A to Z information about All mobile Operating Systems...

1. MOBILE OPERATING
SYSTEMS
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3.  Definition: Mobile operating system
 History
 Types of mobile operating systems
 Comparison

4.  A mobile operating system (mobile OS) is the
operating system that controls a smartphone, tablet,
PDA, or other mobile device.
 Modern mobile operating systems combine the
features of a personal computer operating system
with touchscreen, cellular, Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, GPS
mobile navigation, camera, video camera, speech
recognition, voice recorder, music player, Near field
communication, personal digital assistant (PDA), and
other features.

5. The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, had a touchscreen,
email, and PDA features.
 Palm Pilot 1000 personal digital assistant is introduced
with the Palm OS mobile operating system.
 First Windows CE Handheld PC devices are introduced.
Symbian became the first modern mobile OS on a
smartphone with the launch of the Ericsson R380
 Microsoft's first Windows CE (Pocket PC) smartphones
are introduced.
 BlackBerry releases its first smartphone.

6.  Apple iPhone with iOS introduced as an iPod, "mobile
phone" and "internet communicator”.
 Open Handset Alliance (OHA) formed by Google, HTC,
Sony, Dell, Intel, Motorola, Samsung, LG, etc.
OHA releases Android 1.0 with the HTC Dream (T-Mobile
G1) as the first Android phone.
Samsung announces the Bada OS with the introduction of
the Samsung S8500.
The Lenovo K800 will be the first Intel powered
smartphone (Android OS).

8. www.cnet.com/14 dec’2011

9. In 2006, android, ios, windows phone, and bada did
not yet exist and just 64 million smartphones were
sold of blackberry and symbian OS.
Today, nearly 10 times as many smartphones are
sold and the top mobile operating systems by
market share are android, apple ios, RIM
blackberry, windows phone, and bada.
(MWC’2011)

10.  COMPANY/DEVELOPER
Samsung Electronics
 RELEASE DATE
JUNE 1,2010(One million handsets
sold in first 4 weeks)
 PROGRAMMED IN -----
C(core), Java(UI), C++,Flash
 LATEST STABLE RELEASE
2.0.3 Software Development
Kit(SDK) / December 16, 2011
Bada 2.0 Home screen

11.  Samsung's first phone running the bada platform was
the wave S8500.With the release of the Samsung wave,
Samsung opened an international application store,
Samsung apps, for the bada platform.
 Bada, as Samsung defines it, is not an operating system
itself, but a platform with a kernel ( it is a bridge
between applications and the actual data processing
done at the hardware level) configurable architecture,
which allows using either a proprietary real-time
operating system (RTOS) kernel, or the Linux kernel.
 Bada supports many mechanisms to enhance
interaction, which can be incorporated into
applications. These include various sensors such as
motion sensing, vibration control, face detection,
accelerometer, magnetometer, tilt, global positioning
system (GPS), and multi-touch.

12.  All VOIP over Wi-Fi applications were
banned which means that popular
applications such as Skype cannot be
used. In march 2011 this restriction was
removed, allowing VOIP applications to
run on the platform.
 Bada versions 1.X only allowed one bada
third party application to run at a time.
Multitasking applications was only
possible between the base applications
and one bada application. This limit is
removed since version 2.0

13.  COMPANY/DEVELOPER
Research In Motion(RIM)
 INITIAL RELEASE
 version 1.0 for Pager BlackBerry 580;
January 1999.
 version 3.6 for smartphone BlackBerry
5810 Wireless Handheld; march 2002
 PROGRAMMED IN -----
C++,
 LATEST STABLE RELEASE
7.1 (BlackBerry Bold 9930) / May 2011
BlackBerry OS 7 (on a
BlackBerry Torch 9860)

