Re:Google is apparently ready to buy HTC
by flukus on Friday September 08, 2017 @03:37AM
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Could be a coincidence, but they got serious about Tizen a few weeks afterward.
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Re:Google is apparently ready to buy HTC
by aandrieiev on Friday September 08, 2017 @03:50AM
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Right, but did it lead to taking Tizen to the level it could replace Android? What I like about Samsung is that they do realize and accept that the software is not their forte. Hence Android.
Re:Google is apparently ready to buy HTC
by flukus on Friday September 08, 2017 @04:26AM
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> What I like about Samsung is that they do realize and accept that the software is not their forte.
I may be out of date, but I hated the last samsung phone I had because they did not realize this and subjected their users to touchwhizz.
The also need to improve at supporting their software and keeping android up to date.
Re:Google is apparently ready to buy HTC
by ocdtrekkie on Friday September 08, 2017 @08:54AM
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Samsung is keeping Tizen about where Microsoft seems keeps Windows Mobile right now: Keeping it more or less up to date in case the landscape changes and they have an opportunity again.
Google deciding to change something is one of Samsung's biggest corporate risks since they're so dependent on them with the phone business.