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Looks like this is just a developer device (carriers wont be carrying it), but Tizen phones are set to launch before the end of the year. With Firefox OS, Ubun

by aray 13y ago

Looks like this is just a developer device (carriers wont be carrying it), but Tizen phones are set to launch before the end of the year. With Firefox OS, Ubuntu Phone, and MeeGo/Sailfish, it seems that other open source mobile OSes are getting traction. At the very least manufacturers and carriers want to work with them enough to ship products.

tsunamifury 13y ago
Tizen phones won't be launching until January at the earliest. None of these phones are gaining even remote amounts of traction. Even the Blackberry 10 launch is an order of magnitude more successful than even the most successful open source OS you've listed here. There is a lot of positive talk form techies and insiders about these devices, but I have yet to encounter a customer in the real world who is even aware of any of these devices, let alone interested.
- pessimizer 13y ago
  Who cares? Make them rock-solid, overpowered, and charge $1000 for them. Sell them to techies and insiders.
- Pxtl 13y ago
  Yup. Until a big brand-name jumps on one of the new free OS platforms and starts pushing a device hard, the public isn't going to care. If, say, Sony decided to commit hard to Tizen then you might start hearing about it. Samsung is going to be testing the water very gently because they're so heavily committed to Android, and they're co-steering Tizen.
- Apocryphon 13y ago
  Presumably, any real world customers are likely to be those in developing markets.
- pjmlp 13y ago
  Not only that, but Tizen development seems not to be that important after all, http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/10/samsung-slowing-tizen http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/10/samsung-slowing-tizen
- gexla 13y ago
  You would need to travel to Asia. And of course, there are huge markets for smartphones in Asia. I haven't seen any of these yet either, but I have seen a lot of fakes, knockoffs, and a bunch of other generally weird stuff. Edit: Actually, we probably won't see them for a while simply because they are largely just getting started. My point in mentioning Asia is that a lot of weird phones and electronics come out of China and spread to the surrounding regions.

by aray 13y ago

tsunamifury 13y ago

Tizen phones won't be launching until January at the earliest. None of these phones are gaining even remote amounts of traction. Even the Blackberry 10 launch is an order of magnitude more successful than even the most successful open source OS you've listed here. There is a lot of positive talk form techies and insiders about these devices, but I have yet to encounter a customer in the real world who is even aware of any of these devices, let alone interested.

pessimizer 13y ago
Who cares? Make them rock-solid, overpowered, and charge $1000 for them. Sell them to techies and insiders.
Pxtl 13y ago
Yup. Until a big brand-name jumps on one of the new free OS platforms and starts pushing a device hard, the public isn't going to care. If, say, Sony decided to commit hard to Tizen then you might start hearing about it. Samsung is going to be testing the water very gently because they're so heavily committed to Android, and they're co-steering Tizen.
Apocryphon 13y ago
Presumably, any real world customers are likely to be those in developing markets.
pjmlp 13y ago
Not only that, but Tizen development seems not to be that important after all, http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/10/samsung-slowing-tizen http://www.infoq.com/news/2013/10/samsung-slowing-tizen
gexla 13y ago
You would need to travel to Asia. And of course, there are huge markets for smartphones in Asia. I haven't seen any of these yet either, but I have seen a lot of fakes, knockoffs, and a bunch of other generally weird stuff. Edit: Actually, we probably won't see them for a while simply because they are largely just getting started. My point in mentioning Asia is that a lot of weird phones and electronics come out of China and spread to the surrounding regions.