Re:What is going to happen in 2015
by julianpye on Thursday January 01, 2015 @12:45PM
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Why Xiaomi uses its own Android flavour for the Chinese market is clear. But I don't believe they will push their own Android flavour to the US and EU markets, but rather use Playstore-enabled versions. Their first goal is to compete against Samsung in handset price. And Samsung has shown that it is very hard for an Asian manufacturer to introduce their own OS flavours and apps into a Western market.
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They can't make Playstore-enabled versions; Google doesn't allow you to make both Google- and non-Google Android devices. It's either all Google or no Google.
Their international versions outside China come with Play store. In fact, there is no way to get their own store outside China.
i don't think that's true. They don't allow you to make an incompatible fork and a compatible fork, but as long as your fork is capable of running Play Services, you can distribute a version without it.
You just get into trouble if you do like Amazon did and try to block the installation of Google Play Services.
Re:What is going to happen in 2015
by proveanegative on Thursday January 01, 2015 @04:22PM
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Speaking of Samsung, what ever happened to Tizen?
Re:What is going to happen in 2015
by on_and_off on Sunday January 04, 2015 @07:37AM
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Samsung and Software ... let's just say that it is not the best association ever.
They wanted to launch a Tizen phone 'Samsung Z' before the end of 2014. Even by their own standards it was not good enough so it has been delayed.
The decreasing sales of the Galaxy line has also prompted a (long overdue) shake up.
I don't know if Tizen will continue to play a role in the upcoming lineup or if Samsung will realize that creating a new mobile OS is not that easy.
They are still pushing Tizen as their smartwatches OS (except for the ones that run Anrdroid). I have been able to test the Galaxy Watch 3 a couple of months before its release and I have to admit that I have been favorably impressed. It does not transform smartwatches into must-own gadgets (but to be fair, IMO neither do Apple or Google), but it i nice, has cool features (always on hear-monitor) and is almost exempt of the samsung mega feature creep.
Re:What is going to happen in 2015
by JarrettGoetz on Friday January 02, 2015 @01:27AM
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Seems like they're changing all their 2015 model TVs to Tizen...