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The author:(作者)归海一刀published in(发表于) 2014/2/3 7:49:55 Samsung Tizen systems are in trouble： dumped by a number of operators，
Samsung Tizen systems are in trouble: dumped by a number of operators-Tizen, Samsung mobile phone, Samsung-IT information Samsung Tizen systems are in trouble: dumped by a number of operators
Introduction: the Wall Street Journal's Online Edition the weekend publication, entitled the Samsung challenge Apple and Google met setbacks (Samsung Challenge to Apple and Google Stumbles) article says that homegrown Tizen Samsung operating systems has recently suffered a series of setbacks. Several leading operators to stop support for Tizen, while Samsung is also difficult to attract Tizen to application developers. At present, the platform, there is hardly any users.
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Samsung is trying to promote a new mobile operating system, but over a period of time, Samsung has not made much progress. As the world's largest smartphone manufacturer, Samsung investments Tizen operating system in an attempt to challenge Apple and Google. However, some of the world's leading mobile operators is to stop supporting the system.
Meanwhile, Tizen also has very large application developers. Application has became the center of all mobile user experience. Tizen platform, some smaller, lesser-known developers become major players such as Atlanta 34 developer dannier·aisikeba (Daniel Escobar). Samsung currently to support Escobar Maestro music sharing service, the service has about 30,000 users. Samsung to provide tens of thousands of dollars in cash incentives and technical support, help him develop Tizen applications.
Emphasis on software and services
Samsung are urgently needed to determine mobile software and services strategy. Lenovo is planning to buy Google's Motorola mobility, which smartphone makers are pushing prices down, compression hardware business profit margins. This means that the software and services will become the main sources of profit in this industry.
"User needs will change over time. "Samsung co-CEO Yin Fugen said," I think, if you are just focused on software or hardware, so unable to stay ahead of the market. ”
Samsung sale best smart phone based on Google's Android platform now and comes pre-loaded with Google's e-mail, maps and mobile search applications. Therefore, Google obtained from these mobile applications store all sales proceeds.
Tizen to succeed, then the Samsung will be obtained through third party applications, software, and services revenue. Samsung's potential is enormous. Last fiscal year, including iTunes and the App Store, Apple software and services revenues of us $ 16 billion.
Samsung Tizen developed with the help of Intel and other companies. Samsung invested billions of dollars every year to software development, two to four research and development engineers around 67,000 focusing on software innovation. Samsung also plans to an annual increase of 800 engineers.
Samsung's long-term goal is, Tizen developed into a unified operating system, implement a user all the capabilities of the device. These devices include the Samsung develops smart phones, televisions, refrigerators and washing machines. Tizen of the name means just that.
The Wall Street Journal had got a prototype mobile phone with Tizen, looks similar to the Android cell phone. Tizen Android share a common code base. But people involved in the project said the prototype is not the same as the final product, the core attraction of Tizen interface allows operators and manufacturers to be more customized.
Many operators stop support
However, industry executives and analysts say Tizen development is difficult to achieve. Japan's biggest mobile carrier NTT DoCoMo is Tizen and strong partner. Sources said that NTT DoCoMo was supposed to be released in mid-January the first Tizen mobile, the company's President jiatengxun ready for the press conference one month in advance. However the day of the planned launch, NTT DoCoMo gave up this plan and said Japan domestic market demand for Android and iOS systems lack. Two weeks later, on jiatengxun in the company's earnings conference call, "said Tizen is still very important," but said "we will look at the global market trends and then decide whether to launch".
NTT DoCoMo is suddenly backed out of Tizen suffered recent setbacks. Tizen project's release has been postponed several times. This system is based on the Bada platform Samsung has been closed, originally planned for 2012 to achieve business.
In the United States, Sprint has joined in May 2012 Tizen Association. According to the company, a new system will give users a wider choice. But sources said, Sprint's decision last year to give up, and resources "into more immediate release."
