Tizen 2.0 screenshots reveal that Samsungs UI designers are competent

[phonemart.pk]

When people think Samsung, they think Android, but that would be doing the company a disservice. Samsung has released a handful of devices running Microsofts Windows Phone platform, but more importantly theyre also working on a brand new operating system with Intel called Tizen. In case you havent heard of Tizen, it used to be called MeeGo back when Nokia was working on it a few years ago. But then Nokia gave up on the project, so Samsung took over their work and renamed the OS.

With that out of the way, lets get to todays news: The Tizen 2.0 SDK is out, and thanks toSamMobile, we have some screenshots of what it looks like. Were not going to lie, its nice. Its super nice. The lines are clean, the design is tight, and it kind of reminds us of Nokias N9 due to the rounded icons.
When will Samsung announce a device running Tizen? Thats the question everyone is struggling to answer. Assuming for a moment that a Tizen phone is going to hit store shelves this summer, why would a consumer buy one instead of going for a device powered by Android? Dont people want access to Googles ecosystem? Dont people want access to the Google Play Store?
Mobile World Congress is just one week away, so we hope well get some answers there. If not, then theres always Samsungs rumored Unpacked event thats scheduled to take place on the 14th of March. Again, were struggling to see why someone would want a Tizen phone instead of an Android phone, so Samsung has to do a good job at communicating why we should care about their new platform.
Why do you think Samsung is working on Tizen? Is it purely to piss off Google by showing them that they can switch OS whenever they please?

via android authority

 

[amir_ali]

MeeGo was very classy on N9, really hate them for dropping MeeGo, I hope and anticipate that Jolla would do full justice to that beautiful OS.

 

[phonemart.pk]

Indeed amir. Meego was a wonderful piece of software and combined with N9's great hardware it really proved that Nokia could bet their future on it but alas they chose the Windows phone route, which also has proved to be right. Jolla and Tizen are both looking promising, lets see what they come up with.

 

[Malik495]

I am just waiting for HTC M7 inaugration in next 4 hours.........HTC is claiming that this phone will be the trademark for the company in next era of smart phones..

 

[rising_pakistan]

Samsung is so big because of Android...now they are abandoning them? not very nice.

 

[Muawiyah]

they are abandoning , they are looking for alternatives, google is planning xphone, they need to have a plan b and its that (bigsmile)

 

[phonemart.pk]

Well seeku the transition(from android to Tizen) will most probably be a slow one but you must understand that they are doing this to survive lock-down of android by google. After all the buyout of Motrolla by google will result in something. Samsung wants control over the software as Google has over nexus devices. Now they just need an awesome fresh OS combined with some basic popular apps and things will get rolling for them. :)

Samsung is so big because of Android...now they are abandoning them? not very nice.