Samsungs Tizen Will Hit the Ground Running with Android Apps

As the worlds leading smartphone maker prepares to launch its own OS, new software will automatically port as many as hundreds of thousands of Android apps.

If app availability is the make-or-break factor in the success of any smartphone operating system, then Tizenthe secrecy-cloaked OS that Samsung is expected to unveil on a new device this month at Mobile World Congress in Barcelonacould leap from the gate fairly strongly.