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Tizen Gets Boost From Bada Merger

Posted by Soulskill on from the just-cram-them-all-together dept.

LinuxScribe writes "As predicted last September, Samsung has announced plans to merge Tizen with its own Bada platform to create a new mobile OS that will fit well on low- and high-end smartphones. Last year, Bada had more global phone deployments than Windows Phone 7. The merger means each Linux-based platform will have access to more native- and HTML5-based apps."

2 of 29 comments (clear)

  1. Will there be a second device? by Dionysus · · Score: 4, Insightful

    I would wait until there is a second device running Tizen before I would consider it a viable solution. Given the history of the people behind Tizen, I suspect they will announce a reorganization of the project around the time a phone is first released with the OS. Maybe a rename while they're at it.

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  2. Re:Merge? by the+linux+geek · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Bada isn't based on Linux, despite what Wikipedia says. It uses the Mentor Nucleus microkernel with a custom Samsung userland.

    Also, it's been officially announced that Bada is being replaced with Tizen.