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Merdeka.com - Kehadiran Tizen OS sepertinya akan benar-benar menggemparkan jagat teknologi. Diperkirakan, sistem operasi bikinan Samsung tersebut akan lahir pada bulan Maret mendatang, seperti yang dikutip dari Phone Arena (9/1).

Samsung sepertinya mulai membatasi diri dengan Google sejak lahirnya Tizen OS ini nanti. Meskipun Samsung sebenarnya juga tidak akan lepas begitu saja meninggalkan Google yang sejatinya merupakan orang tua kandung dari Android.

Samsung tetap akan menggunakan Android sebagai sistem operasi di beberapa perangkat mobile milikinya, namun perusahaan asal Korea Selatan ini memberikan alternatif dengan membuat Tizen.

Beberapa pihak yakin Tizen OS nantinya bakal menjadi pesaing ketat untuk Android dan iOS yang hingga kini mendominasi 90 persen pasar smartphone di seluruh dunia. Dengan begitu, pasar sistem operasi akan semakin menarik. [ega]

Sumber: Merdeka

Merdeka.com - Sebelumnya telah diberitakan bahwa Tizen OS, yaitu sistem operasi buatan Samsung ini bakal rilis bulan Maret mendatang.

Kini, sebuah laporan terbaru dari sebuah majalah di Jepang, Mainichi (10/1), mengatakan bahwa salah satu operator di Negeri Sakura, NTT DoCoMo, mengungkapkan bahwa rumor Tizen OS bakal rilis di bulan Maret adalah 100 persen benar.

Rencananya, bulan Maret tersebut akan hadir pula smartphone pertama yang bakal 'ditunggangi' oleh Tizen OS. Hanya saja belum diketahui smartphone apa yang dinobatkan sebagai perangkat pertama Tizen OS.

Sementara itu, ada rumor yang menyebutkan bahwa Tizen akan bertanggung jawab sebagai sistem operasi yang berjalan di Samsung Galaxy S5 nantinya. Sekali lagi, itu hanya rumor yang belum dikonfirmasi oleh pihak manapun.

Ingin tahu seperti apa Tizen OS? Tunggu saja tanggal mainnya!

Sumber: Merdeka

Merdeka.com - Kabar mengenai Tizen OS besutan Samsung in memang menjadi pembicaraan beberapa minggu belakangan ini.

Sebuah laporan telah diterbitkan dari Yunani dengan mengungkapkan bahwa produsen China, ZTE akan memiliki handset Tizen bulan depan dan akan dipamerkan dalam acara MWC 2014 di Barcelona, seperti yang dikutip dari Phone Arena (20/1).

Adalah ZTE Geek, smartphone pertama yang akan menjalankan Tizen OS. Sebenarnya, ZTE adalah smartphone dengan prosesor Tegra 4 dengan Android OS di dalamnya saat diperkenalkan di MWC 2013 lalu. Namun kali ini, smartphone ZTE Geek siap menatap masa depan dengan menjalankan Tizen OS.

Gelaran MWC 2014 yang bakal diselenggarakan mulai 24 februari mendatang bakal menjadi saksi kelahiran sistem operasi pertama besutan Samsung ini. Penasaran seperti apa? Tunggu saja bulan depan! [ega]

Sumber: Merdeka

Merdeka.com - Samsung akan meluncurkan smartphone pengusung Tizen OS dengan nama Samsung ZEQ 9000 pada gelaran Mobile world Congress (MWC) di Barcelona 24 Februari mendatang.

Menariknya Samsung ZEQ 9000 sendiri akan mengusung desain bodi yang sangat mirip dengan Samsung Galaxy S4 namun dibalut dengan lapisan kulit yang berbeda. Jika Galaxy S4 hadir dengan lapisan mulus mengkilat khas polykarbonat, maka Samsung ZEQ 9000 akan mengusung permukaan bodi dengan motif dot kecil.

