Mobile Phones Operating Systems
Many people have ample knowledge about different mobile phones and their companies, but a very few of them know something about operating systems. It is vital to learn about different mobile OS used by many companies so that you can know that what is behind your smartphone’s smooth and colorful touchscreen. Above is the popularity graph, which represents last 12 months trends. It is apparent that Android is beating up all other operating systems, even the IOS. Symbian, which was once an industry leader, is also observing a diminishing slope. IOS might continue to compete Android, and with the release of Windows Phone 8, we might see some healthy competition in future.
Symbian
Symbian OS is officially the property of Nokia. It means that any other company will have to take permission from Nokia before using this operating system. Nokia has remained a giant in the low-end mobile market, so after Java Symbian was the most used in the mobile phones till a couple of years ago. Still Symbian is widely used in low-end phones but the demand rate has ben continuously decreasing. By upgrading Symbian mobile OS, Nokia has made it capable to run smartphones
efficiently. Symbian ANNA and BELLE are the two latest updates that are currently used in Nokia’s smartphones. Overall, the Symbian OS is excellently designed and is very user-friendly.
Unfortunately, Symbian OS graph is going downwards nowadays due to the immense popularity of Android and iOS.
Some of the phones currently running on Symbian OS are Nokia C6-01, Nokia 603, Nokia 700, Nokia 808 Pure View, Nokia E6 (ANNA) and Nokia 701 (BELLE). Symbian is a popular choice among Nokia dual sim mobile phones as well.
Android
September 20th, 2008 was the date when Google released the first Android OS by the name of ‘Astro’.
After sometime next upgraded versions ‘Bender’ and ‘Cupcake’ were also
released. Google then adopted the trend of naming Android versions after
any dessert or a sweet in alphabetical order. The other releases are
Donut, Éclair, Froyo, Gingerbread, Honeycomb, Ice Cream Sandwich and
Jelly Bean.Marshmallow (Android 6.0) is so far the latest Android
version from Google. Since the platform is not closed like iOS, there
are too many great Android apps built by developers.
Just after stepping into the smartphone and tablets market Android
gained immense popularity due to its beautiful appearance and efficient
working. Many new features were introduced which played a significant
role in Android’s success. Google Play is an official app market that contains millions of different apps for Android devices. Samsung,
HTC, Motorola and many other top manufacturers are using Android in
their devices. Currently, Android is one of the top operating systems
and is considered serious threat for iPhone. Some of the smartphones operating on Android are HTC Desire, Samsung
Galaxy Gio, Motorola Droid Razr, Samsung Galaxy S3 and HTC Wildfire.