The first phone using the upstart Tizen operating system was originally slated to launch in July or August, but has been pushed back to the fourth quarter. Samsung Galaxy S4 sales top 20 million units. The sales mark, if it's official, would mean that Samsung is selling Galaxy S4 units 1.7 times faster than its predecessor, the Galaxy S3. Samsung's falling stock price over the past month down over 14% ? was just the latest example of a smartphone maker to see its once high-flying shares tumble.
Tizen represents a new smartphone operating system that gives Samsung a platform that it has more control over. If successful, it could eventually allow the company to wean itself off of its dependence on Android, even though its most successful products, the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Note and Tab lines, are powered by Google’s OS. While open, Samsung and Intel have taken the lead on the development of the operating system.
Tizen was initially supposed to launch with Japan‘s NTT Docomo, as well as with France‘s Orange. No U.S. carrier has committed to Tizen, although Sprint is part of the alliance that is helping to develop the operating system. SoftBank and Sprint could ultimately carry the phones, according to one person familiar with Tizen’s development.
The Tizen consortium is aiming to move quicker than before, conscious of the mistakes that hobbled it in the past.
Rather than development by committee, the work on Tizen is largely led by a steering group compromised of employees of Intel and Samsung. The Tizen Association is a group filled with members who also contribute code and suggestions, but the core development is under the guidance of the two companies.
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