Samsung Confirms 2013 Launch For Tizen Smartphones

[zakislam]

First Linux-based handsets were revealed last year.

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[Tomtompiper]

Between this and Sailfish it is looking like a good year in the mobile space.

 

[darkavenger123]

diffrence is this gonna make?? They should just focus on the hardware where they excelled. Btw, ex Wave 2 user here.....was a good option when it was launched due to price/performance at that time....comes Wave 3....absolutely no value due to the mass powerful mid-range Android phones...

Unless it is priced like a Galaxy Young and perform like an S3, there's absolutely no reason to buy another 'try me out' OS with no apps.

 

[ojas]

First Linux-based handsets were revealed last year.

Yes, Zak, because Android isn't Linux based, is it now?

My god, who hired this guy?

 

[ruel24]

Seriously, Tizen looks like a good idea. With Bada, it'll run 100% of all Android apps with similar responsiveness (according to Open Mobile, who is responsible for the ACL) and it unties Samsung from Google. However, neither Samsung nor Intel have a history of producing good software. I really would have liked them to incorporate KDE Plasma Active UI in the mix.

http://youtu.be/ulcizzAj-N4

 

[kartu]

@"oh it got no apps" guy, it can run Android apps.

Apple is not enough a competitor, so Google might get Intelish, good to see someone is trying to create alternative OSes, especially when they try to stick to existing standards (in Tizen's case, web)

 

[Bloob]

[citation][nom]kartu[/nom]@"oh it got no apps" guy, it can run Android apps.Apple is not enough a competitor, so Google might get Intelish, good to see someone is trying to create alternative OSes, especially when they try to stick to existing standards (in Tizen's case, web)[/citation]

So can Sailfish, doesn't mean they'll get apps though. I also hate the focus HTML 5 is getting; I don't like the idea of wasting power needlessly on a hand-held, and a good designer would redesign the GUI to fit the platform anyways.

 

[house70]

Not only has to be able to run Android apps natively, has to be attractive enough for devs to come up with a simple way to install GPlay market on it. In that case, it will catch on.

 

[TheRealArtlover]

[citation][nom]ojas[/nom]
[citation]First Linux-based handsets were revealed last year.[/citation]
Yes, Zak, because Android isn't Linux based, is it now?My god, who hired this guy?[/citation]
Hell, forget Android... Phones have been running Linux since at least 2003. I think the Motorola A760 was one of the earlier ones.

Who hired this guy indeed. But hey, better 10 years late than never I suppose.....