Dilansir VR-Zone (29/1), Samsung ZEQ 9000 yang memiliki kode nama Zeke ini akan hadir di pasaran dengan mengusung spesifikasi seperti layar sentuh 4,8 inci HD (720p), prosesor Snapdragon 800 atau Intel Merrifield, dan berjalan dengan menggunakan Tizen OS 2.1.

Selain itu, akun Twitter milik Evleaks juga telah mengunggah tampilan smartphone Tizen OS pertama Samsung ini. Sehingga diperkirakan smartphone ini sudah siap diluncurkan ke pasaran dan kemungkinan besar tidak akan mengalami penundaan lagi.

Sayangnya, sampai saat ini masih belum diketahui detail spesifikasi lengkap maupun bocoran dari smartphone Samsung ZEQ 9000 nantinya di pasaran.

Sumber: Merdeka

Popularitas Android sebagai sistem operasi yang bersifat open source semakin mendunia. Terbukti hingga saat ini smartphone berbasis Android telah berhasil mendominasi pangsa pasar ponsel pintar di seluruh dunia. Data terbaru yang dilansir perusahaan riset Strategy Analytics, menunjukkan dominasi Android tidak dapat dibendung lagi. Jika dibandingkan sistem operasi lain, pertumbuhan Android memang terhitung paling cepat dan kian tinggi.

Seperti dikutip laman blog Strategy Analytics (29/1/2014), diketahui dari total pengapalan ponsel pintar di seluruh dunia yang sudah mencapai 990 juta, 79 persen di antaranya berjalan di atas sistem operasi Android. Volume pengiriman ini melonjak sebesar 41 persen dibandingkan 2012. Sementara, total pengapalan smartphone di kuartal terakhir 2013 lalu terhitung 290,2 juta unit, naik dari 217 juta unit pada tahun sebelumnya.

Perusahaan analis menduga bahwa pertumbuhan Android akan melambat pada tahun 2014, sebagai imbas dari kejenuhan pasar smartphone dan kelahiran platform baru seperti Ubuntu Touch, Firefox OS, dan Tizen.


Di sisi lain, Apple tercatat masih menjadi pengekor dengan jarak yang makin jauh dengan sistem operasi iOS miliknya. Hingga akhir tahun lalu, pengapalan ponsel pintar berbasis iOS naik hingga mencapai 153,4 juta di seluruh dunia atau menguasai 15 persen pangsa pasar. Namun, torehan angka tersebut masih jauh lebih rendah dari pertumbuhan pasar smartphone pada umumnya, sehingga produsen iPhone itu benar-benar kehilangan pijakan meski ada peningkatan penjualan.

Sementara nasib baik juga belum menaungi sistem operasi besutan Microsoft. Pangsa pasar Windows Phone saat ini masih relatif kecil, yakni 4% dengan pengapalan 35,7 juta unit selama 2013. Namun firma riset mempredisiksi masih ada peluang yang bisa diraih selama tahun 2014, asal Microsoft segera memperbaiki kelemahan dari platform tersebut.

Tragisnya, dalam tabel yang dikeluarkan tersebut Strategy Analytics tak memasukkan perhitungan BlackBerry OS. Hal ini terjadi lantaran kemungkinan tak lakunya BlackBerry 10 di pasaran. Memang, beberapa perangkat BlackBerry terbilang tak mampu bersaing dengan smartphone di kelasnya, apalagi mengingat pergerakan Android yang begitu agresif. (Choi)

Sumber: Selular

By Mariel Grazella

The battle between smartphone operating systems, propelled by a slew of new devices released by manufacturers, will heat up the market dominated by Google’s Android.

The International Data Corporation (IDC) Indonesia projected that Android would remain atop of the market with the Windows system gathering momentum.

“We expect Android to [have] around 55 percent of the market share in terms of phone shipments in 2013,” said IDC Indonesia head of operations Sudev Bangah recently.

Bangah added that the market share of Windows could rise to above 8 percent as more smartphone manufacturers embrace Windows 8, the latest version of the operating system.

Last year, Android dominated the operating system market with a share of 56 percent. Research In Motion’s (RIM) BlackBerry trailed behind with a 37 percent share, followed by Windows with a 2 percent share, according to the IDC.

