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HTC Tizen device in the works for 2012

Chris Burns, May 21st 2012 Discuss [0]

There's a new bit of Samsung / Intel software in the house called Tizen made for the mobile market, and this week we're hearing that HTC is one of several hot off the blocks to release a smartphone with the system embedded. This news comes after Samsung showed off a very early version of some hardware running the first Tizen for a developer conference that took place the same week as this spring's CTIA 2012. With both Samsung and HTC on lock for a device with this software onboard, we're looking for what'll very possibly be a large release - relatively speaking, of course. Read The Full Story

Super AMOLED HD Plus being tested in Tizen device

Ben Kersey, May 11th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung may say that the use of PenTile on its Super AMOLED HD displays is in order to keep it working for longer, but is the company holding out on us? SamMobile has heard from a source saying that the current Tizen prototype being used features a Super AMOLED HD Plus display, indicating the use of a full RGB matrix. The device was recently handed out at the Tizen Developers Conference in San Francisco. Read The Full Story

Samsung Tizen dev device caught on camera

Chris Davies, May 8th 2012 Discuss [0]

Various Tizen smartphone developer devices, believed to be made by Samsung, have been brought out to play at the Tizen Developer Conference this week, giving us a glimpse of v1.0 Larkspur in action. The 720p HD handset runs a 1.2GHz dual-core ARM chipset, according to Tizen Talk, though neither developers nor Samsung is saying too much about specifications as this isn't a phone that will end up in users' hands. Instead, it's intended to spur adoption of the open source OS. Read The Full Story

Tizen 1.0 SDK and source code released

Ben Kersey, May 2nd 2012 Discuss [0]

MeeGo may have bitten the dust, but from the ashes rose Tizen, the open source OS backed by players like Intel and Samsung. News surrounding Tizen has been somewhat quiet as of late, but here’s a pretty big milestone: the OS has just hit version 1.0, codenamed Larkspur. The Tizen group will be releasing a new SDK to go with the release so that developers can get to the grips with all the new additions, as well as the source code. Read The Full Story

Huawei joins Tizen

Chris Davies, Feb 28th 2012 Discuss [0]

Open source mobile platform and spiritual son of MeeGo, Tizen, has gained a new supporter in the shape of Huawei, jumping on board just as the Tizen team releases the SDK beta and source code. Huawei is the latest member of the Tizen Association Board, and apparently intends to release devices "for a range of markets" running the platform. Exactly when that will take place is unclear, however. Read The Full Story

Samsung: Tizen and bada merge not final

Chris Davies, Jan 18th 2012 Discuss [0]

Samsung's plans to merge bada with Tizen may not be as clear-cut as first believed, with the company saying it and the other Tizen chiefs are yet to make "a firm decision" on the open-source blend. "We are carefully looking at it as an option to make the platforms serve better for customers" Samsung told AllThingsD, describing bada as a tool for "democratizing smartphone experience in all markets." Read The Full Story

Samsung merging bada with Tizen for smartphone push

Chris Davies, Jan 16th 2012 Discuss [5]

Samsung has announced plans to merge its homegrown bada smartphone platform with open-source Tizen, a collaborative OS integrating Nokia-reject MeeGo, with the first Samsung Tizen devices tipped for release this year. "We have an effort that will merge bada and Tizen" Tae-Jin Kang, Senior Vice President of Samsung's Contents Planning Team told Forbes at CES 2012 last week. Tizen will show up on "at least one to two" Samsung phones in 2012, Kang confirmed; earlier this month, details leaked on the Samsung I9500, believed to run the new platform. Read The Full Story

Tizen UI leaks ahead of Samsung I9500 debut

Chris Davies, Jan 9th 2012 Discuss [4]

Open-source smartphone OS Tizen rose like a scorched pigeon from the ashes of MeeGo last September, but its taken until now for the first screenshots of the platform to emerge. A cluster of shots were shared with SamMobile, showing a UI that’s markedly similar to pre-ICS Android and even Samsung’s bada. That may be no coincidence, however, since Samsung is one of the leads in the Tizen project, and may be bringing the first Tizen-based device, the Samsung I9500, to market imminently.

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Acer and ASUS opt into Tizen; HTC ponders say sources

Chris Davies, Sep 29th 2011 Discuss [2]

Tizen, the platform that gobbled up MeeGo, may only be a few days old but already it's reportedly gaining support from new companies including ASUS and Acer. The firms are each apparently set to add Tizen development to their engineer's workload, DigiTimes' sources claim, with HTC said to be "currently evaluating its decision." The shift in OS focus will mean that ASUS and Acer's existing MeeGo device plans are put on ice, it's suggested. Read The Full Story

MeeGo morphs into Tizen as Intel and Samsung take charge

Chris Davies, Sep 28th 2011 Discuss [5]

Confusion around MeeGo continues, with the news that the open-source platform is to transition into Tizen, a new, similarly open-source OS targeting smartphones, tablets, smart TVs, netbooks and ICE systems. Hosted by The Linux Foundation and with development powered by Intel, Samsung and the MeeGo team itself - which promises that MeeGo users and developers should have a relatively easy time of it, shifting across to Tizen – the new platform is expected to be released in Q1 2012 in both OS and SDK form.