TouchWiz
Encyclopedia
TouchWiz is a touch interface developed by Samsung Electronics
with partners, featuring a full touch user interface
. It is sometimes incorrectly identified as an operating system. TouchWiz is used internally by Samsung for sophisticated feature phone
s, and is not available for licensing by external parties.
The latest version of TouchWiz, 4.0, has been released on the Galaxy S II
. It boasts a more refined user interface as compared to the previous version, 3.0, on the Galaxy S. Some of the features added include panning and tilt, which makes use of the accelerometer and gyroscope in the phone to detect motion.
TouchWiz is used by Samsung's own proprietary operating system, bada
, as well as phones based on the Android operating system.
Samsung Electronics
Samsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...
with partners, featuring a full touch user interface
Touch user interface
A touch user interface is a computer-pointing technology based upon the sense of touch . Whereas a graphical user interface relies upon the sense of sight, the TUI enables not only the sense of touch to innervate and activate computer-based functions, it also allows the user, particularly those...
. It is sometimes incorrectly identified as an operating system. TouchWiz is used internally by Samsung for sophisticated feature phone
Feature phone
A feature phone is a mobile phone that, like smartphones, combines the functions of a personal digital assistant and a mobile phone.Today's models typically also serve as portable media players and camera phones with touchscreen, GPS navigation, Wi-Fi and mobile broadband access.Feature phones is...
s, and is not available for licensing by external parties.
The latest version of TouchWiz, 4.0, has been released on the Galaxy S II
Samsung Galaxy S II
The Samsung Galaxy S II is a smartphone running under the Android operating system that was announced by Samsung on February 13, 2011 at the Mobile World Congress. It is the successor to the Samsung Galaxy S, with a different appearance and significantly improved hardware...
. It boasts a more refined user interface as compared to the previous version, 3.0, on the Galaxy S. Some of the features added include panning and tilt, which makes use of the accelerometer and gyroscope in the phone to detect motion.
TouchWiz is used by Samsung's own proprietary operating system, bada
Bada (operating system)
Bada is an operating system for mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers. It is developed by the Samsung Electronics. Its name is derived from " ", meaning "ocean" or "sea" in Korean...
, as well as phones based on the Android operating system.
Proprietary
- Samsung JetSamsung S8000Samsung Jet , is a touch screen phone released in June 2009 by Samsung. It features an 800 MHz processor and a new WebKit browser called Dolfin, which will be available on Samsung phones in the future.-Specification:...
- Samsung PrestonSamsung S5600Samsung S5600 was announced in March 2009 and released in June 2009 as part of a range of touch-screen phones being released by Samsung....
- Samsung SolsticeSamsung ElectronicsSamsung Electronics is a South Korean multinational electronics and information technology company headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul...
- Samsung CorbySamsung CorbySamsung S3650 is a mobile phone that was released in October 2009 by Samsung. It has a 2MP camera and a 2.8" capacitive TFT touch screen....
- Samsung StarSamsung S5230Samsung S5230 is a feature phone announced in March 2009 and released in May 2009 by Samsung....
- Samsung Tocco
- Samsung Blue EarthSamsung S7550Samsung Blue Earth also known as Samsung S7550, or Samsung GT-S7550 is a touchscreen phone made from recycled plastic culled from plastic water bottles, called PCM. It was announced on 13 February 2009. The unit has a solar panel on the back, covering 80% of the area, that allows for enough power...
- Samsung Flight 2
Bada
- Samsung Wave 575Samsung Wave 575Samsung Wave S575which is the successor of Samsung Wave 525 is the smartphone running the new bada 1.1 Operating system designed by Samsung.Wave 575 was officially released by Samsung on October 8, 2010 .The wave has a slim multi-touch enabled display with 3G Internet connectivity available which...
(TouchWiz 3.0) - Samsung Wave S8500Samsung Wave S8500The Samsung Wave GT-S8500 is the first touchscreen smartphone running the new bada operating system designed by Samsung, which was commercially released on June 1, 2010...
