Samsung Postponing The Launch of Tizen Smartphone.

Samsung is postponing the launch of the its first smartphone featuring Tizen, an open-source, Linux-based mobile operating system that will compete with Android.

That, coupled with news that Samsung is announcing its first-ever developer conference this morning, is fueling speculation that the Korean company will be launching Tizen, its first Tizen smartphone, and perhaps even the long-rumored S Cloud - a cloud-based infrastructure that will connect and synchronize Samsung devices - in late October, all together.

It’s unlikely Google is all that worried - in the short term - about the new competition for its Android-based mobile phone hegemony.

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Tizen is dead, not delayed according to Eldar Murtazin

The controversial Russian blogger Eldar Murtazin posted a tweet claiming the Tizen OS is almost dead. He also suggests Samsung won't release more than one device running on Tizen.

Tizen is almost dead. It isn't delay. That's cancel of the whole project. I doubt that samsung will launch more than one device for 2014 — Eldar Murtazin (@eldarmurtazin) July 3, 2013

Two days ago a Korean media reported Samsung is postponing the release of the first Tizen phones by two months. Previously the I8800 Melius and I8805 Redwood were expected to launch in August, although that never was officially confirmed. Read Full News

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New Mobile Operating Systems: Firefox, Tizen, Ubuntu and Sailfish OS

Mobile phones are not being used just for making calls now. They are also being used for chatting, e-mails and PowerPoint presentation. New mobile operating systems are being developed for the smartphones and the introduction of tablets increased the importance of operating systems.

For a software application to run, an operating system that supports the application is needed. Presently Apple iOs, Google Android, Microsoft Windows Phone and Black Berry operating system phones are available in the market. Four new mobile operating systems are unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2013. These will be made available in the coming few months. Read Full News

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Tizen mobile OS issues

Mobile operators are passionate about the Tizen OS, but it appears there's a lot of work to do before the smartphones running it will go on sale later this year.

Following the launch of Firefox OS on Sunday, the Tizen Association demonstrated its operating system on Tuesday in Barcelona. The demo used unspecified hardware from Samsung running the recently released version 2.0, which showed some teething issues with, for example, a browser that stuttered when scrolling up and down.

But its supporters, which include Orange, NTT DoCoMo, Samsung Electronics, Huawei Technologies and Intel, don't seem too worried.

"We are not in a rush, our customers are not in a rush," said Yves Maitre, senior vice president of Mobile Multimedia and Devices at Orange.

Both Orange and DoCoMo plan to start selling the first smartphones based on Tizen during the second half of the year.

The Tizen project was born in September 2011 when the Linux Foundation and Limo Foundation rebooted their efforts to compete with Apple and the Android camp by merging MeeGo and Limo. Read Full News

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Tizen 2.0 Magnolia SDK and Source Code Release

We are pleased to announce that Tizen 2.0 source code and SDK are now available at https://developer.tizen.org/downloads/sdk. Tizen 2.0 represents a major milestone for software developers and device vendors. We encourage you to download the new SDK, and let us know what you think of it after you have installed and used it. If you have questions, or need to submit bugs, Read Full News

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Announcing the 2013 Tizen Developer Conference

We're really happy to announce that the CFP and general registration are open for the second annual Tizen Developer Conference! This year's conference will be held in San Francisco at the Hilton Union Square, from May 22 - May 24. The Tizen Developer Conference is the flagship technical event for the Tizen ecosystem. Read Full News

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