14.  The operating system provides multitasking and supports specialized
input devices that have been adopted by RIM for use in its
handhelds, particularly the track wheel, trackball, and most
recently, the track pad and touchscreen.
 The BlackBerry platform is perhaps best known for its native
support for corporate email, which allows complete wireless
activation and synchronization with Microsoft Exchange, Lotus
Domino, or Novell GroupWise email, calendar, tasks, notes, and
contacts, when used with BlackBerry Enterprise Server. The
operating system also supports W A P (WIRELESS APPLICATIION
PROTOCOL) 1.2.
 BlackBerry Fonts-Andale , Mono Arial, BB Alpha Sans BB Alpha
Sans Condensed BB ,Alpha Serif , Comic Sans , MS Courier New,
Georgia, Impact Tahoma, etc.
 On September 27, 2010, RIM announced a new unrelated QNX-
based platform, BlackBerry Tablet OS, to run on its recently
released BlackBerry PlayBook tablet computer..

16.  COMPANY/DEVELOPER
“Accenture” on behalf of “Nokia”
 INITIAL RELEASE
1997, at the time simply referred to as EPOC,
was later renamed Symbian OS
 PROGRAMMED IN -----
C++,
 LATEST STABLE RELEASE
Nokia Belle (Symbian^3)
Home screen displayed by Nokia
N8, running Symbian Belle
Operating System.

17.  USER INTERFACE
Symbian^3 includes the QT FRAMEWORK(cross-platform application
framework that is widely used for developing application software with a
graphical user interface (GUI)), which is now the recommended user interface
toolkit for new applications. QT can also be installed on older Symbian devices.
Nokia currently recommends that developers use QT QUICK WITH QML, the
new high-level declarative UI and scripting framework for creating visually rich
touchscreen interfaces that allows development, it will be delivered to existing
Symbian^3 devices as a QT update.
 BROWSER
Symbian^3 and earlier have a native WEBKIT based browser; indeed, Symbian
was the first mobile platform to make use of WebKit (in June 2005).Some older
Symbian models have Opera Mobile as their default browser.
Nokia released a new browser with the release of Symbian Anna with improved
speed and an improved user interface.

18.  MULTIPLE LANGUAGE SUPPORT
 Symbian has strong localization support enabling manufacturers
and 3rd party application developers to localize their Symbian
based products in order to support global distribution.
 Current Symbian release (Symbian Belle) has support for 48
languages, which Nokia makes available on device in language
packs
 APPLICATION DEVELOPMENT
 From 2010, Symbian switched to using standard C++ with QT as
the main SDK, which can be used with either Qt Creator or
Carbide C++.
 Alternative application development can be done using Python,
Adobe Flash Lite or Java ME.

19.  COMPANY/DEVELOPER
Palm Inc.,ACCESS(Garnet OS)
 INITIAL RELEASE
1996
 PROGRAMMED IN -----
C/C++,
 LATEST STABLE RELEASE
Garnet OS 5.5 / 2007
Palm m505, running Palm

20.  Palm OS versions earlier than 5.0 run on Motorola/Freescale
DragonBall processors.
 From version 5.0 onwards, Palm OS runs on ARM architecture-
based processors.
 Simple, single-tasking environment to allow launching of full
screen applications with a basic, common GUI set Monochrome or
color screens with resolutions up to 480x320 pixel
 Handwriting recognition input system called Graffiti 2
 HotSync technology for data synchronization with desktop
computers
 Sound playback and record capabilities
 Simple security model: Device can be locked by password, arbitrary
application records can be made private TCP/IP network access
 Serial port/USB, infrared, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi connections
 Expansion memory card support

21.  Version 1.0 features the classic PIM applications Address, Date Book, Memo Pad, and To
Do List. Also included is a calculator and the Security tool to hide records for private use.
 This version adds TCP/IP network, network HotSync, and display backlight support
 This version adds IrDA infrared and enhanced font support. This version also features
updated PIM applications and an update to the application launcher.
 This version adds a standard interface for external file system access. This version also has
security and UI enhancements(such as SD cards) .
 With a more powerful hardware basis, Palm OS is substantially enhanced for multimedia
capabilities. High density 320x320 screens are supported together with a full digital sound
playback and record API.
 Palm's separate Bluetooth stack is added together with an IEEE 802.11b Wi-Fi stack.
Secure network connections over SSL are supported. The OS can be customized with
different color schemes.

