Operating systems for mobile devices

Operating systems for mobile devices


A mobile operating system is software that allows smartphones, tablets and other devices to run applications and programs means a mobile operating system that helps to run applications, software,  videos, music and games on a mobile phone. A mobile operating system is sometimes called a mobile OS. Example of the mobile operating system is the Apple iOS operating system, blackberry operating system and google android operating system. the operating system performs various types of task such as sending e-mail, texting messages, browsing the internet watching a movie etc. There are two most popular operating systems at present iOS operating system developed by apple and the android operating system which is developed by Google.

 

 

List of some common mobile operating systems

  • Android operating system
  • Apple iOS operating system
  • Bada operating system
  • Blackberry operating system
  • Windows mobile operating system
  • Symbian operating system
  • Palm operating system
  • Web operating system
  • Harmony operating system

 

Popular Mobile operating systems

IOS Operating System: -  

iOS operating system developed by apple that runs on iPad, iPhones and apple watches. iOS's operating system is much better than another operating systems.

Android Operating system: -

Android operating system developed by Google. Almost 85% of mobile devices use the android operating system.

Windows Phone operating system: -

The windows phone operating system developed by Microsoft that runs only windows phones

Blackberry operating system:-

Blackberry operating system was developed by research in motion (RIM) for their blackberry devices. Blackberry operating system is written in C++ language.

 

Comparison between the two most popular operating systems iOS and android 

IOS OPERATING SYSTEM

ANDROID OPERATING SYSTEM

The iOS operating system is more secure than the android operating system

Android operating system is less secure than the iOS operating system

 iOS operating system developed by apple

Android operating system developed by google

The iOS operating system is written in C, C++, Objective -C, assembly languages and swift

An android operating system is written in C, C++, Java and other languages

The iOS operating system has Siri voice assistant

Android operating system  has google assistance

iOS-based devices have the feature of blocking 3rd party apps

Android operating system doesn't block 3rd party apps

File transfer in iOS is more difficult than in android

File transfer in android is easier than in iOS