This document provides a summary of different mobile operating systems in 2010-2011, including iOS, Symbian, Linux-based systems like Maemo and MeeGo, Windows Mobile, webOS, Blackberry, Bada, Windows Phone 7, and Android. It also includes brief descriptions and images for each operating system. There is a note about phones becoming the new PCs and a quote about not needing to hire mobile experts to build a great mobile team.

1. Playbook 2010.11

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Image credit: flickr.com/vilavelosa/3814213301 >

4. Phones are the new PCs.
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5. 2009

6. 2010

8. iOS 4.2
It‘s hard to believe we
could fit
so many great ideas
into something so thin.
Image credit: apple.com >

10. iOS 4.2
iOS 4 iPhone
Image credit: apple.co.jp >

12. Symbian S60
Take amazing photos
and videos, connect to
your favourite social
networks and be
entertained with the
latest Web TV programs
and Ovi Store apps.
Image credit: nokia.com >

14. Symbian UIQ
Input text via the
keypad, keyboard,
onscreen keyboard or
handwriting recognition;
go handsfree with
speakerphone or
wireless headset.
Image credit: sonyericsson.com >

16. Symbian Qt
Cross-­‐‑platform
application and UI
framework.
Image credit: qt.nokia.com >

18. Linux Maemo
brings the power of
computers to mobile
devices.
Image credit: maemo.nokia.com >

19. 20092010

20. Linux MeeGo
provides a solid baseline
for device vendors and
developers to start
creating software for
various device categories
on Intel Atom* and
ARMv7 architectures.
Image credit: intel.com >

22. Windows Mobile 6.5
delivers an experience
your senses have been
waiting for.
Image credit: htc.com >

24. HP webOS 2.0
New ways to be amazing.
Just type…
Image credit: palm.com >

26. Blackberry RIM
Use your fingers to pinch
a screen for a zoomed out
effect and expand two
fingers to zoom in.
Image credit: sa.blackberry.com >

28. Samsung bada
Activate communities at
your hands with email,
Instant Messaging and
SNS during
synchronizing contacts
and calendars.
Image credit: samsung.com >

30. Windows Phone 7
The most exciting thing to
happen to phones in a
long time.
Image credit: htc.com >

32. Android 2.3
Android Market is an
open service that lets you
distribute
your apps to handsets.
Image credit: vodafone.com >

34. Android 2.3
Android Market is an
open service that lets you
distribute
your apps to handsets.
Image credit: vodafone.com >

36. “Myth 1: You need to hire
mobile experts.
Reality: Hire great
athletes; mobile ‘experts’
will be useless in 6
months.”
— Elad Gil, Director of Geo at Twiler,
5 Myths of Building a Great Mobile Team

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Image credit: flickr.com/virginia/2898506631 >

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