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NFC or near field communication technology has been widely implemented in various premium smartphones on different platforms such as BlackBerry, Windows Phone and Android. Apple has kept itself and iOS out of the fray for quite some time now, none of the company’s mobile devices feature this technology. It seems that Samsung’s homegrown Tizen OS will come with support for NFC from the get go. The NFC features of Tizen have been shown off on video, which hints at the possibility that the first Tizen device will come with NFC.

The video shows off a NFC tag writing app. NFC tags are basically small stickers that can be configured to invoke a number of actions on a mobile device when it is tapped against that sticker, such as calling a number, launching the browser to access a specific URL or even switching Wi-Fi on and off. The possibilities are endless. Looking at this video, one can speculate that perhaps this app will come pre-installed on Samsung’s first Tizen device. This may definitely be a unique plus point for Samsung’s nascent platform. The company has already labelled Tizen as a simple alternative to Android. It is speculated that in a bid to end its reliance upon Android, Samsung is working hard to develop its own platform. Though the company probably won’t switch all of its devices from Android to Tizen abruptly. First Tizen device is expected to come out this October.

Tizen NFC Features Shown Off On Video original content from Ubergizmo.

Just yesterday we heard that Samsung had allegedly slowed down the development of their Tizen-based devices in a bid to focus their efforts on maintaining their position in the Android market and fend off their competition. Assuming yesterday’s rumor was true, perhaps Samsung will not be slowing Tizen down too much, because according to industry sources based in Korea, we are hearing reports that Samsung could be looking to launch their first Tizen smartphone in October in countries such as Japan, France, the United States, China, and Russia.

Apparently the decision to launch in the countries mentioned above is because Tizen already supports the languages of these countries, so there will be apps available in the native languages of those regions, thus saving customers time and possibly a headache of looking for apps in their language. Samsung has also reportedly done their research on those markets and have found that some regions like Russia, France, and China were quite big on Bada OS, and we guess Samsung is hoping that they will be just as welcoming with Tizen. Samsung is also expected to hold a developer conference on the 27^th of October, so an announcement made then would not be out of the question.

Samsung To Roll Out First Tizen Device In October [Rumor] original content from Ubergizmo.

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In what’s fairly clear to be the spirit of such developer events as Apple’s WWDC and Google I/O, Samsung has this week announced the creation of their own Developers Conference. Starting October 27th and lasting two days, ending on the 29th, this event takes place right in the heart of San Francisco, aiming to bring in both developers and industry leaders to a software-centric series of events living in the Samsung universe.

At the moment, Samsung has only suggested that registration and full details for the event will be going live later this summer. Here in the early summer of 2013, Samsung’s full plans for their own attempt at joining the likes of Microsoft’s BUILD – aka their own yearly developer-centered conference – stay simple.

“Engage with industry leaders. Collaborate with fellow developers. Learn about new Samsung tools and SDKs. Create what’s next.” – Samsung Dev Con

Over at SamsungDevCon’s initial web presence, the company brings a similarly scant set of details. It is known at this early stage that this event will include more than just mobile products. It’s not just going to be about Samsung smartphones and tablets. This will be, according to Samsung, a “major, Samsung-side, cross-product (multi-screen) developer event.”

Sound like a good time to you? Have a peek at our Google I/O tag portal for one direction this multi-day event series might take, and our WWDC tag portal for another.

Samsung Developers Conference aims to join big guns as cross-platform yearly event is written by Chris Burns & originally posted on SlashGear.
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It seems that the Tizen OS still has a bright future ahead of it.

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