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At the World Nuclear Exhibition 2016 (WNE 2016) that takes place in a Parisian suburb Le Bourget from June, 28 to June, 30 Samsung Electronics and Intersoft Eurasia OJSC – a Skolkovo Technopark resident – showcased the core for personal radiation monitoring device DO-RA. Core based on the proprietary technologies. This innovative device measures background radiation level of the environment and by synchronizing with a smartphone shows this information on a display using a specialized mobile app. The new product was made on the basis of Tizen secure mobile platform with the application of personal environment and food radiation monitoring technology. DO-RA is an affordable and compact dosimeter-radiometer, equipped with solid silicon detector DoRaSi, reading electronics and energy-efficient components. In its standard configuration the device measures MED of ionizing radiation and provides broadcast data transmission over Bluetooth Low Energy profile (BLE). The first version of DO-RA allows to exchange data between smartphones based on OS Tizen over a sound channel with data integrity and adequacy check. In perspective it is planned to increase measuring capabilities of the DO-RA.Core base version by adding specific sensors and expanding data communication channel to Bluetooth 2.0 by means of hybrid Bluetooth. The showcased DO-RA device functions on the basis of Tizen mobile platform and Samsung Z3 smartphone. The mobile platform enables effective use of a hi tech pack – DO-RA measuring device and a smartphone for solving any monitoring and analytical issues. “Recently we presented a corporate version of Samsung Z3 smartphone based on Tizen, which was a very important step for us in the OS extension in Russia. Today we are happy to start the new phase of our work and demonstrate DO-RA technology as yet another innovative solution made in cooperation with a Russian company. I am sure, that the new device is going to become common use in our country and will provide Russian consumers with additional benefits,” –commented Alexander Terekhov, Head of B2B Mobile at Samsung Electronics in Russia. The World Nuclear Exhibition is being held since 2014 and is one of the most significant events in the area of nuclear solutions and innovations harnessed for peaceful uses. The main theme of WNE 2016 is The role of nuclear industry in the global energy mix. As expected more that 10 000 people from 71 countries will visit the exhibition of nearly 700 innovative solutions. The event is organized by the Association of French Nuclear Export Industries (AIFEN). “The Intersoft Eurasia’s project is a vivid example of Skolkovo Foundation commitment to supporting commercialization of radiotechnology solutions and solutions in B2C segment,” – said Igor Karavaev, Vice-president and CEO of Cluster Nuclear Technologies at Skolkovo Foundation. About DO-RA project: The primary idea of DO-RA project dates from June, 2011 and is protected by Russian licence №109625. It also has licenses of foreign jurisdiction: USA, Japan, China, Korea, India, EU, Belorussia, Ukraine. In 2013 Dow Jones estimated the plow-back of Intersoft Eurasia OJSC – the DO-RA project provider – as $10 mln. Thereafter within its innovative activities the company received 55 patents in various fields of IT industry. The name DO-RA was created from the first letter combinations of the words dozimeter-radiometer – DO-RA. The abbreviations coincide both in Russian and English languages which increases awareness of the device. The DO-RA project’s website: www.do-ra.ru , www.intersofteurasia.ru About Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. inspires the world and shapes the future with transformative ideas and technologies, opening new possibilities for people everywhere through relentless innovation and discovery. For the latest news, please visit the Samsung Newsroom at news.samsung.com. Tags: Tizen View the full article

Game developer conference Unite Europe took place on May 31 in Amsterdam, with about 3,000 attendees gathering to discuss the game industry’s latest trends and future prospects. The conference will be held until June 2. Unite is hosted by the famous 3D game engine company ‘Unity’, and is the world’s largest series of mobile gaming events. Unite conferences are held at various cities all over the globe. Previous Unite Conferences have taken place this year in Tokyo, Seoul, Shanghai and further events are slated to take place in Brazil, Southeast Asia, United States and Australia. This year, Samsung, one of Unity’s strategic partners, participated in Unite Europe to showcase Tizen platform and to encourage developers build Tizen apps using unity game engine tools. From the event, Samsung presented a special session ‘Bring Your Games to Tizen’ introducing how to port Unity game apps to Tizen platform using Unity game engine tool and its SDK. Attendees visiting Samsung’s booth were given the chance to try their hands at Tizen Unity games including Lonely One, Angry Bot and Sub Explorer on Z1 and Z3 smartphones, Samsung Smart TVs and even Gear S2 smartwatches. Samsung last year launched the first Tizen smartphone, the Z1, for the Indian market. Its release was followed by that of the Z3, which has proved popular with Indian smartphone consumers. Samsung also held a Tizen Developer Summit in Bengaluru last year with the aim of establishing a shared Tizen ecosystem for Indian developers and partners. Tags: conference Game developer conference Tizen Unite Z3 View the full article