Spain telecommunications also has withdrawn from the charge of Tizen Tizen of system development association, and was released last year, the first phone based on Firefox OS operating system. Sources, Spain telecommunications think Firefox OS can adapt better to the cheap cell phone markets in Latin America.
France published the first with NTTDoCoMo Tizen operator Orange planned smart phone. The operator says, Tizne development "which currently fall short of our original expectations." Orange spokesman said: "our strategy is to serve the users, instead of pushing consumers to our benefit system. This ecosystem may not be ready for the user. "He also said the Orange Smartphone roadmap Tizen no cell phones.
Samsung respond that will be assessed together with the mobile operators in Japan and France products. Samsung said the company and its partners in this month's Mobile World Congress in Barcelona (MWC) Tizen of the newest products.
With Google tension
Samsung develops independent operating systems on the one hand because of rising tensions with Google. Although in public, Google and Samsung announce continue to strengthen working relationships, but the friction of the two companies is intensifying, prompting Samsung accelerate the development of autonomous operating system. Mobile industry-focused investment bank in San Francisco, Managing Director, Rutberg&Co lajifu·changde (Rajeev Chand), said: "if Google control of the user experience, while Samsung provides a screen, then the Samsung can't see into the future. ”
Samsung and Google's announcement last month, have signed a broad patent cross-licensing agreement covering all current patents of both companies, and all patent applications for the next 10 years. 3 days later, Google announced a $ 2.9 billion dollar price of Motorola mobility (16.67, 0.74%) sold to Lenovo, which no longer compete directly with Samsung.
At present it is not clear, Samsung is also good due to Google Tizen recently suffered a setback. A Samsung spokesman said: "we work closely with Google as a partner, we will continue to make important strategic cooperation. "But he also said that Samsung will continue to introduce multi-operating system strategy.
Difficult to attract application developers
Currently, Samsung attract developer support Tizen system with two main strengths: great influence, as well as the $ 50 billion in cash. In order to attract third party developers, Samsung last October at a hotel in San Francisco, organized the first Developers Conference. Samsung Samsung executives highlighted the scale and focus on software. Last November, Samsung Tizen Developers Conference was held in Seoul.
Samsung and Intel also sponsored a contest, for Tizen developers set up a $ 4 million bonus. BlackBerry and Microsoft have also adopted this approach, but the two companies are underperforming mobile operating system.
But for the more well-known, more important for application developers, cash incentives are not enough to attract them to participate in Tizen platform. A few months ago, Samsung has one of the hottest Android application developers to provide us $ 100,000 bonus, hope they launch Tizen app, this developers ' one Executive said. The company's Android applications downloaded over 50 million times, while Microsoft have provided the company with similar bonuses.
Previously, this developer has close cooperation with Samsung, but refused the invitation of Samsung. The executives said, Samsung's poor record in the software industry, Tizen struggle to lure users.
Tizen, Chairman of the Association luoyi·sujimula (Roy Sugimura), said in an interview: "software developers focus on mobile phone ownership in the market. "He said that as of last December, Tizen platform has about 6,000 applications, far less than the iOS. "That kind of attitude makes Tizen hard to get support, because there's almost no users. ”
Up to now, Samsung has successfully attracted a number of small developers, such as Escobar. Escobar said that Samsung's initial contact with him in late 2012, proposed developing Maestro Tizen version of the music streaming service. Escobar had already developed the iOS and Android versions of the Maestro. He initially balked at this, because he had not even heard of Tizen.
