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A Different Kind of Linux Smartphone: Samsung To Sell Tizen-Based Model Z

Posted by timothy on from the complicated-model dept.

As The Next Web reports, Samsung is finally bringing to market (in Russia, to start) a phone, the Samzung Z, running the Tizen OS. Like Android, Tizen is based on the Linux kernel, but it's intended for HTML5 apps rather than Android apps. It's not Samsung's first Tizen device, though; the second-generation of its Gear smart-watches are running Tizen as well. "Samsung earlier revealed plans for its first Tizen smartphones to be launched during its second quarter of business in 2014, which runs April to July, so it seems like smartphones other than Samsung Z could still be on their way. The Samsung executive said that Tizen devices could account for as much as 15 percent of Samsung’s mobile shipments per year, but Android will still be its main business."

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  1. I cooled off on Samsung... by bogaboga · · Score: 1, Informative

    I used to like Samsung and its Android phone products. In fact, I owned the galaxy series S, S2 and S3. I skipped the S4 and really didn't see the point of the S5. These phones in my opinion, were just overpriced! I am now looking at getting the One Plus One.

    1. Re:I cooled off on Samsung... by markus_baertschi · · Score: 4, Informative

      I had a SGS2 and have a SGS4 now. They are fine phones. I want a replaceable battery and a SD card slot. This reduces the field for me a lot.

      For my wife I bought a Moto G and I suspect I will replace my SGS4 with a phone in the same class, once it needs to be replaced. Phones are rapidly approaching the phase where most middle class phones are good enough. Two years ago a high-end device was necessary for a good experience, these days this is no longer true.

      Life will become tougher for phone manufacturers.

  2. Re: Only thing I want to know: by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    You can also use Qt for developing. Since Qt has an improving support for Android too, eventually developing cross-platform apps may become easier.

  3. Re: Only thing I want to know: by NotInHere · · Score: 4, Informative

    1st Android introduced a declarative (XML) way to write UIs (I admit I don't know whether this XML gets parsed by java or native code) and

    2nd There is no JVM in Android, its Dalvik VM. Google only took the language, but not the whole technology.