UPDATE: Samsung responds. They’re “actively working on Tizen eco-system together with Tizen Association members and partners”. Via There have been quite a few rumours related to the Tizen OS in the past few days. The first piece of info claimed Tizen to be delayed by few months while a tweet from Eldar Murtazin, editor-in-chief of […]
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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. [quote]The OS that Docomo […]
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 […]