Rumours that Samsung would launch at least one Tizen-powered smartphone in 2013 have been confirmed by the company itself. “We plan to release new, competitive Tizen devices within this year and will keep expanding the lineup depending on market conditions,” Samsung today told Bloomberg in a statement. One of the first could be headed to NTT DoCoMo in Japan. Samsung’s […]
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Samsung to launch Tizen-powered smartphone in 2013?
Rumours that Samsung will launch at least one Tizen-powered smartphone in 2013 continue to gather steam. According to Japanese Daily Yomiuri, the smartphone will be sold through Japanese carrier NTT Docomo Inc. which is also getting involved in the development of the Tizen mobile operating system. It could also also make its way to Europe although it’s not clear whether […]
Samsung GT-I9525 caught on NenaMark benchmark website
Another day and another Samsung smartphone surfaces on the NenaMark benchmarking website. After yesterday’s appearance by the Samsung GT-I9400, it’s the turn of the Samsung GT-I9525 to reveal a few details. The NenaMark entry reveals that the Samsung GT-I9525 will be powered by a 1.8GHz processor with Mali-400 MP GPU and Android 5.0. It will also sport a WXGA (1280×800) […]
Samsung to launch Tizen-powered Galaxy smartphone?
Samsung’s Galaxy devices have all been powered by Google Android but that could be about to change. According to Digitimes, the Korean manufacturer could be getting ready to launch a Tizen-powered Galaxy smartphone in the “near future.” The device is codenamed i9300 but little else is known about it at this point. The report adds that “sources from smartphone players” […]
Rumour: Acer, ASUS, and HTC to launch Tizen-powered devices later this year
Tizen recently hit the SDK and source code version 1.0 milestone. The operating system itself could be formally launched in late June with devices to then follow. According to Digitimes sources, Acer, ASUS and HTC all have devices in development. The report is vague as to what type of devices each manufacturer is working on. Both Acer and ASUS are […]
Tizen OS hits SDK and source code version 1.0 milestone
The Tizen Technical Steering Group hit a major milestone this week when it announced the availability of the Tizen 1.0 Larkspur SDK and source code. Aside from the milestone, the new release offers: A new browser-based simulator to run and debug web applications under various device profiles IDE enhancements Significantly improved emulator performance Support for additional features of W3C/HTML5 specification […]
Windows Phone 8 and BlackBerry 10 show up on HTML5 test site
The development of Window Phone 8 and BlackBerry 10 is progressing well enough that builds are now being tested and benchmarked. Both operating systems and their respective browsers have popped up on the HTML5 test site and results are promising. The site measures support for the HMTL5 standard and related specifications and both browsers fare well. Both operating systems handily […]
Samsung bada merge with Tizen still undecided
Samsung today clarified a report that it was merging its bada operating system with the Intel-backed Tizen initiative. A final decision has not been reached according to a company statement sent to AllThingsD: “Samsung and other members of Tizen Association have not made a firm decision regarding the merge of bada and Tizen. We are carefully looking at it as […]