Samsung Sees Tizen and Firefox OS as Allies Against Android and iOS
A couple of weeks ago we’ve talked about what has been going on during the Tizen Developer Summit 2013; specifically about Samsung’s faith in the platform in question. As most of you already know, Tizen is an open source operating system that is being developed by Intel and Samsung, and it appears that the Korean manufacturer might plan on using theTizen platform to distance itself from the Android OS.
This theory might sound a bit daft, but truth is, Samsung is slowly but surely becoming more and more of an independent entity. The company has started working on the “Gumi” project -which is basically a way for Sammy to stop relying on its part suppliers- and Tizen seems to be the equivalent of “Gumi”, but on the software side.
Now, according to fresh reports, Sammy has big plans for Tizen, and it looks like the platform might join forces with Firefox OS. More details below.
Samsung Sees Tizen and Firefox OS as Allies Against Android and iOS
Samsung Working on Uniting Tizen with Firefox?
The Korean manufacturer has recently attended the “Conference for establishing HTML5 Fusion Technique“, where the Chief Secretary of Samsung has talked a bit about Tizen’s future. During his speech, Wonsuk Lee has pointed out that the Tizen platform must join forces with Firefox OS. Developers from both camps have used HTML5-based applications, and since an app that has been developed in HTML5 can be used both on Tizen and Firefox OS, this alliance would create a win-win scenario, resulting in a fast-growing ecosystem.
What’s even more interesting is that, in Samsung’s vision, both Tizen and Firefox OS will grow to a point where they’ll compete directly with Android, as well as iOS.
In other words, Samsung has great faith and big plans for its open source OS. Whether or not these efforts will pay off remains to be seen. The first Samsung Tizen smartphone is expected to hit the market sometime in Q1 2014, but we might not see a true flagship until sometime in the second half of next year, when version 3.0 of the OS will go live. NTT Docomo wishes that the first Tizen device to go on sale, on its network, in January, but that’s another story altogether.
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