Mobile Operating Systems

Dasun HegodaSoftware Engineer

What we are going to talk – Part 2

● Why Learn Mobile Operating System

● Market Share & History

● Android

● IOS

● Windows 8 Phone & Symbian

● Comparison

● Revisit & Wrap Up

Why Learn Mobile Operating Systems

Why Learn Mobile Operating Systems

● The Post-PC Era - On the go

● Consumers/Users own a smartphone

● Mobile traffic is exploding

● Competitive Advantage

● New Advertising Opportunities

● Improved User Experience

Mobile Operating System Definitions

Mobile Operating System Definitions

● A mobile operating system, also referred to as mobile OS, is an operating system that operates a smartphone, tablet, PDA, or other mobile device.

● A mobile operating system (OS) is software that allows smartphones, tablet PCs and other devices to run applications and programs.

● Mobile devices with mobile communications capabilities (e.g. smartphones) contain two mobile operating systems - the main user-facing software platform is supplemented by a second low-level proprietary real-time operating system which operates the radio and other hardware.

Mobile Operating System Examples

● Google Android OS

● Apple iOS

● Windows 8 Mobile

● Ubuntu Mobile

● BlackBerry

● Symbian OS

● Firefox OS

● Bada

Market Share

History

● 1979–1992 Mobile phones use embedded systems to control operation.

● 1994 The first smartphone, the IBM Simon, has a touchscreen, email and PDA features.

● 1996 Palm Pilot 1000 personal digital assistant is introduced with the Palm OS mobile operating system.

● 1996 First Windows CE Handheld PC devices are introduced.

● 1999 Nokia S40 OS is officially introduced along with the Nokia 7110

● 2000 Symbian becomes the first modern mobile OS on a smartphone with the launch of the Ericsson R380.

History

Android

Android

● Android is an operating system based on the Linux kernel, and designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers.

● Initially developed by Android, Inc., which Google backed financially and later bought in 2005.

● Android was unveiled in 2007. The first Android phone (HTC Dream) was sold in October 2008.

● Android is open source and Google releases the source code under the Apache License.

● Google Play has one million Android apps

Android

● The user interface of Android is based on direct manipulation, using touch inputs that loosely correspond to real-world actions, like swiping, tapping, pinching and reverse pinching to manipulate on-screen objects.

● Internal hardware such as accelerometers, gyroscopes and proximity sensors are used by some applications to respond to additional user actions, for example adjusting the screen from portrait to landscape depending on how the device is oriented.

Android Versions

● Android 1.0

● Android 1.1

● Android 1.5 Cupcake

● Android 1.6 Donut

● Android 2.0 Eclair

● Android 2.0.1 Eclair

● Android 2.1 Eclair

● Android 2.2–2.2.3 Froyo

● Android 2.3–2.3.2 Gingerbread

● Android 2.3.3–2.3.7 Gingerbread

● Android 3.0 Honeycomb

● Android 3.1 Honeycomb

● Android 3.2 Honeycomb

● Android 4.0–4.0.2 Ice Cream Sandwich

● Android 4.0.3–4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich

● Android 4.1 Jelly Bean

● Android 4.2 Jelly Bean

● Android 4.3 Jelly Bean

● Android 4.4 KitKat

Android Versions

Android Architecture

Android Features

iOS

iOS

● iOS (previously iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system developed and distributed by Apple Inc. Originally unveiled in 2007 for the iPhone.

● It has been extended to support other Apple devices such as the iPod Touch (September 2007), iPad (January 2010), iPad Mini (November 2012) and second-generation Apple TV (September 2010).

● Unlike Microsoft's Windows Phone and Google's Android, Apple does not license iOS for installation on non-Apple hardware.

iOS

● Apple's App Store contained more than 1 million iOS applications, 475,000 of which were optimized for iPad.

● 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. Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as swipe, tap, pinch, and reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the iOS operating system and its multi-touch interface.

iOS

● Apple's App Store contained more than 1 million iOS applications, 475,000 of which were optimized for iPad.

● 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. Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as swipe, tap, pinch, and reverse pinch, all of which have specific definitions within the context of the iOS operating system and its multi-touch interface.

iOS

● iPhone OS 1.x

● iPhone OS 2.x

● iPhone OS 3.x

● iOS 4.x

● iOS 5.x

● iOS 6.x

● iOS 7.x

iOS Features

iOS Features

Windows 8 Phone

Windows 8 Phone

● New guy in town, Building Microsoft ecosystem

● Windows Phone 8 is the second generation of the Windows Phone mobile operating system from Microsoft.

● It was released on October 29, 2012, and like its predecessor, it features the interface known as Metro.

● Windows Phone 8 devices are manufactured by Nokia, HTC, Samsung and Huawei.

Windows 8 Phone

Symbian OS

Symbian OS

● Symbian is an open-source mobile operating system (OS) and computing platform designed for smartphones.

● Symbian was originally developed by Symbian Ltd.

● Symbian was used by many major mobile phone brands, like Samsung, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, and above all by Nokia.

● It was the most popular smartphone OS on a worldwide average until the end of 2010, when it was overtaken by Android.

Comparison

Bottom line

In conclusion, no operating system is really better, the choice is up to you.