2. SOME OF THE TOP MOBILE OPERATING
SYSTEMS ARE :
IOS
ANDROID
SYMBIAN
RIM
WINDOWS 8
BADA
3. IOS BY APPLE
iOS (previously iPhone OS) is a mobile operating system by Apple Inc.
(2007)
Apple's App Store contained more than 650,000 iOS applications.
Market share - 23% share of the smartphone os units 2012,( behind
Google's Android).
Interaction with the OS includes gestures such as swipe, tap, pinch, and
reverse pinch, ( specific definitions ) and its multi-touch interface.
Apple rebranded iPhone OS as "iOS“(2010). The trademark "IOS" had been
used by Cisco . To avoid any potential lawsuit, Apple licensed the "IOS"
trademark from Cisco.
5. ANDROID
Android is a Linux-based operating system developed by
Google in conjunction with the Open Handset Alliance.
The first Android-powered phone was sold in October 2008, and by
2010 Android had become the world's leading smartphone
platform.
Worldwide smartphone market share -59% (
2012)
Android was initially developed by Android
Inc, whom Google financially backed and
later purchased in 2005.[
6. After the internally used "Astro" and "Bender" names each version has
been named after a dessert or sugary treat and released in alphabetical
order, with 1.5 "Cupcake" being the first, and with every update since
has followed this naming convention.
1.0 Astro 2.2 Froyo
1.1 Bender 2.3 Gingerbread
1.5 Cupcake 3.x Honeycomb
1.6 Donut 4.0 Ice Cream
Sandwich
2.0/2.1 Éclair 4.1 Jelly Bean