On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 2:04 AM, Mats Wichmann <[email protected]> wrote:

> On 05/19/15 15:28, Carsten Haitzler wrote:
> > On Tue, 19 May 2015 10:47:34 -0600 Mats Wichmann <[email protected]>
> said:
>
> >> hmmm, there was just a note of top 20 apps in the Tizen Store, and
> >> WhatsApp is #1 there, so perhaps this problem is solved, even if it's
> >> not necessarily a "html5" solution?  (I don't know details)
> >>
> >>
> http://www.downloadtizenapps.com/2015/05/tizen-store-20-most-popular-apps-for-april-2015.html
> >
> > it's an android app just packaged for tizen using the openmobile android
> compat
> > runtime. that's an extra download i believe. might not be available for
> all
> > tizen devices. not sure.
>
> okay, that just feels like "cheating" :)   good apps like that are
> available, but it would be nice if they could eventually become "real"
> Tizen apps.  Guess we have to show more demand first...

The first version of whatsapp on Samsung Z1 was an ACL app but it's a real
native Tizen app now, probably the result of a Samsung-Facebook deal - the
Z1 wouldn't be possible without whatsapp ;)
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