Samsung game developers met at the Bangalore, India edition of the Pocket Gamer Connects 2016 conference, which was held April 21 to 22. About 2,000 developers discussed the latest trends in gaming and the prospects for their future at the conference, the world’s largest series of mobile gaming events. At this year’s Bangalore event, Samsung’s booth presented an important development, the popular and powerful Unity 3D game engine coming to Tizen. Visitors to the exhibition were able to try out the Tizen Unity demo for the Z1 and Z3 smartphones, Gear S2 wearable devices and Samsung Smart TV. Samsung launched the first Tizen smartphone, the Z1, in India in 2015, and the following product, the Z3, has been receiving positive responses in the Indian market. Samsung also held a Tizen Developer Summit in Bengaluru to establish the Tizen ecosystem with developers and partners in India. Check out these photos of the Unity 3D game engine for Tizen in use at the Bangalore Pocket Gamer Connects 2016. An engineer from SRI-B(Samsung Research Institute Bangalore) is presenting how to build Tizen app using game engine. An engineer from SRI-B(Samsung Research Institute Bangalore) is presenting how to build Tizen app using game engine. Exhibiting Tizen game app ‘Lonely one’ at Samsung’s booth. Attendees visiting Samsung booth to watch Tizen app showcase. View the full article

Facebook announced React Native at F8 conference which took place from April 12 to 13 and also mentioned Samsung is committed to bringing React native to Tizen. React Native is an open source project which is the cross-platform app framework that help developers to build native app using javascript. Until now, Facebook supported developers to use React Native in order to build app much easier. Samsung have also developed React Native framework to allow developers to port the Facebook app to a Tizen device. Read more here: http://techcrunch.com/2016/04/13/facebooks-react-native-open-source-proj.... View the full article

“The consumer choice will grow when the Tizen ecosystem expands” The game developer conference ‘Unite’ is hosted by the popular global software game company ‘Unity’ and took place from April 7 to 8 in Seoul, Korea. Unity is the world’s favorite game engine for creating mobile games and is the tool that will allow developers to quickly achieve stunning results This year, Samsung Electronics as one of the strategic partner of Unity, participated in the event to showcase Tizen game apps and presented a special session on how to port Unity game app to Tizen platform using its SDK (Software Development Kit). The conference attendees also had an opportunity to experience popular Tizen Unity game app ‘Lonely one’ on TV, mobile and wearable devices. The game application ‘Lonely One’ demonstrated at Samsung’s booth. Tizen engineer Xae-Min Cho from Samsung electronics presented at the session with the topic ‘Introduction to Tizen & Game development’. He also mentioned that in the future, all Samsung products will adjust Tizen OS. Suk-Won Suh, Tizen engineer from Samsung electronics emphasized throughout the session that it will be much easier to build game app using Tizen. Tags: Unite Seoul Tizen Unity View the full article

The Game Developers Conference, being held this year from March 14 to 18 in San Francisco, is the world’s largest annual event in the gaming industry. With some 26,000 gaming professionals on hand, GDC is the hot-bed for all the latest trends, experiments and innovations in gaming—and Samsung is there, too. This year, Samsung Electronics—in cooperation with Unity—is presenting an important development, bringing the popular and powerful Unity 3D game engine to Tizen. Visitors to the exhibition were able to try out the Tizen Unity demo for the Z1 and Z3 smartphones, as well as for Samsung Smart TV. Through this powerful new tool, developers will be better able to create engaging, innovative games for the latest Tizen-powered devices. Check out these photos of the Unity 3D game engine for Tizen in use at GDC 2016. Samsung staff demonstrates the benefits of the Unity engine for app development on the Tizen platform at GDC 2016. The Samsung TV Games and Samsung Mobile Z display booth at GDC 2016. Images of a Unity-based car racing demo app being played on the Tizen platform. View the full article

