Friday, December 02, 2011
Mobile operating Systems :
- Operating Systems have developed a lot in last 15 years. Starting from black and white phones to recent smart phones or mini computers, mobile OS has come far away. Especially for smart phones, Mobile OS has greatly evolved from Palm OS in 1996 to Windows pocket PC in 2000 then to Blackberry OS and Android.
- List of Mobile operating Systems :
- iOS by Apple Inc.
- Android by Open Handset Alliance/Google
- Windows Mobile and Windows Phone by Microsoft
- Blackberry OS by RIM(Research In Motion)
- Web OS by Palm Inc.(HP)
- Symbian by Symbian Foundation
- bada OS by Sumsung
- Maemo by Nokia
- MeeGo by Nokia
- One of the most widely used mobile OS these days is ANDROID. Android is a software bunch comprising not only operating system but also middleware and key applications. Android Inc was founded in Palo Alto of California, U.S. by Andy Rubin, Rich miner, Nick sears and Chris White in 2003. Later Android Inc. was acquired by Google in 2005. After original release there have been number of updates in the original version of Android.
- Android 1.1 , Feb.2009
- Android 1.5 Cupcake , Apr.2009
- Android 1.6 Donut , Sept.2009
- Android 2.0/2.1 Eclair , Oct.2009
- Android 2.2 Froyo , May.2010
- Android 2.3 Gingerbread , Dec.2010
- Android 3.0 Honeycomb , May.2011
- Android 4.0 Icecream Sandwitch , Oct.2011
Note :- Growth in Activations. Android is now activating more than 550,000 new devices each day worldwide.
Growth in app consumption. Users downloaded more than 2.4 billion apps from Android Market in Q3 2011 alone.
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