Tizen 1.0 mobile OS...2 demo vids

human 19

on these pages

http://www.theverge.com/2012/5/7/3006403/purported-samsung-made-tizen-reference-hardware-spotted

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/14/tizen-gets-play-time-on-samsung-galaxy-s-ii-hd-lte-shows-off-ne/

Sprint is announcing that they’re joining the Tizen project. They’re not the first operator to do so either, they’ll be holding hands with NTT DOCOMO, Orange, SK telecom, Telefónica, and Vodafone. Why are operators backing an open source software platform? Because they want to create some competition in the market by giving birth to an OS that isn’t loaded to the gills with another company’s services, à la Android. Vodafone has already failed to get Vodafone 360 off the ground, so why not try again?

human 19

and here's a Boot to Gecko demo:

Khannie

Nice. Would be very interested in giving it a whirl. I presume it'll be available for android phones at some point in the near future.

human 19

Khannie wrote: »

Nice. Would be very interested in giving it a whirl. I presume it'll be available for android phones at some point in the near future.

Dont know if google will like that..or if its even possible.

I wonder if Samsung will drop Android altogether, as they are one of the companies behind Tizen

Khannie

human 19 wrote: »

I wonder if Samsung will drop Android altogether, as they are one of the companies behind Tizen

It would be a ballsy move and would put Tizen firmly on the map of they did.

Google have no control over what OS goes on a manufacturers phone though. All you would need is some kind of input from the manufacturer and if the kernel source is available already...well...all you might need is some enterprising geeks. (I have no idea what Tizen is based on, but I'm guessing it's Linux under the hood)

human 19

Khannie wrote: »

It would be a ballsy move and would put Tizen firmly on the map of they did.

(I have no idea what Tizen is based on, but I'm guessing it's Linux under the hood)

Yes it is:

Tizen is a free and open source mobile operating system. Tizen is based on the Linux operating system backed by the Linux Foundation and represented in the industry by Tizen Association. The operating system incorporates a number of modules such as network management from the MeeGo project, a combination of the mobile operating systems Moblin, created by Intel, and Maemo, created by Nokia. Development is led by companies gathered around Tizen Association, currently Samsung and Intel. Some former MeeGo developers also joined the effort.

Khannie

Ah yeah, it should be possible then to take the kernels that have been open sourced then and have the option of a dual boot on most android devices.