Sales of smartphones in Indonesia are estimated to soar as the country’s economy is forecast to grow by more than 6 percent this year and in the coming years, among the highest in the world.

Bangah said that out of the 60 million mobile phones shipped in 2012, 13 percent were smartphones.

“This percentage will go up by three points to 16 percent in 2013, and by 2014 smartphone shipments will reach 22 percent,” he said.

The top five brands in the market, in no particular order, are Nokia, Samsung, RIM, Mito and Cross, according to the IDC.

The IDC did not share data on each brand’s market share.

As for the strategy in expanding the market this year, analysts have pointed out that pricing will remain the greatest asset in conquering the Indonesian smartphone market.

Indonesian mobile phone consumers, dominated by the middle class, gravitate toward affordable smartphones.

Android smartphones, which are priced as low as US$100, partly owe their success to this market characteristic.

Windows is also replicating the strategy. The availability of Nokia smartphones, which are available in a range of prices, may assist the operating system overtaking of Android.

Nokia Lumia phones start at approximately Rp 2 million (US$208) and roughly Rp 5 million for the Windows 8 version.

Globally, HTC and Samsung — through the 8X and Ativ S respectively — have also placed their bets on the Windows platform as well.

“We will start to see the impact of Windows 8 at the end of the first quarter of 2013,” Bangah said.

Nokia released two Windows 8 phones, the Lumia 820 and 920, to the Indonesian market in December.

Martin Chirotarrab, the president director of Nokia Indonesia, said that the company expected 2013 to be an “exciting year for Nokia”.

“Demand for smartphones keeps growing in Indonesia and we have a great portfolio of devices and services for every segment,” Chirotarrab said.

While Windows outlook is upbeat, RIM’s BlackBerry system prospects is not.

RIM, according to Bangah, would see “limited success” in significantly driving up the BlackBerry market share through the initial launch of smartphones running on Blackberry 10, given that the devices is going to be in the upper price range.

“Only the middle and middle-upper [social] bracket could only afford the phone,” Bangah said, adding that the launch of BlackBerry 10 would simply serve to reinvigorate the brand.

RIM previously announced that they would launch the much-anticipated Blackberry 10 platform in the first quarter of 2013.

Hastings Singh, vice president and managing director of RIM Southeast Asia, said that the company would eventually introduce multiple models carrying the latest platform.

“The new devices will have improved BlackBerry Messenger [BBM] capabilities,” he said.

He added that having end-to-end control, from hardware to software, would continue to cushion the company against competition in the smartphone market.

“By offering better value and more innovation we are confident that BlackBerry will be successful next year,” he said.

The device price tag would similarly constrain the market share of Apple’s iPhone operating system iOS. It is expected to secure a 3 percent market share in 2013, according to the IDC.

“The iPhone is limited to the middle and middle-upper class selection of devices. Many Indonesians define their lifestyle by having an iPhone and iPad,” said Bangah.

By Catherine Shu

Samsung and Docomo, Japan’s largest mobile communication company, are joining forces to developTizen, an open source OS that supporters hope will cut into the 90% marketshare held by Google and Apple. The smartphones may be on the market by next year, reports the Yomiuri Shimbun. DoCoMo is the only firm among Japan’s three top mobile operators that does not sell iPhones, which has caused it to lose a substantial amount of subscribers over the last four years.

According to the Yomiuri Shimbun, the Tizen-equipped smartphones are likely to be released in Japan and other countries around the world at the same time. The Next Web speculates that one likely platform for a first look at the devices is the Mobile World Congress in February, though Samsung’s focus on the Galaxy S4 means that launch dates are harder to predict. The Korean company is diversifying its OS offerings: it also plans to release Window Phone devices around the same time Tizen smartphones are expected to make their debut.

Tizen was launched by Samsung in conjunction with Intel to replace the MeeGo platform, which was cancelled by the Linux Foundation in September 2011 in favor of Tizen, but consumers have had to wait a while to try out the OS (the Linux Foundation had originally hoped to release Tizen devices by mid-2012). The open source, Linux-based operating system offers a contrast to Android and iOS by making it easier for mobile phone service companies to offer their own services.

