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Tizen, the mobile platform that Samsung has developed in collaboration with Intel, is yet to debut on smartphones. Samsung was initially supposed to release a Tizen smartphone last year, though the company delayed it because it wanted more time to make the OS even better. The release was then rumored for late 2013, once again it was said that the smartphone had been delayed. Then we heard that a release in possible in the first quarter of 2014, and according to latest reports, that might not happen. Samsung has once again delayed its highly anticipated Tizen smartphone.

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Japanese mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo has announced that it won’t be launching a Tizen OS smartphone as it had planned to do in the past. The Japanese carrier says that … Continue reading

Have you ever considered picking up a Tizen-powered smartphone instead of the usual Android, iOS or Windows Phone “argument”? If you have answered in the affirmative, you might be pleased to hear that Samsung has had some interest in Tizen, but they aren’t finding it to be the easiest of tasks to make Tizen a success. After all, liking a product and looking forward to a general release is really different from actually taking the bold step to purchase it, especially when the market is already pretty crowded. Having said that, Tizen-powered smartphones might not actually make their way to the US market.

Ryan Bidan, Samsung Mobile’s director of product marketing for the US, did acknowledged recently in an interview that to introduce a new software platform such as Tizen in the US would prove to be a challenge. Right now, Samsung finds it difficult to see the US as a great test market for Tizen, and hence will not set themselves up for failure. What do you think of this viewpoint – does Tizen have what it takes to be a success in the US? Smartphones aren’t the only devices that can run Tizen, as tablets, TVs and in-car infotainment systems do, too.

Tizen Handsets Are Unlikely To Make Their Way To The US original content from Ubergizmo.

There has been a lot of speculation about Samsung’s highly anticipated Tizen handset. Already dubbed by the company as a “simple alternative to Android,” Samsung is yet to publicly release a device that’s powered by the Tizen OS that it has built in collaboration with Intel. Recent rumors suggest that Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo has been pushing Samsung to release its Tizen smartphone soon, and it appears that the carrier’s variant of the first Samsung Tizen smartphone has gone through the FCC, receiving approval for its network radios.

Carrying model number SC-03F, the smartphone seems to be similar in design with the Galaxy S4. There’s no word about what specifications it touts under the hood, but its expected that they’ll at least be similar to what’s found in the Galaxy S3. Samsung has already confirmed that it is going to unveil the first Tizen devices in February a day before the Mobile World Congress 2014 takes place. Samsung says it will give attendees an “exclusive sneak preview” of the devices. But still it stays mum on when the public can finally expect these devices in the market. If one were to guess, it may perhaps happen towards the end of the first half of 2014. [Image via FCC]

NTT DoCoMo’s Tizen Handset Goes Through The FCC original content from Ubergizmo.

Tizen is an upcoming mobile operating system by Samsung that is intended to provide an alternative to Android and other mobile operating systems available at the moment. Given that Android is dominating with Apple’s iOS taking the number two spot, safe to say that Tizen had better have something to it that will make it stand out above the rest, meaning that Samsung definitely has their work cut out for them. According to the latest reports and rumors, Tizen is said to be released next year and that a prototype Tizen handset is currently being tested by Korean carriers.

Regardless of what it might be, thanks to a bunch of new screenshots, it would seem that Samsung has given Tizen a very drastic visual overhaul from what we have seen before, something that users might be able to appreciate. These screenshots are courtesy of the Korea Intellectual Property Rights Information Service database, suggesting that they are the real thing. While there’s nothing wrong with how Tizen looked like before, the new look is quite refreshing and more lively and exudes a slightly “warmer” feel to it. There are also elements about it that reminds us of TouchWiz, but then again Samsung did design TouchWiz so we can’t blame them for borrowing some of its elements.

In any case like we said, there’s still no specific timeframe on when Tizen and its accompanying smartphones/ tablets will be released, but what do you guys think of this updated look? Yay or nay?

Leaked Screenshots Show Tizen’s New Look original content from Ubergizmo.