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Could Tizen Be the Next Android?

Posted by Soulskill on from the yes-no-maybe dept.

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.

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  1. Well if that happens, it'll be bye bye Samsung. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Samsungs extensions on Android are bad enough - if they had an entire OS they controlled? Stuff that!

    1. Re:Well if that happens, it'll be bye bye Samsung. by gsslay · · Score: 5, Funny

      It'll be the usual story with Samsung;

      Hardware; neat!
      Software; Oh my god, what did your customers do to you to inflict this on them?

  2. "Half Baked"? by Freshly+Exhumed · · Score: 5, Informative

    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.

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    1. Re:"Half Baked"? by hitmark · · Score: 5, Informative

      I was recently corrected on the connection between Meego and Tizen. Apparently Meego was abandoned fully upon the foundation of Tizen, and the only connection between the two was that Intel was involved with both (tough they seem to have since pulled out of Tizen).

      In essence the only remnant of Maemo/Meego is Sailfish, the continuation of Mer.

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  3. Wat need does it fulfill better by obarthelemy · · Score: 5, Interesting

    (apart from Samsung's need for pressure points vs Google ?)

    Tizen needs a unique selling point. Being "a Mobile OS that works" isn't one, that need has been met years ago, and nobody wants Yet Another Smartphone OS for the sake of it.Maybe there's a need at the extreme low-end, next to Microsoft's Asha line (not a resounding success), and a tad below Android One. Maybe Security could be a selling point (except it doesn't seem to be doing much for Blackberry). Maybe there's a fringe of teach-heads who deem Tizen more linux-y than Android and keep agitating about it for that reason (not a big market).
    As it stands, the most unfulfilled need I see is the carriers' desire to take back control of our phones, and I'd rather that one stay unfulfilled.

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  4. Re:A guess by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Then again, Microsoft couldn't even dislodge Symbian.