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Android Apps will port easily to Tizen. So the Tizen store could grow faster then Google Play initially did.
Enter Tizen, the pliable OS. Samsung and Intel may be spearheading its development, but they?ve been joined by a conglomeration of Asian telecoms, including Huawei (SHE:002502), KT Corporation (NYSE:KT), NTT Docomo (NYSE
CM), and SK Telecom (NYSE:SKM). These firms have their thumbs to the wind ? and their noses to profit ? and it?s leading them away from Google. Tizen --due to ship on Samsung devices later this year -- will retain Android?s more desirable features, like the low price tag and the cross-compatibility between markets, but it will also leave room for regional adaptation, and allow for synergy with a wide range of content providers. Its similarity to Android means that applications will port easily. With Samsung?s size, the company shouldn?t have much difficulty convincing developers to make that happen.
1) Tizen is well-supported. Tizen is steered primarily by Samsung & Intel, and the Tizen Association (formerly LiMo Foundation), all under the umbrella of the Linux Foundation. The Tizen Association counts Fujitsu, Huawei, Orange, Panasonic, Sprint, and Vodafone among its members.
2) Tizen is compatible with HTML5. Poor app ecosystems doomed many mobile Linux platforms, and certainly played a role in the downfall of BlackBerry and the tepid acceptance of earlier Windows Phones. HTML5 compatibility will give Tizen users access to a wide range of apps without the need to address the challenge of attracting native app developers.
3) The Android brand is no longer as important. Samsung, the leading manufacturer (#1) of Android-based smartphones, rarely uses the word ?Android? in its advertisements anymore. Check it out for yourself on the company?s newly launched Galaxy S4 page. Not a single reference to Android on the entire site. I don?t think it?s too far-fetched to read to read between the lines?
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4) Samsung is poised to ditch Android. Despite being the Android leader, Samsung has never fully committed to the platform. The company has seemingly always been in search of a strong alternative, having at different times dabbled with bada, MeeGo, Windows, and now Tizen. Between some of the legal headaches associated with the use of Android (Apple lawsuits, the ?Microsoft Tax,? etc.) and Google?s acquisition of a top competitor (Motorola Mobility), Samsung appears more eager than ever to move on
After Google planted the mole in Apple's board of directors during the planning of the first iPhone and stealing their ideas it seems sorta surreal to see Samsung sorta doing the same thing to Google ? Samsung has their iPhone and now has their own Android ...