Samsung on Wednesday released the first Tizen-powered smartphone for India, the Samsung Z1. The Tizen phone offers localized entertainment apps and a simpler user interface than Android, the company said. Tizen is an open source platform that Samsung has taken the lead in developing. It is an offshoot of the Linux OS. Samsung announced a new line of Smart TVs powered by the Tizen operating system at last week’s CES 2015. Tizen OS 2.3 enables faster boot time and quicker access to apps than other mobile OSes.
Samsung Tries Out Tizen in India
Posted by: Jack M. Germain January 14, 2015 06:18 PMSamsung on Wednesday released the first Tizen-powered smartphone for India, the Samsung Z1. The Tizen phone offers localized entertainment apps and a simpler user interface than Android, the company said. Tizen is an open source platform that Samsung has taken the lead in developing. It is an offshoot of the Linux OS. Samsung announced a new line of Smart TVs powered by the Tizen operating system at last week’s CES 2015. Tizen OS 2.3 enables faster boot time and quicker access to apps than other mobile OSes.