Samsung may be intentionally restricting its promotion of Windows Phone 8 to allow the development and future market penetration of its own Tizen mobile OS.

Windows Phone 8 is still trying to gain a bigger percentage of the phone OS market away from Apple's iOS and Android. Its latest effort is a web demo that people can use to try out the Windows Phone 8.

One fact that points to Samsung's sabotage is its Ativ Odyssey. The Odyssey, Samsung's first Windows Phone 8 handset, is considered a weak offering, and is failing in the free-with-contract market for which it was intended, according to All Things Digital.

Detwiler Fenton analyst Jeff Johnston states that Samsung's Windows 8 Phones have barely taken any stales share at Verizon, nor has it attempted to boost sales.

Some argue that if Samsung were committed to the Windows Phone 8, it would push the Ativ Odyssey more and try to put out more devices based on the platform.

But Detwiler Fenton believes that Samsung doesn't really want the Windows Phone 8 to succeed. It would rather have it's Linux-based mobile platform Tizen become the third big mobile operating system after iOS and Android.

Johnston stated, "Our checks indicate that Samsung may be intentionally gobbling up Microsoft's smartphone resources as a strategic move to impede the adoption of Windows Phone 8."

"While Samsung insists on receiving extensive engineering support from Microsoft, there is no evidence that Samsung has any interest in seeing the Windows Phone platform succeed," he continued.

The idea is that Microsoft gives Samsung its Windows Phone 8 resources, and Samsung as a 'strategic partner' develops its own competition (Tizen) with those resources.

By fully supporting Windows Phone 8, according to AllThingsD, Samsung could turn it into a third major competitor of iOS and Android.

But, why do that when it could develop its own 'Tizen' OS, and pretend to help push the Windows Phone 8?

Tizen is being developed in cooperation with Linux, and it is intended to be adaptable enough to run everything from smartphones and tablets to smart TV's.

However, it doesn't seem like Windows Phone 8 is giving up yet; Microsoft just released a fully interactive web demo that allows users to do everything on the Windows Phone 8 except make a call.

The simulator is "a great way to see how our award winning Start screen with resizable Live Tiles works, try out exclusive features like Kid's Corner, and - starting today - experience what your Facebook info would look like on the Start screen in the People and Photo Hubs," Microsoft explains.

It's a great way to get a taste of what the Windows Phone 8 offers without actually trying one.

The Windows Phone 8 platform recently topped a poll on PCMag rating user satisfaction. It also won the Readers' Choice Award for mobile phone platforms this year with 9.0 out of 10 points.