cdmagurus.com
12-18-2013, 03:20 PM
Devices running the Tizen operating system will be shown Feb. 23 in Barcelona, the day before Mobile World Congress opens there.
Backers of the open source Tizen, which includes Samsung Electronics and Intel, sent out invitations by email Wednesday for the February event. The invitation does not say what types of devices will be shown, promising “an exclusive sneak preview of the newest Tizen devices as well as an opportunity to learn about the major milestones that the Tizen project has hit since last year’s event.”
The first smartphones based on the Firefox OS and the Sailfish OS, which is developed by Finnish company Jolla, came out this year. The first Tizen smartphone was also supposed to be released, but has been delayed until next year, putting pressure on OS backers, especially Samsung, to show that Tizen remains a contender.
”It’s pretty simple. At Mobile World Congress it has to show commercial devices,” said Geoff Blaber, vice president research, Americas, at CCS Insight.
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Backers of the open source Tizen, which includes Samsung Electronics and Intel, sent out invitations by email Wednesday for the February event. The invitation does not say what types of devices will be shown, promising “an exclusive sneak preview of the newest Tizen devices as well as an opportunity to learn about the major milestones that the Tizen project has hit since last year’s event.”
The first smartphones based on the Firefox OS and the Sailfish OS, which is developed by Finnish company Jolla, came out this year. The first Tizen smartphone was also supposed to be released, but has been delayed until next year, putting pressure on OS backers, especially Samsung, to show that Tizen remains a contender.
”It’s pretty simple. At Mobile World Congress it has to show commercial devices,” said Geoff Blaber, vice president research, Americas, at CCS Insight.
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