Samsung's New Weapon Against Apple: Its Own Developer Conference

Samsung hopes to woo developers away from Apple right in its backyard. 

The first-ever Samsung Developer Conference (SDC) will take place October 27 – 29 in San Francisco, and the company has posted a teaser website to spread the word. Although more details are forthcoming, the conference won’t be exclusively focused on mobile. The company says SDC will be a “major, Samsung-wide, cross-product (multi-screen) developer event.”

Apple’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) has been hugely successful, with the last event selling out in two minutes. Given that Samsung is the leader in Android phone and tablet sales, it makes sense that Samsung would host it own developer event. Between gesture controls in the Galaxy S4 and pen input in the Galaxy Note series, Samsung wants to provide more hooks into what makes its devices unique.