In Pictures: The twisted tale of Tizen mobile OS

A new OS has been in development since the start of 2012

Convoluted family tree

Tizen has a convoluted pedigree: It’s the successor of three abandoned mobile OS projects -- most of them never even reached a final release stage. Overall, Tizen is a combination of Moblin, which was originally created by Intel, and Maemo, created by Nokia. It also re-uses technology from MeeGo, such as its network management. MeeGo, cancelled in September 2011, was originally started by Intel and Nokia.

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