3. 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.
4. MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEM EXAMPLES
● Google Android OS.
● Apple iOS.
● Windows 8 Mobile.
● Ubuntu Mobile.
● BlackBerry.
● Symbian OS.
● Firefox OS.
6. ANDROID
● Android is an operating system based on the designed
primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as
smartphones and tablet computers.
● Initially developed by Android which then bought by
Google in 2005.
● The first Android phone was sold in October 2008.
● Android is open source and Google releases the
source code under the License.
● Google Play has one million Android applications.
7. ANDROID
● The user of Android is based on direct to handle,
using touch inputs that is to be similar to real-world
actions on-screen.
● Internal hardware such as sensors are used by some
applications which are responsible to additional user
actions, for example adjusting the screen when we
turn the android sets.
11. IOS
● iOS (previously iPhone OS) is a mobile operating
system developed and distributed by Apple company.
Not viewed 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.
12. 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.
13. 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.
14. 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
16. 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.