In today’s gadget freak era people
have great knowledge about the mobile or handheld devices including its features,
look, shape, size, weight, etc. But in most of the cases it has observed that
people only know about the hardware of the devices rather than its software or
OS. People just know about the name of the operating system which is enough for
them. But, being into the advance and tech-freak world, people must have proper
knowledge of their mobile or device’s operating system. Knowing about the
device’s OS can be helpful for people while downloading the latest application
based on it or updating its latest version and so on. To know about five most
famous Mobile Phones Operating Systems in 2014 are as follows:
Android
Emerged in the year of 2008
“Android” is formerly known as Astro. With each passing year and development,
Android has brought two updated versions named as “Bender” and “Cupcake”.
Google play is the most popular app store for people. Later, some other versions
also emerged, but so far now, KitKat is the latest version. Android received
huge popularity after stepping into smartphone and no, doubt it will soon
become the most preferred choice of people as it is becoming a tough competitor
or threat for other OS. A great change and scope has emerged in android app development with the advent
of KitKat OS.
Apple
Since its inception (2007) Apple and
its OS “iOS” is quite popular among developers and users.
From birth till date, iOS has gone
through numbers of updates and at present iOS 6 is the latest version. The
brand didn’t allow any other manufacturer to lay hands on its operating system.
It is a quite user-friendly OS therefore it is use in iPhone, iPhone 2G, iPhone
3G, iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S device. The wide
development in iOS has brought many challenges for iphone app development industry, but the talented experts have come
up with numbers of superb application that offers the best experience to users.
Windows
Windows OS is popular among large
masses as it is used in computers all over the world. But, now days it is even
used in mobile phone or smartphone. With the advent of windows 7 the brand has
earned huge success and popularity for the same.
Blackberry
Released in the year of 1999 RIM
(Research in Motion) is Blackberry’s OS that makes it different from other
operating system. This OS is perfect for the blackberry Smartphone as it has the blackberry Smartphone
style as well as the smart phone design which is different with its trackball
for moving on the menu and a QWERTY keyboard. The best feature of this OS is
its immune system which keeps away the hand held device free from viruses.
Presently it is used in some of the devices, including Blackberry Curve,
Blackberry Torch, Blackberry Bold, and Blackberry 8520.
Symbian
Symbian is a popular OS, which is
officially handled by Nokia. Nokia has a great experience in low end mobile
market. The operating system is performing good work in all low budget phones
such as Nokia 603, Nokia 700, Nokia 808 Pure View, Nokia C6-01, Nokia E6 (ANNA) and Nokia 701 (BELLE). As the demand of
Android and iOS is increasing day by day, therefore Symbian’s demand is
decreasing badly.
Each of these operating systems has helped developers
to come up with fantastic and user friendly mobile app development which enables the user to enjoy the device
thoroughly.