- Samsung Wave II S8530Samsung Wave II S8530The Samsung Wave II S8530 is the Successor of Samsung Wave S8500 smartphone running the bada 1.2 operating system designed by Samsung, which was commercially released on October, 2010...
- Samsung Wave 723 (TouchWiz 3.0)
- Samsung Wave 525 (TouchWiz 3.0)
Android
- Samsung Droid ChargeSamsung Droid ChargeThe Samsung Droid Charge is an Android smartphone manufactured by Samsung. It has a 1 GHz "Hummingbird" processor, front and rear cameras, and CDMA and 4G LTE radios. It was announced at CES 2011 under the name Samsung 4G LTE device. It is available from Verizon Wireless.- Processor :The...
- Samsung Galaxy S (TouchWiz 3.0)
- Samsung Galaxy 3 (TouchWiz 3.0)
- Samsung Galaxy 5 (TouchWiz 3.0)
- Samsung Galaxy AceSamsung Galaxy AceThe Samsung Galaxy Ace, is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the open source Android operating system. Announced and released by Samsung in February 2011, the Galaxy Ace is the successor to the Galaxy 3....
(TouchWiz 3.0) - Samsung Galaxy GioSamsung Galaxy GioThe Samsung Galaxy Gio is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung operating the Android operating system.It was announced at the 2011 Mobile World Congress as one of four Samsung low-end smartphones, along with the Galaxy Ace, Galaxy Fit and Galaxy mini....
(TouchWiz 3.0) - Samsung Galaxy S IISamsung Galaxy S IIThe Samsung Galaxy S II is a smartphone running under the Android operating system that was announced by Samsung on February 13, 2011 at the Mobile World Congress. It is the successor to the Samsung Galaxy S, with a different appearance and significantly improved hardware...
(TouchWiz 4.0) - Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1The Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 series is an Android-based tablet computer produced by Samsung, introduced on 13 February 2011 at its Samsung Unpacked event in Barcelona....
(TouchWiz UX) - Samsung Galaxy Tab 8.9 (TouchWiz UX)
- Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus (TouchWiz UX)
- Samsung Galaxy TabSamsung Galaxy TabThe Samsung Galaxy Tab is an Android-based tablet computer produced by Samsung introduced on 2 September 2010 at the IFA in Berlin.The Galaxy Tab has a TFT-LCD touchscreen, Wi-Fi capability, a 1.0 GHz ARM Cortex-A8 Samsung Exynos 3110 processor, the Swype input system, a 3.2 MP rear-facing...
(TouchWiz 3.0) - Samsung Galaxy MiniSamsung Galaxy MiniThe Samsung Galaxy Mini, is a smartphone manufactured by Samsung that runs the open source Android operating system. Announced and released by Samsung in spring of 2011...
(TouchWiz 3.0) - Samsung Galaxy RSamsung Galaxy RThe Samsung Galaxy R I9103 is an Android smartphone that was announced by Samsung on August 10, 2011 as a variant to the Samsung Galaxy S II.- Processor :Nvidia's Tegra 2 System on a chip uses Nvidia's own GeForce ultra-low power for its GPU....
(TouchWiz 4.0) - Samsung Galaxy W (TouchWiz 4.0)
- Samsung Galaxy NoteSamsung Galaxy NoteThe Samsung Galaxy Note is an Android smartphone and tablet computer that was introduced in 2011. It occupies a niche in Samsung's Galaxy range, bridging the gap between other Galaxy-series smartphones such as the Galaxy S II and tablets such as the Galaxy Tab....
(TouchWiz 4.0) - Galaxy S II Skyrocket (TouchWiz 4.0)
- Samsung Galaxy YSamsung Galaxy YThe Samsung Galaxy Y S5360 is an Android smartphone by Samsung announced in August 2011.-External links:**...
(TouchWiz 3.0) - Samsung Infuse 4G (TouchWiz 3.0)