However, Samsung agreed to meet his development costs. Meanwhile, Escobar was attracted by the size and the software of the Samsung focus. He said: "at least for us, the benefits far outweigh the potential loss. We are not talking about a small company, but a big company has sold hundreds of millions of mobile phones. You cannot give up so much of their attention. ”
三星Tizen系统陷入困境：被多家运营商抛弃 - Tizen,三星手机系统,三星 - IT资讯三星Tizen系统陷入困境：被多家运营商抛弃
导语：《华尔街日报》网络版周末刊登题为《三星挑战苹果和谷歌遇挫》(Samsung Challenge to Apple and Google Stumbles)的文章称，三星自主开发的Tizen操作系统近期遭遇了一系列挫折。多家主流运营商停止对Tizen的支持，而三星也很难为Tizen吸引到应用开发者。目前，这一平台几乎没有任何用户。
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三星正试图推广全新的移动操作系统，然而过去一段时间，三星并未取得太大进展。作为全球最大的智能手机厂商，三星向Tizen操作系统进行了大笔投资，试图挑战苹果公司和谷歌。然而，全球最主要的一些移动运营商正停止支持该系统。
另一方面，Tizen也很难吸引大型应用开发商。而应用已成为当前所有移动平台用户体验的中心。在Tizen平台上，一些规模较小、不太知名的开发商成为主要参与者，例如亚特兰大34岁的开发者丹尼尔·埃斯科巴(Daniel Escobar)。三星目前为埃斯科巴的音乐分享服务Maestro提供支持，该服务约有3万名用户。三星向其提供了数万美元的现金奖励和技术支持，帮助他开发Tizen应用。
强调软件和服务
三星目前亟需确定移动软件及服务战略。联想正计划收购谷歌旗下的摩托罗拉移动，而中国智能手机厂商正推动手机价格的下降，压缩硬件业务的利润率。这意味着软件和服务将成为这一行业的主要利润来源。
“用户需求会随时间改变。”三星联席CEO尹富根表示，“我认为，如果仅仅专注于软件或硬件，那么无法领先于市场。”
三星销量最好的智能手机目前基于谷歌Android平台，并预装了谷歌的电子邮件、地图和移动搜索应用。因此，谷歌将从这些手机应用商店的所有销售中获得收入分成。
如果Tizen获得成功，那么三星也将通过第三方应用、软件和服务获得收入。三星的潜力是巨大的。最近一个财年，包括iTunes和App Store在内，苹果公司的软件和服务营收为160亿美元。
三星对Tizen的开发得到了英特尔和其他一些公司的帮助。三星目前每年向软件开发投入数十亿美元，其6.7万名研发工程师中的约60%也专注于软件创新。三星还计划每年新增800名工程师。
三星的长期目标是，将Tizen发展成为统一的操作系统，实现用户所有设备的功能。这些设备包括三星开发的智能手机、电冰箱、电视机和洗衣机。Tizen这一名称的含义也正是如此。
《华尔街日报》曾拿到过一台Tizen的原型手机，看起来与Android手机类似。Tizen与Android有着共同的程序代码基础。不过参与项目的人士表示，原型产品并不等同于最终产品，而Tizen的核心吸引力在于允许运营商和制造商对界面进行更多地订制。
多家运营商停止支持
然而，业内高管和分析师认为，Tizen很难实现发展。日本最大的移动运营商NTT DoCoMo是Tizen的紧密合作伙伴。消息人士表示，NTT DoCoMo原计划于1月中旬发布首款Tizen手机，而该公司总裁加藤薰提前一个月就准备好了发布会内容。然而在计划中的发布会当天，NTT DoCoMo放弃了这一计划，并称日本本土市场对Android和iOS以外的系统缺乏需求。两周后，加藤薰在该公司的财报电话会议上表示，“Tizen仍然非常重要”，但同时表示“我们将观察全球市场趋势，随后决定是否推出”。
