The Samsung Developers Conference came and went earlier this week without any Tizen smartphone announcement. It now appears that we will have to wait until 2014 to catch the launch of such devices. Following leaked pictures seen in September, a new video has surfaced, showing off the SM-Z9005 (codename Redwood), possibly destined to become the first Tizen-powered smartphone. The video […]
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Systena unveils 10-inch Tizen developer tablet in Japan
With Samsung’s first developers conference set to take place next week, we may finally see at least one Tizen-powered device get officially announced. But one thing is sure: Samsung will not be the first to release a Tizen-powered tablet. That honour now belongs to Systena Corporation, a Japanese IT product and solution provider. In fact, Systena first announced its Tizen […]
Samsung SM-Z9005 to be first Tizen smartphone?
While it remains unclear when Samsung’s Tizen-powered smartphones will launch, details about them continue to slowly emerge. It now appears that we could have a model number for one of these: SM-Z9005. In fact, it’s not the first time it showed up on India’s Zauba shipment tracking database. This time though, it reveals a few new details. The September 10th notice […]
Tizen 3.0 spotted on Samsung Galaxy S4 and Galaxy S III
It appears that Samsung and Intel are making good progress with Tizen. Back in July, the source code and SDK for Tizen 2.2 were released and it now looks like version 3.0 is on track for an early 2014 release (March 2014 to be precise). Not only did a preview version of the In-Vehicle Infotainment (IVI) version recently get released […]
Samsung to unveil Tizen at Samsung Developers Conference in October
Samsung will hold its first Developers Conference in San Francisco later this year Scheduled to run from October 27th to October 29th, it promises to let attendees “engage with industry leaders, collaborate with fellow developers and learn about new Samsung tools and SDKs.” While the company has yet to publish a list of panels and events, Tizen Indonesia has learned […]
First Tizen smartphone to use OLED display?
The source code and SDK for Tizen 2.2 were released in mid-July. The update includes a number of user interface and experience updates including hardware button support. One key change is the switch to a dark theme as the new default theme. Aside from the cosmetics, it appears that battery-driven reasons drove the decision. According to Tizen Indonesia, the dark […]
Is Tizen “almost dead” even before launch?
Rumours surfaced earlier this week that Samsung had decided to delay the launch of its Tizen smartphones to ensure that there would be a good selection of apps available along with the devices. Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin has now waded in, suggesting that the delay may be a sign of worse news to come. He suggests that Tizen is “almost […]
Samsung delays Tizen phone by two months
Two Samsung Tizen-powered smartphones, the GT-I8800 and GT-I8805, have been the topic of recent rumours and were expected to be released sometime in August. It now looks as though Samsung is delaying their release by two months, pushing the release date to October or possibly November. The reason – Samsung wants to make sure there will be plenty of apps […]