23.  COMPANY/DEVELOPER
Google Inc.
 INITIAL RELEASE
20 Sep’2008
 PROGRAMMED IN -----
C(core),Java, C++,
 LATEST STABLE RELEASE
4.0.4(ice cream sandwich)/31 January 2012
Home screen displayed by Samsung
Galaxy Nexus, running Android 4.0
"Ice Cream Sandwich”.

24. • Android is a Linux-based operating system for mobile devices such as
smartphones and tablet computers
• According to Google's Andy Rubin, as of December 2011 there are over 700,000
Android devices activated every day.
• 58.6 % usage share was acquired by android(2.3.3) gingerbread by February
2012.
(Reference : "Android Platform Versions". Android Developers. February 1, 2012)

25. Handset layouts External storage
Storage Screen capture
Connectivity Bluetooth
Messaging Video calling
Multiple language support Multitasking
Web browser Voice based features
Java support(for Flash) Tethering(WI-FI)
Media support
Streaming media support
Additional hardware support(video/still cameras,
touchscreens, GPS)

26. ANDROID MARKET
• Android Market is the online software store developed
by Google for Android devices. An application
program ("app") called "Market" is preinstalled on
most Android devices and allows users to browse and
download apps published by third-party developers,
hosted on Android Market.
• As of October 2011 there were more than 300,000 apps
available for Android, and the estimated number of
applications downloaded from the Android Market as
of December 2011 exceeded 10 billion. The operating
system itself is installed on 130 million total
devices.(Techcrunch-July 18 2011)
• Google has participated in the Android Market by
offering several applications themselves, including
Google Voice (for the Google Voice service), Sky Map
(for watching stars), Finance (for their finance
service), Maps Editor (for their MyMaps service), etc.

27. SECURITY
• Google has responded by removing malicious apps from
the Android Market, remotely disabling them on infected
devices, and scanning newly-uploaded apps for potentially
malicious software. Several security firms have released
antivirus software for Android devices, in particular,AVG
Technologies,Avast!,F-Secure,Kaspersky,McAfee[and
Symantec.
• Android smartphones have the ability to report the location
of Wi-Fi access points, encountered as phone users move
around, to build vast databases containing the physical
locations of hundreds of millions of such access points.

28.  COMPANY/DEVELOPER Apple Inc.
 INITIAL RELEASE 20 Sep’2007
 PROGRAMMED IN ----- C, C++,Objective C
 OS FAMILY Mac OS X,BSD,unix
 LATEST RELEASE i OS 5.0.1

29.  Originally developed for the iPhone,
it has since been extended to
support other Apple Inc. devices
such as the iPod Touch, iPad, and
Apple TV.
 iOS is derived from Mac OS X, with
which it shares the Darwin
foundation, and is therefore a Unix-
like operating system.
 Apple does not license iOS for
installation on non-Apple hardware.
 As of October 4, 2011, Apple's App
Store contained more than 500,000
iOS applications, which have
collectively been downloaded more
than 24 billion times.(Canalys.
iOS 5.0.1 running on an iPhone January 31, 2011)
4S

30. The user interface of ios is based on the concept of direct
manipulation, using multi-touch gestures,Interface control
elements consist of sliders, switches, and buttons. The response to
user input is immediate and provides a fluid interface.
The home screen displays application icons and a dock at the
bottom of the screen where users can pin their most frequently
used apps. The home screen appears whenever the user
switches on the device or presses the "Home" button (a physical
button on the device).

32. engadget.com
Bloomberg CNET
Tech crunch www.apple.com
Androidos.in developer.apple.com
Android.com www.microsoft.com
www.mobileworldcongress.com www.pcworld.com