From CNET: Samsung launched a long-awaited smartphone in India on Wednesday that is powered by Tizen, the electronics giant's own operating system.
Sporting a 1.2GHz dual-core processor, 3.1-megapixel rear-facing camera, and 1,500mAh battery, the Samsung Z1 resembles many other entry-level smartphones already on the market. But what differentiates this handset is that it's the first smartphone launch to feature Tizen, Samsung's homegrown but oft-delayed operating system.
Originally pitched nearly two years ago as an alternative to the stranglehold that Google's Android and Apple's iOS has on the smartphone industry, Tizen's rocky road to market underscores the difficulties of creating a new mobile platform.
Samsung and Intel spearheaded Tizen's development, and Japan's NTT Docomo committed to using the OS on high-end smartphones. The operating system, which is open-source but has Android elements that the company licenses from Google, promised mobile carriers a chance to embrace an open operating system that they could customize to better directly serve their subscribers.
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