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Why Samsung should just give up on Tizen

Yesterday there were reports that Samsung has finally released a phone running its non-Android "Tizen" operating system. The Z1 has gone on sale in India six months after it was indefinitely delayed. The reason the operating system exists is essentially to satisfy some executive egos. Samsung, unlike Google and Apple, doesn't control the platform which…

15 January 2015 James O'Malley Mobile phones, Samsung

Samsung switching to running Tizen OS on its smart TVs

Samsung has announced that its 2015 range of Smart TVs will run its own proprietary Tizen operating system - rather than Android TV. The move isn't hugely surprising - for ages Samsung has been trying to push Tizen on to consumers using its products, despite it being an OS that nobody wants or needs. Having…

2 January 2015 James O'Malley Online TV, Samsung

Samsung’s non-Android Tizen phone delayed indefinitely

We've known for some time that Samsung is working on phones that will run its own "Tizen" operating system instead of Android. Don't expect to see them any time soon though, as Samsung has just announced the cancellation of the first Tizen phone's release. The reasons behind making the phone is thought to be an…

29 July 2014 James O'Malley Android, Mobile phones

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