Ever since Samsung announced they will be bringing Tizen to the masses as soon as MWC, the level of interest has increased incredibly. We all like to see something new however Tizen is nothing but a massive trojan horse which will disrupt the market and could give ultimate control of where you buy some handsets. I'm talking about Orange, +Vodafone and DoCoMo.
What Samsung have done is create an end to end list of partners from hardware, software and network that could see their products championed quite quickly because each process of the production cycle will offer a piece of the dollar pie. So would this mean for example, a double payday for Vodafone in the event of selling a +Tizen Association based handset, which then renders sales into an unethical mess because Samsung, Vodafone / Orange / DoCoMo depending on your geographic, will be ramming Tizen down your neck like some kind of vet giving a tablet to a Rhino.
While some would champion Samsung's vision to do this, it does mean there will be a whole load of people who could end up buying a dead duck. Many many iOS owners couldn't make the jump to Android as they have invested too much into App Store, same for Android owners going the other way, but the thing that worries me is those who don't have awareness of what they are buying, they get a dose of Tizen and lose out on their purchases and then begs the question about app support, oh that's why Samsung have the smart watch out running Tizen, sure it doesn't matter which OS your watch runs right, I agree with that, however its being used as a dev kit of sorts so some get try out their apps before a general phone release.
Blackberry died because it didn't keep with the times, but it was much more than that, having 3 major platforms is too much of any market. There is only really two types of fuel, derv or petrol. Desktop you have Mac or Windows, I can think of so many instances both in and out of the technology sector.
My point is the third option is almost always an also ran. Windows Mobile is already the 3rd OS for mobile, electric is the other option to dev or petrol - you can say LPG too but who uses that. TV options you have 3 - satellite, cable or aerial. Any Linux distro is another option to the desktop while Chrome has started to gain traction.
I cant see Tizen being much more than an also ran option 3 or 4, but if the powers of the greedy networks rather than +Samsung Mobile are wanting to get in on the mobile platform game, then it could mean iOS and Android are in for a ruff ride at the point of sale. My advice is avoid Tizen, its just a trojan horse for the mobile networks to control more of your wallet, your mind and your soul (ok a bit dramatic).