Samsung realizes this and is trying to write its own software as well, the Tizen.
The latest news about Tizen is that it looks a lot like Android!
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Also shown off for the first time was Tizen, Samsung and Intel's alternative to Android.
From the sound of it though, Tizen is about to beat it to the punch.
Tizen is likely to be popular among developers because of its robust HTML5 development capabilities.
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There are reports that NTT Docomo, the biggest wireless carrier in Japan, will support Tizen.
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Phone carriers are likely to prefer Tizen because it offers more flexibility than Android.
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Samsung, a member of both foundations, is developing Tizen phones, with a release date set for 2013.
Samsung is unlikely to pull the trigger and make a wholesale change to Tizen from Android.
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Having failed with its own OS, Bada, it is now a heavy proponent of the open source Tizen.
The Tizen mobile operating system is part of the Linux Foundation, with strong support from Samsung and Intel.
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According to CNET, Samsung has confirmed that it will launch a number of Tizen based devices this year.
If Smasung does come out with Tizen, according to the aforementioned logic of a-copy-of-acopy, Tizen will be hopelessly outdated.
The rise of Tizen will make life more difficult for Microsoft (MSFT) and Research In Motion (RIMM).
The Android apps should move over as well thanks to the Application Compatibility Layer in Tizen with minimal work.
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Tizen offers Samsung several advantages over Android including hedging its bets against Google.
Lopez Research believes Samsung will extend KNOX to other operating systems that Samsung may support such as Windows and Tizen.
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Beyond that, however, Tizen at least seems capable of delivering smartphone fundamentals like a fast camera (with burst mode, incidentally).
The Japanese publication Daily Yomiuri reports that Samsung will release the first smart phone based on Tizen this year.
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In 2012, LiMo Foundation changed its name to Tizen Association, and Sprint agreed to become part of the Tizen association.
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Moreover, if Tizen takes off, it will add to the negative perceptions about the future growth prospects of Apple.
Tizen and Ubuntu also use HTML5 in their development, something that should allow applications on both operating systems to be interoperable.
Tizen gives them the opportunity to disrupt the market, shifting it away from OS apps stores, rather than just disrupting Google.
It is also difficult to tell if Altius is a Google Android based device or potentially a Tizen based device.
It doesn't have the big names attached to it like Firefox OS and Tizen, but it feels a lot slicker to us.
But a few have also been tinkering with open-source platforms like Tizen (a collaboration between Samsung and Intel) Linux, GENIVI, and Android.
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Now the news is that Tizen is gaining steam faster than expected.
Due later this year, Tizen has had a long history of false starts, so we were excited to take a look at it.
It also has the Tizen operating system to tie it all together with and to attract a keen developer community, willing to redefine apps.
Tizen's mostly likely rival will be Ubuntu, at least once that other Linux-based OS progresses beyond entry-level phones at some point in 2014.
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