Blog Archive

October 2014

Tizen IVI 3.0-M3-Oct2014 release

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The IVI team is pleased to announce the release of Tizen IVI 3.0-M3-Oct2014 Release for In-Vehicle Infotainment.

With this release we deliver a much improved Modello UI experience. The OS is available in 32-bit and 64-bit versions, backed by a Long Term Support Initiative Linux kernel. The multi-user application framework supports single/all-user app deployment scenarios. Developing applications for Modello is easier than ever using Tizen IVI SDK with its support for vehicle webAPIs powered by Crosswalk. For lower level development Automotive Message Broker (AMB) contains CAN plugin generator tools and a JavaScript engine for rapid plugin prototyping. System resources are now handled by Murphy. MinnowBoard MAX runs this latest installment of Tizen IVI 3.0 M3 and offers customers an affordable entry-level SDP.

We are also excited to announce the availability of our new Tizen IVI project landing page hosted on Tizen.org. This landing page provides quick and easy access to everything you need to get started with Tizen IVI. If you would like to reach out you can find us on the Freenode.net IRC #automotive chat channel.

Note: The engineering name for this release in JIRA is M14.3 but its official name is Tizen IVI 3.0-M3-Oct2014

Tizen Developer Summit 2014 in Shanghai is a wrap!

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On October 20-21 the second Tizen Developer Summit took place in Shanghai, where hundreds of Tizen developers, app developers, ISVs, platform designers, operators, OEMs, hardware vendors, software vendors, open source enthusiasts, partners and students met at the Marriott Parkview Hotel.

With near-capacity crowds, attendees got an overview of current and upcoming Tizen technologies and received hands-on tutorials and deep dives into the latest wearable software development kit.

Hyogun Lee, executive vice president of Samsung and co-chair of Tizen Technical Steering Group, and Mark Skarpness, director of Systems Engineering in the Open Source Technology Center at Intel, kicked off the summit with a keynote in which they announced that Tizen would release Tizen 3.0 by the end of this year. This release promises, among other things, to enable profiles that will support multiple device types across the connected device ecosystem.

In addition to platform news, other Tizen products such as Tizen Smart TV were on display at the show, with launch dates expected in the near term. Demonstrations illustrated how users can control Tizen Smart TVs and home appliances, and additionally how to access real-time TV content using voice commands and Tizen wearables.

Other news out of TDS included the continued success of Tizen Association Partner Program, which grew to over 100 members across the app developer, operator and device maker markets with the addition of 16 new partners.

The excitement and momentum around Tizen was evident throughout the developer community and within some of the most prominent Chinese companies. Liu Jun, vice president of Baidu, Xie Pingzhang, vice president of Tencent, and Yu Yongfu, CEO of the Mobile Business Group, UC and member of Alibaba Strategy Committee delivered a joint keynote at the event. The executives discussed the value of Tizen platform and voiced their interest in adapting services and products to Tizen’s open source operating system to create a smart, connected consumer experience.

Tizen SDK for Wearable 1.0.0 Release

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Tizen SDK for Wearable 1.0.0 is now available on the SDK download page.

Tizen SDK for Wearable is a comprehensive set of tools for developing Tizen wearable applications. It consists of Tizen wearable IDE, Emulator, tool-chain, sample applications, and documentation. Tizen SDK for Wearable runs on Windows®, Ubuntu, and Mac OS® X.

More information on the release can be found here: https://developer.tizen.org/downloads/sdk/release-notes/tizen-sdk-wearable-1.0.0.

If developers want to develop corresponding applications with Tizen wearable applications using Samsung mobile devices, please visit Samsung Developers. (or http://developer.samsung.com/samsung-gear/)

Tizen Technical Steering Group

Tizen 2.3 Beta SDK Release

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We are pleased to announce that Tizen 2.3 Beta SDK is now available including support for the wearable profile.

 

Highlights of this release include, among other improvements:
  • Native IDE for new native framework
  • Dynamic analyzer : tool to analyze the native application at runtime

 

Please refer to the release notes for details and download files from the below link.