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Strategic optionsStrategic optionsPosted May 24, 2012 8:48 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091)Parent article: A look at Tizen 1.0 on the developer device I realize that this article may not be the place, but I miss some kind of editorial from a strategic point of view. Why is Samsung, nowadays Android's most vocal proponent, supporting Tizen? Are they phasing out their own Bada and want to keep their options open? This has implications on the devices too: the day might come when Samsung offers a choice of operating systems on the same devices. The article's most important point to me is: the device is alleged to be the same hardware used in Samsung's Android-powered Galaxy S2The implication might be that future models are also supported by Tizen. It might be really fun to compare operating systems; also the door to community projects would be wide open. May we ever run Debian on our terminals!
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Strategic options Posted May 24, 2012 9:57 UTC (Thu) by yaap (subscriber, #71398) [Link]
> Are they phasing out their own Bada and want to keep their options open?
It seems to be the case, with some people saying that Bada will disappear in the coming year as a separate option, to be folded into Tizen (so there will be a migration path for Bada applications). At this stage it's just hearsay, will have to see.
Interestingly, there's also been rumors that HTC, Acer and Asus are also planning Tizen devices too. It looks like Android players want another option, and WP is not seen as one anymore. From a support point of view, I would guess that supporting a linux based Tizen device is much simpler when you already do Android that a completely different OS (which is still Qualcomm only) like WP.
But things change fast in mobile devices, so we'll have to see what comes out of this in the end.
Strategic options Posted May 24, 2012 12:28 UTC (Thu) by man_ls (subscriber, #15091) [Link] a completely different OS (which is still Qualcomm only) like WP.Hard to believe but absolutely true. What a myopic move. Perhaps Microsoft want to reenact their duopoly with Intel on the desktop?
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