Tizen
GT-I8800 Redwood seen running Tizen 2.1 OS
Few images of Samsung’s first Tizen device has been leaked. The phone is identified as Redwood (GT-I8800) and is seen here running Tizen 2.1 OS that was announced at the Tizen Developer Conference yesterday. While full specs are still a mystery, the phone will hopefully have a 720p display and is confirmed to have S [...]
Samsung will release Tizen-based devices this year
Samsung has confirmed that they’ll release Tizen-based devices later this year. Although there’s no specific timeframe, Samsung released a statement to Bloomberg that promises to launch “competitive Tizen devices within this year.” Samsung didn’t divulge on the apparent specifications or features. Samsung’s confirmation acknowledges the report that came in last month claiming Samsung to launch [...]
Tizen powered Samsung device expected in 2013
Samsung is the biggest backer of the open source Tizen OS and according to Daily Yomiuri, Tizen-powered devices will make its way in next year. While the newspaper didn’t divulge any more details, NTT Docomo is said to be the carrier in Japan who’ll carry Tizen running phone manufactured by Samsung. Mobile World Congress (MWC) [...]
Samsung Planning Galaxy S III-like Variant For Tizen?
A new device powered by Tizen has been certified by the Wi-Fi Alliance. Interestingly, the device to be certified is listed as “GT-I9300_TIZEN” and if you’re aware of model numbers of Samsung devices, I9300 belongs to Galaxy S III. There’s a fair chance Samsung may just be testing the new OS on an existing [...]
Samsung joins Linux Foundation as Platinum Member
Samsung has confirmed to have joined the Linux Foundation as a Platinum Member. It is the highest tier of membership at the Linux Foundation that will earn the Korean company a place in the Board of Directors. Samsung’s investment reiterates its commitment to the Linux platform as they’ve been using the Linux kernel, Linux-based [...]
Samsung Tizen Developer Device gets a video demo
Samsung is one of the founding members of the Tizen OS and it comes as no surprise the Tizen developer conference was showcasing a developer device produced by Samsung. The phone which will be used by developers to test out their Tizen apps features an ARM-based 1.2GHz dual-core processor, which is interesting because Intel [...]
Samsung to integrate bada OS with Tizen, hints at non-phone bada devices
Samsung will merge its home-grown bada OS with Tizen OS, an executive has confirmed. In an interview with Forbes, Tae-Jin Kang, Senior Vice President of Samsung’s Contents Planning Team confirmed that they’ll merge both the operating systems. Kang refrained from giving an exact timeline but said the work is “already underway” and will support [...]
Samsung and Intel to spearhead development of Tizen OS
It’s a known fact that Samsung is one of the key members of the LiMo Foundation and in the past, have dabbled with few devices running LiMo OS. Now the news comes from LiMo and Linux Foundation that they have come together to develop a new open-source OS called Tizen. Tizen will be an [...]