Thread: SailfishOS Update10 discussions
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2014-12-17 , 22:37
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Originally Posted by JulmaHerra View Post
If you are referring to NX2000 and NX300 cameras, their firmware is derived from some parts of Tizen code. Only devices (meaning other than smartphones) using Tizen that I know of are Samsung NX1 and Samsung Gear S as Samsung Z was shelved (most likely permanently). Additionally, Tizen is not FOSS but contains many bits and pieces that are under Flora license, which is not compatible with Open Source initiative. Also SDK is closed source. In that sense you are right, there are more devices running Tizen or some derivate - just no smartphones.
There are 4 Samsung Gear watches with Tizen:

Galaxy Gear (original) which was Android, but latterly 'upgraded' to Tizen
Gear 2
Gear 2 Neo
Gear S (latest)

Plenty of Sailfish isn't Open Source? What's your point?

Originally Posted by szopin View Post
You bring up cyanogenmod
No I didn't.

Originally Posted by nthn View Post
And as everyone has been able to see, Steam for GNU/Linux has been working out fantastically well and will certainly not be dropped or 'left in the community's hands' in the foreseeable future.


Let's first wait and see how much devices will actually be sold.

As to Tizen watches and other 'wearables': I'd be extremely surprised if, in 10 years, there will even be 'smart watches' or any of that other fad nonsense at all, let alone ones running Tizen. 2013 is going to be the year of smart watches! No wait, 2014! Actually, we made a mistake, it's 2015!
Steam certainly isn't being dropped for Linux. Far from it. Where you get this idea or impression I have no idea. They're pinning their future on it.

Millions. i.e. far more than Sailfish will have shipped in 12 months time, unless something extraordinary happens.

~3m smartwatches were sold in 2013. It'd be shocking if more than double weren't sold this year. Sales will explode in 2015, if for no other reason than Apple are launching their product. I'd be amazed if less than 25m are shipped. It'd also be pretty amazing if Samsung were not top 2 with Apple. So do your own calculations.