A software that converts Android apps to Tizen OS!

Thanks to Korean software developer Infraware, developers will no longer have to sweat it out while manually porting their apps to Tizen OS. The software in question is the Polaris App Generator (PAG).

Using PAG software, developers will be able to readily convert Android APKs into Tizen OS executable files. With a simple click, the software “… adds a standalone Dalvik runtime to the compiled code, allowing it to run in Tizen OS without any special tweaks,” said a statement from Infraware. However, the utility will come at a high price. Currently, the company is charging US$ 5,000 per app, applicable for a period of two years. The hefty price, the company claims, will prevent pirates from misusing PAG.

Unfortunately, even as the service is raring to go, there is no sign of a ‘true’ Tizen smartphone yet. And by the looks of it, there is still a long way to go before we actually see one!

The Tizen Association is a Samsung and Intel-led industry group that has been guiding the Linux-based OS’ development. It must be noted that Tizen is one of the only projects backed by a company as massive as Samsung, but having made so much money on Android, one wonders why Samsung is looking to leave it in the first place? If a leaked screenshot of a phone, currently doing the rounds on the social media, is anything to go by, then Samsung ZEQ 9000 could very well be the much awaited phone from the South Korean giant featuring the ‘Tizen’ OS. The screenshot was leaked by a Korean publication called ‘Moveplayer’.