Samsung finally releases Tizen-powered smartphone

India is first market for a long-delayed handset running on the company’s homegrown operating system Samsung has at last released a smartphone running on the Tizen operating system in an effort to reduce its reliance on Android. The South Korean company first announced the platform in 2012 and a phone based on Tizen was set to go on sale in the second half of last year. However, its release was subsequently postponed to “further enhance” the operating system. Continue reading...