Friday, January 4, 2013

3 Rivals of Android: Tizen, Firefox OS and Ubuntu

Tech News - Android operating system is open source, so that all people can develop their own applications. It is an advanced attraction for lovers of android. Now, the android has mushroomed and almost possessed by all smart phone lovers. Android green robot will have a new challenger. Previously, android got rid of his opponents, such as blackberry, iPhone and other smart phones.

With different operating systems, but has an open system would probably be the toughest opponent for android. There are at least three major android challenger this year. 3 Rivals of Android: Tizen, Firefox OS, and Ubuntu.


After have developed a long history, now green robot has dominated the market. At first, android Android Inc. was founded by the company, then all shares purchased by Google, so workers android switch works for Google. With the Linux operating system, Android managed to amaze the world.

In 2007, Google CEO Eric Schmidt founded the Open Handset Alliance (OHA), which aims to popularize android. Google tried to embrace all companies engaged in the hardware, software, processor designers, telecommunications, and mobile operators from around the world, and until now, there are at least 84 companies that have become members of the OHA.

The company formed a partnership with Google has a world-class competitiveness, ranging from HTC, Motorola, Samsung, LG, Asustek Computer, Toshiba, Sony, Dell, Lenovo, Intel, Nvidia, ARM Holdings, Broadcom Corporation, Atheros Communications, Marvell Technology Group, Qualcomm, Sprint Nextel, T-Mobile, Vodafone Group, Garmin Ltd, PacketVideo, Softbank, Texas Instruments, and so on.

  
Google tried to pull all application developers in order to help support the development of Android, and proven, there are now plenty of both free and paid apps in the Android Store. In 2009, the Android version 1.1 was released, again released two months later by the name Android version 1.5 Cupcake. No kidding, Google and 84 other companies got rid of their rivals and became the number one mobile operating system, beating the BlackBerry from Research In Motion (RIM), Symbian of Nokia and Windows Mobile (now Windows Phone) from Microsoft.


Opponents mean Android is currently only Apple's iOS, which also has a strong ecosystem for business applications. In 2013, the availability of Android and iOS apps, each going through 1 million applications.


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3 Rivals of Android

Tizen

Tinzen operating system is open source with Linux kernel. Maybe Tinzen will be heavy competition for android, because they will not only be Tinzen smart phones and tablets alone, Tizen is also designed for multimedia devices in vehicles, television and so on. If android does not act soon, maybe he would run over his opponents like he was crazy before.

No kidding, the Linux Foundation in cooperation with Samsung and Intel processor manufacturer that will create new products to market with unmatched quality. Samsung and Intel will contribute to the technical stuff, and hardware.

  
In 2012, there are already a lot of support obtained Tinzen, such as cellular operator Sprint Nextel from the U.S. on May 7, 2012, The Automotive Grade Linux Workgroup. 30 April 2012, released Tizen operating system version 1.0 codenamed Larkspur. Then on 25 September 2012, Tizen released version 2.0 alpha status with the code name Magnolia. Tizen 2.0 full version will be released in January 2013.
Samsung, recently shot his name because Android phones they spend, but in 2013 was to reduce reliance on the launching android smart phones with Tizen operating system 2.0 in the first quarter of 2013.


Firefox OS

Just as Tinzen, Firefox OS also has an open operating system, it was developed by the Mozilla Foundation. As we know, the Mozilla browser engine managed to create the largest virtual world today. With Firefox OS, they are trying to build smart phones with open web standards and applications are developed with HTML5 technology.

Now, Firefox OS already has the support of mobile device manufacturers ZTE and TCL. They are ready to produce devices with Firefox systems OS. Both manufacturers will use Qualcomm's Snapdragon processor. Mozilla does not want application developers to develop applications in Firefox OS,
Mozilla wants to develop their own applications and place them in an online application store Firefox Marketplace.

In addition to the two companies, some cellular company also supports Mozilla, such as Deutsche Telekom (parent company of T-Mobile), Etisalat (which operates in 18 countries including the Middle East, Asia and Africa), Sprint in the United States, and Telefónica in Spain.

Ubuntu

Ubuntu is also built with karnel linux. Officially, smart phones with the operating system Ubuntu was introduced on 3 January 2013 ago. Canonical has promised to release the Application Programming Interface (API) that developers would build applications on Ubuntu. Until now, there are companies that adopt and market the product.

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