Seeking OEMs: Who will build Ubuntu phones?

By Jon Brodkin

The move by Canonical was long expected, although it is coming late to a market already dominated by the iPhone and Android-based devices. Ubuntu for phones isn't a whole new operating system. Instead, it is a "smartphone interface" for Ubuntu. This helps Ubuntu differentiate from other phone operating systems by Voltron-ing itself into a full-fledged PC when docked to a monitor, mouse, and keyboard.

Ubuntu has previously been in the smartphone game with Android devices that become a modified Ubuntu PC when docked. This didn't make much of an impact, as the most prominent such device—the Motorola Atrix and lapdock—has been discontinued.

Ubuntu for Android is a separate product, which Canonical will continue to maintain. The newly announced version of Ubuntu will run on smartphones without any reliance on Android, however. This helps fulfill founder Mark Shuttleworth's promise of having Ubuntu become one operating system from phones to supercomputers.

There will be many challenges, primarily getting hardware partners on board. Canonical's press release today included supporting quotes from ARM and the makers of the Qt application framework, but none from smartphone manufacturers. On a new webpage describing Ubuntu for phones, Canonical tries to lure phone makers with the promise that "[w]e have the needs of network operators, OEMs, and ODMs in mind in bringing Ubuntu to the phone. It offers great performance on handsets with a low bill of materials, while opening up new opportunities for phone and PC convergence at the top end of the market."

Canonical will share more details this afternoon in a press conference and we will update this story with more information. For now, here is more of what we know.

The Ubuntu interface will feature the following:

1. Edge magic: thumb gestures from all four edges of the screen enable users to find content and switch between apps faster than other phones.

2. Deep content immersion—controls appear only when the user wants them.

3. A beautiful global search for apps, content, and products.

4. Voice and text commands in any application for faster access to rich capabilities.

5. Both native and Web or HTML5 apps.

6. Evolving personalized art on the welcome screen.

Entry-level Ubuntu phones will require a 1Ghz Cortex A9 processor and between 512MB and 1GB of memory, while the high-end superphones that double as PCs will require a quad-core A9 or Intel Atom processor and at least 1GB RAM.

Canonical will try to avoid the type of fragmentation that affected Android by providing "engineering services to offload the complexity of maintaining multiple code bases… freeing the manufacturer to focus on hardware design and integration," the company said. "For silicon vendors, Ubuntu is compatible with a typical Android Board Support Package (BSP). This means Ubuntu is ready to run on the most cost-efficient chipset designs."

Canonical also said Ubuntu for phones "doesn’t have the overhead of a Java virtual machine, so all core applications run at full native speeds with a small memory footprint." A QML toolkit and sample application are available for developers to download. A forthcoming Ubuntu software development kit will make it easier to build applications that run on both the desktop and phone.

The Ubuntu Software Centre will be extended to phones for use as an app store, but sadly it sounds like Ubuntu phones will get some of the same carrier-built apps that come with many Android devices and are generally useless.  Canonical said, "Ubuntu offers compelling customization options for partner apps, content, and services. Operators and OEMs can easily add their own branded offerings. Canonical’s personal cloud service, Ubuntu One, provides storage and media services, file sharing and a secure transaction service which enables partners to integrate their own service offerings easily."

Web apps will also play a big role, with Canonical's "unique Web app system [that] lets you quickly adapt any Web property for installation as an app on the phone, running independently of the browser, with its own icon and access to system services."

In addition to low-cost smartphones, Ubuntu will help OEMs build a "single enterprise superphone" that converges phone, PC, and thin client into one (in Canonical's words). Canonical noted that Asus, Dell, HP, and Lenovo all certify the majority of their PCs to run Ubuntu, but it did not say whether any of these companies plan to make any smartphone/PC hybrids using Ubuntu. That will be one of the things we'll try to find out at this afternoon's press conference, along with timing on when an Ubuntu phone will actually hit the market.

UPDATES: Here are a few more tidbits we've learned from Canonical's press conference: