Tizen operating system debut

Computer Store News: On February 27th, CNET recently got a demonstration of Samsung Tizen smartphone. From the perspective of mobile phones, software still has a long way to go. Samsung, Fujitsu, and Huawei will eventually produce Tizen phones, but the demo phones that CNET will receive will not be sold in stores. In terms of experience, the demo phone is quite sluggish, with a focus on design and user experience.

Tizen lives under the shadow of Android and iOS, they are the two leading OS platforms. Like the challenger Firefox OS, Tizen looks like a competitor at a glance. Unlike Windows Phone, Tizen's interface is similar to the interface you use often. The program grid is arranged on the main screen, there are pull-down notifications, and there are many similar places.

It seems that Samsung wants both fish and bear's paw: on the one hand, it breaks up with Android, on the other hand, it does not let users who are used to Android escape. Thanks to Android, Samsung has become the world's largest mobile phone merchant.

The demo phone has a Home button that takes the user to the home screen. The program grid is arranged on the main screen, similar to iOS, except that the program icon is round, not square. Pressing your finger on the icon does not relax, the program does not respond, so the program cannot be rescheduled. A small number 1 is marked at the top of the screen, which implies multiple home screens, but the home screen cannot be added to the demo machine.

Pressing the Home button will bring up the task switching menu. The user can see which programs have been opened, can be closed individually, or all closed.

The multi-touch operation of the demo phone is not good enough to use the pinch-to-zoom album image. If you want to change the settings, you can only change the settings by pressing the top setting menu. replace.

Like Android, Tizen also has a notification bar that allows users to swipe from top to bottom with a shortcut button. The system has a slider to adjust the brightness of the screen. If the user wants to extend the battery life, it will work.

Entering the program, there will be a back button in the lower right corner of each program screen, which is quite counterintuitive. In Western culture, advance to the right and back should be left.

Samsung refuses to disclose the specifications of the phone, it is difficult to know which devices will use Tizen. Currently only know that Tizen is targeting low-end and mid-range smartphones.
Press and hold the program without any changes The basic control menu has a back button in the lower right corner of the screen, and the right button changes according to the environment. For example, in the picture program, the menu on the right includes functions such as rotation. This is similar to Android. This is the setup menu, which shows that the phone is using Tizen OS 2.0. The system is quite slow, it doesn't matter, this is early software. Samsung also called this phone a reference device. The browser is very fast, and it is very agile to zoom in and out on the webpage. When browsing the web in a browser, there are some control menus at the bottom, including the back button. It doesn't look too different from the Android default browser. There is a number 1 at the top, which shows the number of pages in the program. The weather program, creative, is good, it plays different music according to the weather of the location. If it is raining, play sad music. Frequently used functions are displayed in the setup menu. For example, if you always turn Wi-Fi on or off, you can enter the feature setting options faster. Adjusting the brightness Play the "Cut the rope" game on the demo phone. There is a physical button at the bottom of the screen. Press and hold to completely close the program. Photographing software The camera options allow the user to make many adjustments.