Nokia to offer maps for Samsung'sTizen-based devices

[iSK]

New Delhi: Telecom gear maker
Nokia has partnered Samsung to
provide its maps and location
services to Tizen-powered smart
devices by the Korean electronics
giant.

The Finnish firm's location-based
services arm HERE will also provide
solutions to Samsung's new
smartwatch, Gear S.

Nokia in a statement today said,
"HERE has partnered with Samsung
to bring its maps and location
platform services to Tizen-powered
smart devices by Samsung, including
the Samsung Gear S." On the
Samsung Gear S, HERE is powering
an application called Navigator, which
offers turn-by-turn walk navigation
and public transit routing, it added.

Tizen, an open and flexible OS
operating system, was launched as a
competitor to Android and iOS
operating systems. The OS aims to
address the needs of all stakeholders
of mobile and connected device
ecosystem, which includes device
manufacturers, mobile operators,
application developers and
independent software vendors (ISVs).

Samsung will launch the first
smartphone based on its Tizen
platform in the July-September
quarter this year, a move aimed at
reducing dependence on the popular
Google's Android OS.

Samsung, the world's largest
smartphone maker, said the Tizen-
powered 'Samsung Z' will be made
available in the third quarter in
Russia followed by other markets,
Samsung said but did not disclose
specific details. A majority of
Samsung's mobile phones are
currently powered by the Android
platform, which is also the dominant
OS on most smartphones across the
globe.
Nokia to offer maps for Samsung's Tizen-based devices