Tizen based smartphones

Samsung to launch Tizen based smartphones this year

Samsung is planning to launch less number of Android handsets in future.

World's No 1 smartphone maker, Samsung will start selling Tizen operating system based smartphones this year, according to a report of The Economics Times.
"We plan to release new, competitive Tizen devices within this year and will keep expanding the line-up depending on market conditions," Samsung was quoted as saying by the newspaper.

Tizen was initially born out of the Samsung Linux Project and has full functionality of a mobile operating system and is quite similar to the Bada as both are Linux based. The Tizen operating system incorporated modules from the Nokia led MeeGo project which was formerly being led by Intel. But presently the Tizen OS is being led jointly by both Intel and Samsung.