We are pleased to announce that Tizen 2.4 SDK is now available including support of the Tizen 2015 UX (new winset and style) and over 3,000 new APIs. Tizen 2.4 SDK is now available on the SDK download page. Highlights of this release include, among other improvements: Tizen 2015 UX Rich winsets and styles New Tizen Reference Apps (such as Browser, Music Player, and Calendar) New Features Application Background Policy to restrict CPU resources for background application processes Application Resource Manager to support applications for multiple screen resolutions Maps Service to support Geocode, Place Discovery, and Route Calculation Sync Manager to schedule server access time for applications to synchronize data between a server and device Service Adaptor (for Cloud Storage) to access a remote storage as a local device DALi for light-weight rendering based on OpenGL ES Smartcard and NFC HCE (Host Card Emulation) support to facilitate a Mobile Payment Service Enforced Security Over 3,000 new APIs are added, such as IME (Input method), Media vision, Event system, and Voice control Please refer to the release notes for more details. Tizen Technical Steering Group View the full article

A Samsung Tizen Z3 phone popped up this months at the FCC. Looks like Samsung is all in with Tizen, synching it with the G2 as well. We are bound to see more gadgets with Tizen loaded.

According to a new report, Samsung's upcoming Tizen smartphone, the Z3, will be able to sync with the Samsung Gear S2, the Tizen-based round smartwatch that is currently making waves in the smartwatch market. Android stood at the core of Samsung's rise to dominance in the global smartphone market, and Google's mobile OS continues to power a vast Samsung Galaxy family of smartphones. Despite what seems like the perfect love story, however, Samsung is doing its best to separate its future from Android by slowly adopting Tizen, an open-source OS that Samsung is developing with help from other companies such as Intel, Huawei, Vodafone, and Sprint. One segment where Samsung has aggressively pushed Tizen as an Android alternative are smartwatches. Out of the seven watches that Samsung has launched so far, only one of them - the Samsung Galaxy Gear - came with Android Wear. The rest of them, including the recently-unveiled Gear S2, run Tizen Read more at http://www.phonearena.com/news/Samsung-allegedly-working-on-a-Tizen-smartphone-that-syncs-with-the-Tizen-based-Gear-S2_id74080

Aug 31st, 2015 Samsung today formally announced its Gear S2 smartwatch ahead of the IFA trade show in Berlin. The Korean gadget maker already teased its next-gen wearable during its Galaxy Note 5 Unpacked event in New York City earlier this month. But today, it revealed a few more information about the smartwatch, though pricing and availability are still unknown. http://mobile.pcmag.com/news/59439-samsung-gear-s2-smartwatch-revealed?origref=https:%2F%2Fnews.google.com%2F

The former 'Orbis' 'Gear A' Tizen watch will launch in September from what we are seeing online. Featuring a round screen, rotating bezel and wireless charging.

It's tempting to think of Tizen as an also-ran in the smartphone world next to powerhouses like Android and iOS, but that's not entirely true when Samsung has sold 1 million Z1 phones in India since January. In fact, there are now signs that the Korean firm is doubling down on its partly in-house platform: Reuters sources hear that Samsung is planning to release "several" more Tizen phones later this year at a range of prices. While there aren't more details yet, the move suggests that Samsung is confident that it can expand Tizen's audience relatively quickly. There's certainly a lot of pressure to do that. Samsung has been on less-than-friendly terms with Google because of its sometimes aggressive attempts to build an ecosystem on top of Android. The more Tizen phones Samsung sells, the more it reduces its dependence on someone else's platform for success -- it can promote its own services and stand out in a market where almost everyone else is relying on Google software. You probably won't be buying a flagship-class Tizen phone any time soon, but it's evident that Samsung is determined to avoid Bada's slow fade into obscurity. Source: http://mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKCN0P911I20150629?irpc=932

Samsung released its Z1 earlier in the year, making it their first Tizen smartphone. It has been a hit in an emerging market like India but has not fared so well in other regions. Based on that success, they have been working on a successor to the Samsung Z1, the Samsung Z2. It has only been a few months since the first generation has been made available to the public but supposed photos have already leaked online. The Samsung Z2 Tizen is a budget smartphone aimed for hugr markets like India, China and Russia. With so many affordable phones going around offering mostly the same things, Samsung felt it had to come out with its own version to compete with the other leading brands. Previously leaked specs although not confirmed, say that the Z2 will have a display resolution of 540x960. In addition, it will also have 32-bit quad-core processor and 1 GB of RAM.The Z2 will also be powered by a 2,000 mAh battery. Read more: http://www.vcpost.com/articles/64553/20150507/samsung-z2-tizen-leaked-photos-emerge-online-months-release-z1.htm#ixzz3Zen66Q3G

