Tizen is a song that has been playing on the South Korean Samsung jukebox for a long time. This operating system, which would have the support of the Linux Foundation and which breathes like the heir to MeeGo and Bada OS, will not remain a mere hypothetical option by the first manufacturer of smartphones on the market, and in early 2014 the market would know the first device equipped with the platform.
This was confirmed by company sources to the Asian newspaper Korea Herald, assuming a commitment that involves making it known before any other smart phone "" or smart TV, for which this multiplatform system would also be oriented "" which at this time It is in the prototype phase.
The premiere of Tizen had been considering for this same 2013, although finally the project ended up moving until next year. The idea that the possible Samsung Z9005 Redwood "" until now, the team that is running as the dean for this system "" inaugurates the catalog of the firm in 2014 would lead to think that it would be during CES in Las Vegas when Samsung raises the curtain, taking into account the continued presence of the multinational in the first fair dedicated to technology that is held every year. Despite everything, in this sense, there is no firm communication in this regard.
The sources consulted by the aforementioned South Korean media point out that the company has made a "significant investment" in Tizen, admitting that the development of the platform has managed to achieve a good part of the objectives that were set, as indicated by GSMArena. In recent weeks we have learned of various aspects of this operating system through recurrent leaks, thanks to which we have learned that the design of its interface would be halfway between the aspect presented by the Android TouchWiz layer "" which in turn coincided with Bada OS in many graphic details "" and MeeGo.
Regarding the latter, the appearance with which they have endowed the finish of the icons (minimalist and rounded) bears some pleasant similarities with what we met on the platform that was born and died with the Nokia N9. In turn, this line served as inspiration for the latest Symbian 3 / Nokia Belle installments, as well as the current Nokia Asha line .
It remains to be seen what Samsung's plans are in terms of the penetration they hope to achieve with Tizen in the smartphone market in particular and operating systems for smart phones in particular. Currently Android is the undisputed reference in the world "" in our country approximately nine out of ten advanced devices use the Google platform "", followed by iOS and Windows Phone. During this year we have experienced a discreet but significant emergence of aspirational ecosystems, such as Firefox OS or the mobile version of Ubuntu, in whose segment Tizen would initially join. With this, next year will not only have the challenge of posing a saturation in the smartphone market, but also operating systems.