NTT DoCoMo的突然变卦是Tizen遭遇的最近一次挫折。Tizen项目的发布已多次延期。这一系统基于三星已被关闭的Bada平台，最初计划于2012年实现商用。
在美国，Sprint于2012年5月加入了Tizen协会。该公司表示，一款新系统能给用户带来更广泛的选择。不过消息人士表示，Sprint去年决定放弃，并将其资源“投入更紧迫的产品发布当中”。
西班牙电信也已退出了负责Tizen系统开发的Tizen协会，并于去年发布了第一款基于火狐OS操作系统的手机。消息人士透露，西班牙电信认为火狐OS能更好地适应拉美的廉价手机市场。
法国运营商Orange原计划与NTTDoCoMo一同发布首款Tizen智能手机。该运营商表示，Tizne的开发速度“目前尚未达到我们原本的预期”。Orange一名发言人表示：“我们的战略是服务用户，而不是将消费者推向对我们有利的系统。目前这一生态系统可能没有为用户做好准备。”他同时表示，Orange的智能手机路线图中并没有Tizen手机。
三星回应称，将与移动运营商一同评估在日本和法国的产品选择。三星表示，该公司及其合作伙伴将在本月的巴塞罗那移动世界大会(MWC)上展示最新的Tizen产品。
与谷歌关系紧张
三星开发自主操作系统一方面也是由于与谷歌的关系日趋紧张。尽管在公开场合，谷歌和三星仍宣布继续加强合作关系，但两家公司的摩擦正在加剧，促使三星加速了自主操作系统的开发。专注移动行业的旧金山投行Rutberg & Co董事总经理拉吉夫·昌德(Rajeev Chand)表示：“如果谷歌掌握用户体验，而三星只是提供一块屏幕，那么三星看不到未来。”
三星和谷歌上月宣布，已经签署了广泛的专利交叉授权协议，覆盖两家公司当前的所有专利，以及未来10年的所有专利申请。3天之后，谷歌宣布以29亿美元的价格将摩托罗拉移动(16.67, 0.74, 4.65%)出售给联想，从而不再与三星直接竞争。
目前尚不清楚，近期三星向谷歌示好是否也是由于Tizen遭遇了挫折。三星一名发言人表示：“我们与谷歌是紧密的合作伙伴关系，我们将继续进行重要的战略合作。”不过他也表示，三星将继续采用多操作系统策略。
难吸引应用开发者
目前，三星吸引开发者支持Tizen系统主要凭借两方面实力：巨大的影响力，以及所持的500亿美元现金。为了吸引第三方开发者，三星去年10月在旧金山一家酒店举办了首次开发者大会。当时三星高管强调了三星的规模以及对软件的专注。去年11月，三星又在首尔举办了Tizen开发者大会。
三星和英特尔还赞助了一项比赛，为Tizen开发者设置了400万美元奖金。微软和黑莓也曾采用这样的做法，但这两家公司的移动操作系统均表现不佳。
不过对于更知名、更重要的应用开发商来说，现金奖励并不足以吸引它们参与Tizen平台。几个月之前，三星曾向一家热门Android应用开发商提供10万美元奖金，希望它们推出Tizen应用，这家开发商的一名高管表示。该公司的Android应用下载量已超过5000万次，而微软也曾向该公司提供类似奖金。
以往，这家开发商曾与三星紧密合作，但这次拒绝了三星的邀请。这名高管表示，三星在软件行业的履历不佳，因此Tizen很难吸引到用户。
Tizen协会董事长罗伊·苏吉姆拉(Roy Sugimura)在接受采访时表示：“软件开发者只是关注市面上的手机保有量。”他表示，截至去年12月，Tizen平台拥有约6000款应用，远远低于iOS。“这样的态度使得Tizen很难获得支持，因为目前几乎没有用户。”
到目前为止，三星已经成功吸引了一些小开发者，例如埃斯科巴。埃斯科巴表示，三星最初于2012年底与他接触，提出开发Maestro流媒体音乐服务的Tizen版本。埃斯科巴当时已经开发了Maestro的iOS和Android版。他最初对此感到犹豫，因为他当时甚至没有听说过Tizen。
不过，三星同意承担他的开发成本。另一方面，埃斯科巴也被三星的规模以及对软件的专注所吸引。他表示：“至少对我们来说，获得的收益远远大过可能的损失。我们并不是谈论一家小公司，而是一家已售出数亿部手机的大公司。你无法放弃如此多的注意力。”
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