Unless you live in India or Bangladesh, you can’t actually get your hands on a smartphone running Tizen, Samsung Electronics Co.’s homegrown alternative to the Android mobile operating system. But starting this week, Samsung is throwing the doors of the Tizen app store open to most countries around the world. The unusual worldwide launch of the Tizen Store suggests that the South Korean company has broader ambitions beyond India and Bangladesh, where the first Tizen phone has shown some initial signs of traction, according to people familiar with the matter. That handset, a basic offering called the Samsung Z1, has been on sale since January for less than $100, and is aimed at users who may not even have a bank account. But from the get-go, Samsung has been eyeing Tizen smartphone launches in other countries across Asia, part of a broader effort to help the fledgling operating system gain momentum. Samsung has already released six smartwatches, four of them powered by Tizen. Earlier this year, Samsung’s co-chief executive B.K. Yoon said in an interview that every connected television manufactured by Samsung would run Tizen. Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/04/30/samsungs-tizen-store-goes-global/

When Samsung unveiled its 2015 smart TV lineup at the Consumer Electronics Show in January, owners of Evolution Kit-compatible sets wondered if they, too, were in line for an upgrade to the new Tizen smart-TV platform. The South Korean giant was quick to reassure them, saying it would release a special hardware kit for this purpose sometime during the second quarter. Well, the wait is almost over. According to Tizenexperts.com, the 2015 Evolution Kit (SEK-3500U) will be compatible with Samsung’s F9000 series (2013) and HU series (2014) ultra HD televisions. The kit’s addition will bring them at par with the company’s latest smart-TV offerings—some of which it began shipping last month—both in terms of software and hardware capabilities. As you may know, Samsung’s 2015 smart TV range is the first to run on Tizen, a Linux-based operating system the Korean firm developed in partnership with Intel and a few other companies. Once you have plugged the add-on device into the TV’s proprietary Evolutionary Kit port, you will be able to update your TV to Tizen and the new five-panel Smart Hub user interface. And with the update including HEVC and VP9 codecs, the site says you can look forward to delighting in some glorious, buttery-smooth 4K/60p video action. On the hardware front, the upgrade kit includes an octa-core processor, extra RAM, a new touch remote, and HDMI 2.0 ports with HDCP 2.2. Samsung has the 2015 Evolutionary Kit listed for preorder for $400. Source: http://www.techhive.com/article/2919991/samsung-bringing-tizen-os-to-some-of-its-older-4k-tvs-with-its-2015-evolution-kit.html More Info: http://www.flatpanelshd.com/news.php?subaction=showfull&id=1420882345

When it comes to rumors of smartphones, there are plenty to go around especially when you take into consideration the number of players that are in the market. The latest round of rumors involve Samsung of South Korea, where they are tipped to be working on a Tizen-based Z2, as well as – get this, a global Tizen smartphone. Samsung must have been smitten by the kind of success that they met with the Samsung Z1 in India and Bangladesh, two countries with huge populations, and it seems that this has spurred the company to deliver new Tizen-based smartphones. One of those is said to be the Samsung Z2, which will take over the aforementioned device, while the other is touted to be a global Tizen smartphone that will sport a higher level of hardware specifications. Whispers claim that the Samsung Z2 will feature some notable improvements over its predecessor, including a 32-bit quad-core processor, 1GB RAM, a TFT-LCD display with a resolution of 540 x 960 pixels, and a 2,000mAh battery. Expect to see new Tizen 3.0 UI accompany it, but other than that, additional details are scant. The other global Tizen handset is tipped to make its way to the US, China, South Korea, Russia, India, Malaysia, South Asia, and selected countries in Europe, where it will sport mid-range hardware including a 4.8-inch Super AMOLED display, 2GB RAM, an 8MP shooter at the back and a 2,600 mAh battery. Source: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/04/samsung-z2-and-global-tizen-smartphone-being-developed-rumor/

The Samsung TV SDK Team is pleased to release the Tizen-based Samsung TV SDK 1.4. The SDK provides developers with the tools they need to begin developing for the Tizen TV platform. The tool set includes an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), a light-weight TV Simulator for testing web apps, and a TV Emulator. The Tizen-based Samsung TV SDK combines the best features of a TV with the power of web based technologies. By combining the size, input, and multimedia benefits of a TV with the connectivity features of the internet, developers can create innovative new experiences for their users. Download: http://www.samsungdforum.com/Tizendevtools/Sdkdownload

