Day 1 Highlights: Samsung Developers Conference 2013

In a nonstop blur of activity, half of the Samsung Developers Conference is already done! It was such a quick day, so let’s try to backtrack a bit. From the Keynote address to the after party at the San Francisco Exploratorium, day 1 was full of events within events; not to mention the 18 sessions on the latest SDKs and exclusive interviews with some of the industry’s most influential figures, long before the conference. For those of you who missed out on Day 1, here are the highlights of the sessions and backstage interviews with Corey Wilson, Business Development Director NFC at SMARTRAC Technology Group, and Prasad Ram, CEO at Gooru learning.

Keynote Address

The keynote address was very interesting and exciting as expected. The participants of the conference were able to find out all the new tools to play with, from Samsung Mobile SDK to KNOX Enterprise SDK.

Session 1: Introduction to the new Samsung Mobile SDK

Samsung Mobile SDK is a fairly new mobile SDK that consists of 10 components. It will allow users to develop applications that utilize Samsung mobile devices’ unique features, such as S Pen, much more efficiently. Whoever wants to develop a quality app efficiently needs to check this out.

Session 2: Samsung Smart TV: Current & Upcoming Features

With Samsung Smart TV SDK 4.0, developers can now easily connect the applications on their mobile devices to their Smart TV. Also, as Samsung Smart TV SDK supports Multi-OS support and enhances Smart Interaction (Voice & Gesture Control), users can control their Smart TV with their mobile devices. For more information, check out the video clip below!

Back Stage Interview: Corey Wilson, Creating Successful NFC Apps with Innovative Use Cases Panel Speaker

Before his wonderful speech on Creating Successful NFC Apps with Innovative Use Cases, we sat down with Corey Wilson, Business Development Director NFC at SMARTRAC Technology Group. He told us his impression of the conference so far and gave some suggestions on how Samsung can help developers to create innovative application solutions. Check out what he said by clicking play below.

We also had a chat with Prasad Ram, the moderator of Future of Education Enabled by Mobile Devices and the CEO at Gooru learning. He gave us his opinion on the most remarkable aspect of Samsung development kit that Samsung opened to its developers and his overall impression on the SDC 2013 so far. Wonder what he said? Then click on play below!