Mobile phones have finally surpassed the best humanity has to offer that’s the pleasure of physically meeting your favorite persons. Nowadays meeting to your friends frequently has become almost impossible and life without the devices presumably you must be carrying more than one in your pocket cannot be imagined.
The power of this devices is increasing day by day even moment by moment. Yes, I am well aware that you know almost everything about your latest smartphone manufacturer, prices other features, but very few of us know about the mobile operating system.
While looking to buy a new mobile you always look for manufacturers, but the smart phone with the smart mobile operating system makes the smart combination to buy. You really need to know about the smart mobile OS before you purchase any smartphone to ensure its compatibility & application support that you going to use with it. Choosing smartphone is not only the hectic job but using it with smart operating system required some additional knowledge.
If you know about mobile operating systems thoroughly then you deserve to pat your back or maybe you are a geek, in any case, i can assure you that still, you will gain something from my insightful and thorough researched article.
What is mobile OS?
We know much about windows, Linux dominating our desktop or laptop computers but probably life is not so much easy talking of mobile os.
A Mobile operating system also called as Mobile OS is a software on top of which other programs can run on your mobile devices. The operating system is an interface, help you to interact with mobile resources and other features of mobile devices. In nutshell. Your Mobile Operating system controls all the features and is responsible for determining the features of your mobile devices like email, texting, thumbnail etc.
It is also a platform for some of you who want to create applications or ‘apps’
There are hundreds of thousands of apps available and they are constantly being developed – some of them for commercial purposes while few of them for own interests.
If you still have no idea about the operating system and puzzled then I have a few examples for you
Vacuum Control Systems which control the vacuum of a specific industrial chamber or vessel using different control strategies like PD, (Ohh so that was pretty technical)
Room Air Conditioner which adaptively controls the temperature of a room isn’t it cool?
Have you ever thought about this?
Do you still know your mobile Os?
There is one thing you must be really sure that periodically updating your mobile os lets you with new features, enhancements, bug fixes important security updates.
But do you know what are the different types of mobile os are?
do you know how to keep them up-to-date?
if you are interested to know then go ahead I am going to cover it thoroughly.
How do I know what operating system my mobile phone has?Â
If you already have a smartphone then you can find detailed information about mobile os in setting menu. {add image}
However, if you are buying a new phone, the operating system can be found the handset’s specifications information.{add image optional}
4 what are the different mobile os?
Some mobile operating system are open source software it means you can develop your own apps (software)
Android OS (Google Inc.)
Android is a mobile os developed by Google Inc. and OHA based on Linux kernel developed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablets. It is most popular OS till date powered by Linux kernel prevalent on most mobile devices.
Interestingly initially android was used to develop an advanced operating system for the digital camera though when it was realized that market is not large enough for the camera they diverted their efforts for making smartphone operating system.
Android platform is currently dominating the industry.It was launched in September 2008 by the name of Astro then upgraded versions bender and cupcake came out. But post this updates Google used it as a trend of naming android versions after any desserts or sweets in alphabetical order.Donut, Eclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Icecream sandwich, Jellybean, KitKat or Lollipop Marshmallow and now Nougat– these are current updated versions of Android OS
Android has an active community of developers and tech geeks who use the Android Open Source Project (AOSP) source code to develop and distribute their own modified versions of the operating system.These Open source community-developed releases bring updates and new versions faster than official releases.
Many new features which enhance its adaptability and productivity has made its best mobile operating system and popular. Android has released official google play store from where you can download thousands of apps from your android devices. Many devices such as Samsung, Motorola, HTC etc using android OS.
iOS (Apple Inc.)
iOS is a special mobile os developed by Apple Inc. iOS was first launched in July 2007. It is specially developed and designed for apple devices such as iPhone, iPad, iPod etc. It’s mostly popular because of its design and very user-friendly interface. (add image)
iOS doesn’t let you use it with other devices such as third party systems. So you can only use it with apple products like iPhone, iPad, iPod etc. It provides safari web browser for internet usage. Apple’s mail for mail access and dedicated iPod application for playing music, however, iOS also provides app store similar to google play store to download various applications ranging from guitar tutorials to dance learning.
Comparison between Android and iOS
Android Vs iOS
Pros of Android
- Android is a free software, Which gives you anything like songs, etc for free
- They are no limitations in android
- Android can be user-friendly, That is we can change the launcher, Icon, Etc of our choice which we like
- Android phones do not get updates easily
- Android version become older as it gets years
Cons
- Android can be hacked easily
- Android can get malware’s
- Android phones do not receive updates
Pros of iOS
- iOs is the most secure software
- All the apps first release in iOs then Android
- iOS is good for developers
- iOs encrypts everything
- It gets updates regularly
Cons
- The persons who are using iOS should be rich,
- It is not user-friendly
- It’s not free, Music, etc
Windows
Windows mobile OS developed by Microsoft Inc. Although we all are well familiar with Windows OS because it is extensively used in our computers and laptops.
But Once it’s software fell behind iOS and android they redesigned and launched an improved version of mobile OSÂ in 2010, which greater emphasis was on user experience and design.
It comes with internet explorer for web access and let you club your all photos from different sources at one destination which allows you to save your facebook photos in your personal gallery.
Windows phone are very simple, slick and very modern.
Stable, I never had a dropped calls or crashed apps and it also brings innovative software features (some of the features in not included neither in android nor in iOS).
But windows phone has got less number of apps when I installed default apps then realized that I am getting less than half of apps provided by android and iOS.
Every social networking apps are there in Windows. Every major productivity apps are there in Windows. If you’re looking out for some heavy gaming you would be disappointed.
But I don’t know why developers always prefer to use android even beginners .?
(Some popular but discontinued mobile OS)
Symbian
2000 – Symbian becomes the first modern mobile OS on a smartphone with the launch of the Ericsson R380.(add image)
The Symbian platform was developed by Nokia for some models of smartphones. It is proprietary software of Nokia. some of you will get me if I say Symbian is unlike other popular mobile os is not open source. It means that this software is owned by Nokia and any other company needs to take permission from Nokia before using this operating system.The operating system was discontinued in 2012, although you must have noticed slimmed-down version for basic phones was still developed until July 2014. Microsoft officially decided not to proceed with the platform in favor of Windows Phone after its acquisition of Nokia.
Research In Motion’s Blackberry
BlackBerry OS is a proprietary mobile operating system developed by BlackBerry Limited in 1999.
The BlackBerry platform is perhaps best known for its native support for corporate email, through Java Micro Edition MIDP 1.0
Third-party developers can write software using the available BlackBerry API classes
BlackBerry OS was discontinued after the release of BlackBerry 10 in 2011 although BlackBerry has assured of its continued support to BlackBerry OS.
Pick apt mobile os for your need?
It’s not about which OS is the best, but rather which OS is the best for you. We all have different needs and usage habits. I grew up tinkering with PCs and love having control over every aspect of my devices, and Android is flexible enough to accommodate my affinity for tweaking settings frequently. If we talk about security then you must admit that of the three most popular mobile OS windows OS is least used mobile OSÂ of the three, which makes it favorable among three as it less targeted and make it more secure. Moreover, it’s security model is quite restrictive so as far as security is concerned I feel windows mobile os are a winner.
If we talk about security then you must admit that of the three most popular mobile OS windows OS is least used mobile OSÂ of the three, which makes it favorable among three as it less targeted and make it more secure. Moreover, it’s security model is quite restrictive so as far as security is concerned I feel windows mobile os are a winner.
Moreover, it’s security model is quite restrictive so as far as security is concerned I feel windows mobile os are a winner.
