First TIZEN 2.0 Magnolia Alpha released

Posted on Sep 26 2012 - 8:21am by Jonne Eilimö
« PREVIOUS
|
NEXT »
TIZEN 2.0 Roadmap

TIZEN 2.0 Roadmap

Tizen.org just announced that the first Alpha release of Tizen 2.0 Magnolia is made available. The release includes the SDK and Source Code.

Tizen 2.0 alpha has additional features, tools, and other improvements, including:

  • Enhanced Web framework that provides better HTML5/W3C API support and more Tizen Device APIs
    • Multi-process Webkit2-based Web Runtime which provides better security and reliability for Web applications
    • Advanced HTML5 features such as video subtitles and captions, battery status API, screen orientation API, <keygen> and <details>, and more
    • New Tizen Device APIs for file transfer, notifications, and power control
  • Advanced IDE & SDK for Web application development
    • Install manager support for snapshot-based network installation
    • Enhanced support for OpenGL ES
  • New Platform SDK that helps platform development based on OBS

We’ve earlier heard that Samsung is aiming to release the first TIZEN device in 2013, possibly already at Mobile World Congress in February.

Read more: via

Like this post? Like us on Facebook to see when a new post is published.

About the Author

Jonne is a mobile phone enthusiast who is currently pursuing his Bachelor's degree in Computer Science at the Vaasa University of Applied Sciences. He has been using the newest phones out there ever since the Nokia 5110 was released. Currently he is using a Nokia Lumia 920.