5. • 1979 – 1992
Embedded systems used in phones.
• 1994
First smartphone, the IBM Simon, with touchscreen, email features.
• 1996
Palm Pilot 1000 PDA introduced with Palm OS
• 2000
Symbian becomes first mobile OS on a smartphone
• 2002
Microsoft introduces Windows CE for smartphones
• 2002
Blackberry releases its first smartphone
6. • 2007
Apple iPhone with iOS introduced
• 2007
Open Handset Alliance formed by Google, HTC, Sony, Dell, Intel, Motorola, Samsung, etc
• 2008
Android 1.0 released with HTC Dream.
• 2010
Windows Phone OS released
• 2012
Mozilla announces Firefox OS
• 2013
Blackberry releases their new OS, BlackBerry 10
8. ANDROID
• It is a free and open source OS from Google Inc.
• Developed by Android Inc. which was later purchased by Google Inc. in 2005.
• Linux based OS backed by Google and other hardware and software developers from Open Handset Alliance.
• OS releases named after sweets : Cupcake, Frozen Yogurt(Froyo), Ginger Bread, Honey Comb, Ice Cream
Sandwich, Jelly Bean
10. IOS
• iOS is from Apple Inc.
• Closed source and proprietary, built on open source Darwin core OS.
• Used on iPhone, iPod, iPad, Apple TV.
• 3rd party apps officially supported from 2008 after the release of iOS 2.0
11. WINDOWS OS
• Windows OS is from Microsoft
• It is closed source and proprietary
• Design resembles the desktop version of Windows 8
14. GENERAL
Description
Android
BlackBerry
iOS
Windows
• OS Family :
• Linux
• Mobile OS
• Darwin
• Windows CE/NT
• Programmed in :
• C, C++, Java
• Java
• C, C++, Objective
-C
• C++, .NET,
Lazarus,
Silverlight, etc
• Current Version
• 4.3
• 10
• 6.1.4
• Licence
• Free except
proprietary
component
• Proprietary
• Proprietary EULA
except for open
source
components
• Windows, Mac
OS X
• Mac OS X using
iOS SDK
• Official SDK
platform(s)
• Linux, Mac OS X
and Window
• 8
• Proprietary
• Windows
15. Description
Android
iOS
BlackBerry
Windows
• 600000+
• 120000+
• 650000+
• 100000+
• Yes
• Yes, limited
• Yes, limited
• Yes, limited
• Yes
• Available
• Yes
• Not Available
• Flash support
• Yes
• NA
• No
• NA
• Maps
• Google Maps
• NA
• Apple Maps
• Here Maps
• Apps
• Multitasking
• Centralized
notifications
16. CAPABILITIES
Description
• Package manager
Android
• APK
• Wireless system
updates
• Yes
• Voice Recognition
BlackBerry
• BlackBerry
Desktop
Manager
• S-Voice (Only in
new models)
• Near Field
Communication
• Yes
• Available
iOS
• iTunes
• Zune Software
• iOS 5 onwards
• OS 8 onwards
• Siri on iPhone 4S
onwards
• Available
• Available
• Available
• Available
• On device picture
info
(including Exif dat
a)
• Only date and
location
Windows
• Not Available
• NA
• Only location
• Not Available
17. COST
Description
Android
BlackBerry
iOS
Windows
• Cost to develop
on the phone
• Free
• Free
• $99/year
• $99/year
• Cost of
application
(Range)
• Free – Rs. 1000
• Free – Rs 1000
• Free – Rs. 1800
• Free - Rs. 1000
• Rs. 10000 (The
Most Expensive
Play App)
• Rs. 750000
(SafeCell)
• Rs. 60000
(BarMax:
California
Edition)
• Rs. 3000 (I'm
Rich)
• Most expensive
application