WhatsApp’s voice calling feature is available for Android users, and it looks like customers who purchased the Samsung Z1 have something to rejoice about as WhatsApp for Tizen has been updated with voice calling support as well. If you’re the owner of the Samsung Z1, you’ll just need to launch the WhatsApp app and you will see the new feature available for your use. At this point in time Samsung Z1 owners will only be able to call Android devices who has the updated feature, or other Samsung Z1 owners. This effectively brings the voice calling feature to two platforms – Android and Tizen, with iOS users left having to wait for their update which has been scheduled for a rollout in the coming weeks. As pointed out by SamMobile, the reason why the Tizen version of WhatsApp managed to get this feature ahead of a more “prominent” platform like iOS is because the Tizen version of WhatsApp is an emulated version of the Android app. This means that it is possible for Tizen users to receive the same updates and features as its Android counterpart without too much fuss or hassle. Like we said iOS users will still have to wait a couple of weeks for their feature, and there’s still no word on when voice calling will be rolled out to users of BlackBerry or Windows Phone platforms. Source: http://www.ubergizmo.com/2015/04/whatsapp-for-tizen-updated-with-voice-calling-feature/

Samsung’s New TouchWiz UI Was Apparently Inspired By Tizen When Samsung launched their new Galaxy S6 and S6 Edge smartphones they also released a new version of their TouchWiz UI. According to Samsung their update TouchWiz UI is around 40 percent lighter than the previous version. Now according to a recent report the new design of Samsung’s TouchWiz UI was apparently inspired by Tizen, this is Samsung’s new mobile OS that they have been trying to get off the ground. This would make sense for Samsung to incorporate some of the design elements from Tizen into their TouchWiz UI, as the company plans to launch more Tizen smartphones in the future. Samsung could one day switch from Android to Tizen as their main mobile OS, although they would need to make their new OS more popular in order to do this. One way to do this would be to give both Tizen and Android a similar look, and we could see further changes to the design of their Android UI in the future. Source: http://www.geeky-gadgets.com/samsungs-new-touchwiz-ui-was-apparently-inspired-by-tizen-25-03-2015/

Three weeks ago, the company released in India the Samsung Z1, its first smartphone powered by Tizen, a homegrown alternative to Google Inc.’s Android operating system. This week, Samsung is pushing the Samsung Z1 into Bangladesh, a neighbor of India with more than 150 million people and a similarly low rate of smartphone penetration. After several missteps and rethinks, Samsung’s strategy for its Tizen smartphones is taking a clear shape: the company is aiming the fledgling platform squarely at first-time smartphone users, many of whom may not even have a bank account. The Samsung Z1 is selling in India for about $90. To that end, Samsung has been touting the “lightweight” nature of the Tizen operating system, meaning that it requires relatively little computing power and can handle most tasks without requiring pricey high-end specifications. That same lightweight approach has also allowed Samsung to use Tizen as the platform for many of the devices it is hoping will populate its “connected home,” from televisions to smart watches and home appliances. Despite concerns that Samsung’s new smartphone would face stiff competition in India, where several local handset makers are touting low-end smartphones — some of them in partnership with Google — Samsung says that its Tizen smartphones have received “positive responses” there. Positive enough, it seems, to at least push Tizen into a second country. Source: http://blogs.wsj.com/digits/2015/02/06/samsung-extends-tizen-smartphone-to-bangladesh/

South Korea-based Samsung has just begun domestic sales of high-end televisions with a smart interface powered by its own Tizen operating system. It is part of a wider push by the consumer electronics firm to incorporate the software in a wide range of its home products - everything from fridges and washing machines to robotic vacuum cleaners. As well as making its devices less dependent on rival systems like Google Android, Samsung believes Tizen OS will allow more seamless communication between its own devices. Previously Samsung's smart TV interfaces have been criticised as being slow and delivering a poor user experience. So - how effectively does Tizen address these issues? The BBC's North America Technology Correspondent Richard Taylor got a rundown of some of its features. Source: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-31302315

This forum is an alternative to samsundforum which is much more geared towards developers and maintained by Samsung. However, we would like to invite all Tizen developers to join our site here and as it grows, we will expand any section needing growth per your request and will tailor sections to members who are developers and your needs for conversation. We look forward to developer participation here at Samsung Tizen Forum.

Samsung Electronics is pleased to release the Tizen-based SamsungTV SDK 1.2. The SDK provides developerswith the tools they need to begin developing for the Tizen TV platform. The toolset includes an Integrated Development Environment (IDE), a light-weight TV Simulator for testing webapps, a debugger, and a TV Emulator. MainFeatures: - Integrated DevelopmentEnvironment (IDE) - TV Emulator - TV Simulator - Debugger Gettingthe SDK: Developers planning to make applicationsfor the Tizen-based Samsung TV are encouraged to download the SDK for theirchosen development platform. Installfiles for Windows, Mac, and Linux can be found at: http://www.samsungdforum.com/TizenDevtools/SdkDownload