatteryLife

Category: Productivity

Calculate remaining battery power based on factors such as Wi-Fi use, call time, listening to music, use of 2G or 3G. Optional selection of power saving features for various use conditions. It's a bilingual application that supports Chinese and English. The language will be automatically selected based on your device language.

MyMirror

Category: Utilities

You can mirror yourself while admiring yourself.

Basketball

Category: Entertainment

The free throw game reserved for the entertainment room is now available on a phone. The interface simulates real-life game play but in a convenient mobile format.

Shot Gun

Category: Entertainment

Shotgun is an arcade-style shooting game designed for fun. Its sound effects include a simulated reloading action that uses the built-in accelerometer on the device. Shaking device up and down or either way to reload, and pull the trigger on the shotgun image on the screen to shoot.

Exciting Freekick

Category: Game

The players are extremely nervous ahead of the final shoot-out.Everyone is waiting for your final shooting in a lot of tension Will you be able to get a score against the best goalkeeper? The choice is all up to you!