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Could Tizen Be the Next Android?
MollsEisley writes: Right now, Tizen is still somewhat half-baked, which is why you shouldn't expect to see a high-end Tizen smartphone hit your local carrier for a while yet, but Samsung's priorities could change rapidly. If Tizen development speeds up a bit, the OS could become a stand-in for Android on entry-level and mid-range Samsung phones and eventually take over Samsung's entire smartphone (and tablet) lineup.
Let's be clear that Tizen is actually the child of Nokia's and Intel's Linux-based OS that was known as Meego, which owed much of its existence to Nokia's Maemo Linux platform and Intel's Moblin. That's a lot of history, and Samsung has added more and more. Half-baked? What a bizarre term.
I deny that I have not avoided attaining the opposite of that which I do not want.
Tizen runs Android apps by ACL; as I heard.
As an owner of a Samsung BluRay player, I can confirm the Software part of the above statement.
It makes sense to me That they would create a new OS. Have you ever read their Privacy Policy?
Common http://www.samsung.com/us/comm.... I have a SamSung_HDTV_32F6300AFXZA It's a Smart TV and lots of bells and whistles as a TV or media player, but I only use it as a computer monitor due to the Privacy Policy.
Which is different than the common one, and the third one you have to agree to while setting up a HDTV.
I do take the time to read privacy policies and ToS's, of all of them SamSung's shows them as being one hell of a data collecton agency; I had thought Rovio.com (Angry Birds) was bad, it's mild in comparison. I also have a Samsung phone and knew of there policies up front, there are two play stores Google and Samsung's, I won't install anything from Samsungs. The phone is loaded with clouds and social sites, which they any collect data you post, replies, and stored items; a HDTV every keystroke or remote key pressed is recorded and kept stored, there is also the ability to add a web cam for Gestures. You know so when you yell at the kids waving your arms around the HDTV goes spastic, and Xbox was shouted out of doing the same thing.
The policies if you really read them come into full effect when you sign into Samsung.com which one has to do for support like drivers and anything else needed to "add to your (item here)'s experience". Kies for a Samsung Phone that is the utility to back up, and transfer items with; while every other company has it readily available, you have to sign in to for.
While Kies isn't really required let alone needed, most don't know that.
One line states that Samsung and it's affiliates can access your equipment and collect whatever they want, and at any time;
one can opt out of one collection site but you won't get AD's that relate to you (I laughed).
The Privacy Policy I read long before the phone or TV states if you have legal issues with Samsung, they claim jurisdiction in some province in South Korea, which you have previously agreed to.
Samsung is much like Google in that they collect everything, yet you use them.
I had an original Galaxy S. It was so bad, I swore I would never buy another piece of Samsung electronics again.
Well, this time around, the only phone AT&T offered that met what I wanted was the Note 4, so I took a chance, with a heavy heart and much misgiving. I have to say, almost 4 months in, and I love this phone. Most of the stock apps are good enough that I'm using them rather than taking the chance on play store garbage. (Very unusual for me, I usually end up modding the hell out of my android phones) The Gear VR came in for Xmas,and is a great toy. I put in a 128Gb SD card and I have way more room than I need, even with a half dozen 3D full length movies on board. There is no lag or slow down on any of the games I have downloaded, and the screen is beautiful. WiFi and Bluetooth so far work flawlessly and fast. So far, all of the things that have frustrated me have turned out to be KitKat issues, not anything that Samsung has done.
It's large, but I never wish it was any smaller, only that my hands were a bit bigger. It's still small enough to be pocketable, even inside an otterbox, and I never hold it up to my ear when I'm actually on a call (less than 5% of the time I'm using it anyway). With bluetooth in the car, as a headset, and speakerphone on my desk, I rarely have to take it out of my pocket or the car/desk holder to talk.
It is good enough, that it just may entice me into getting Samsung when I get my 70" UHD TV later this year.
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