Similarly, the operating system that we use, not just Windows, but there are also MacOS or Ubuntu and others. Smartphone or table also has a powerful operating system to support a variety of applications and needs of its users.
Sometimes it becomes a major problem for us when they wanted to buy the phone. Often confused to select "phone with the operating system what is suitable for me?". Maybe initially when the phone is not much choice using operating system, we just focus on the phone with the Nokia brand alone., But it seems now the "smart phone" began to appear for in make the right choice. Lets see some operating system options that we can consider.
Android
Now this gadget users all over the world are familiar with Android. Android was developed based on the Linux kernel so that the system categorized the operating system is open. All the leading mobile phone vendors to now use Android as its OS. In Indonesia, the famous best-selling Android phones.
Bada
Bada is a mobile operating system developed by Samsung Electronics. This OS is designed for high-end smartphones and lower-end feature phones. Samsung Bada menklaim that will take the place in the world of property feature phone platform, replacing feature phones into smartphones. The name 'bada' Alone in the capture of the Korean language which means the sea or ocean.
Samsung introduced the bada platform on 10 November 2009. Upon launch, many companies such as Twitter, EA, Capcom, Gameloft and Blockbuster showed their support for the Bada platform. Once introduced, the Wave S8500 was first exhibited at the Mobile World Congress 2010 in Spain in February. At the same time demonstrated the applications that run on Bada for the first time as Asphalt 5 by Gameloft.
Blackberry OS
In Indonesia, the Blackberry is selling well enough recognized sales figures. But outside the Indonesian mobile market is on the decline. Blackberry OS has its advantages in that is called Blackberry Messenger instant message fellow Blackberry device users.
For someone who works in the company, the Blackberry also has a Push E-mail to facilitate mengcek incoming e-mails from the office without having to open it from the PC.
Firefox OS
Mozilla, the company that developed the browser application (browser) Firefox, plan to make the operating system open source code (open source) for mobile devices named Firefox OS. Mozilla hopes, the prime with Firefox OS will be released in 2013.
All the support has been obtained for the Mozilla Firefox project OS. Mobile device manufacturers ZTE and TCL, which both come from China, is ready to produce the Firefox OS operating system.
Mozilla said that Firefox OS will be fully open mobile ecosystem. Built entirely on open web standards and applications are developed with HTML5 technology. To some extent, Firefox OS will compete with Android because they both are open (open source) and can be used free of charge by phone vendor.
iOS
Surely we are not familiar with the device called the iPhone. True, iOS is the operating system that can only be met at the device manufacturer Apple Inc.. iOS is the operating system that was developed from Mac OS X. iOS is also an open source system that oprasi under the auspices of the Apple Public Source License (APSL). In iOS there are abstraction layers, layers Core OS, Core Services layers, Media Layers, Layers Cocoua Touch.
IOS is also famous for its Siri voice command that is similar to the accuracy, famous for his. iOS also has a very elegant interface. In the latest version, there is a new change and a "patch" for bugs, there is also an iMessage is an instant messenger for fellow iOS users.
MeeGo
MeeGo is a mobile operating system based on Linux and open source project or free. MeeGo was developed for a variety of hardware devices such as netbooks, tablet computers, nettops (desktop computers smaller form), in-vehicle devices infotaiment (infotaiment device in a vehicle), SmartTV, smartphones and so forth. MeeGo OS is an OS that is relatively new and was introduced at the Mobile World Congress in 2010 and which introduced the Intel and Nokia.
Palm Os
Palm OS is an operating system and a PDA smartphone developed by Palm Inc.. in 1996. Palm OS was created to provide convenience to its users when used with a touchscreen-based user interface.
Currently, licensed version of the trademark Palm OS Garnet OS turned into the newest version of the Palm OS Garnet 5.4.9. Palm OS was originally developed under the command of palmComputing Jeff Hawkins, Inc.. then later acquired by U.S. Robotics Corp. and eventually bought by 3Com. In January 2002 ago, Palm set up a wholly owned subsidiary to license the Palm OS developed by PalmSource called. In 2007, exactly on January 25, ACCESS announced the name change of the system Palm OS Palm OS Garnet to be today.
Symbian
Nokia is one of the older brands that almost everyone already knows. In Indonesia, Nokia phone could dominate the market share of mobile phone sales. Symbian is also not an open source operating system, but it is necessary because the developer API so many wrong-clicking mean that the source code is not distributed freely.
One of his seed is to be on the run with multi-tasking. Currently Symbian also has reached the version of Symbian Belle, which is the most recent version and can be encountered in the Nokia 600 and 700.
webOS
webOS is a mobile operating system for multiple mobile devices, smartphones and tablet computers. webOS-based Linux kernel that was originally developed by Palm, but was later acquired by Hewlett-Packard with a value of 1.2 billion, which was then known as HP webOS. webOS was introduced in 2009. Several devices running webOS smartphones including HP Veer and HP Pree 3. Meanwhile, the tablet computer is an HP Touch Pad. But unfortunately the device with webOS platform less in demand in the market and even the HP stop making the hardware. Until the outstanding issues that in 2011 Samsung will acquire webOS, but the news was denied by Samsung Management.
Windows Phone
Not only makes the operating system for desktop needs, Microsoft also compete in the mobile operating system. The latest version of Microsoft's OS is Windows Phone 8 will run on top of Windows NT kernel, which is used to segment the entreprise.
Nokia and HTC are two of the gadget vendors who use this OS. Range of Nokia phones that use the Windows Phone OS is the Lumia series. While some series of HTC smartphones that use this OS is the HTC Zenith, HTC Accord and HTC Rio.
Ubuntu Mobile
Present as competitors Android and iOS , Ubuntu -based software for mobile devices is mentioned to be present at an affordable price . This version of Ubuntu has been designed in order to remain able to work in entry-level device though .Ubuntu for this mobile comes with the same kernel and drivers with the operating system made by Google , Android . This can be very profitable for the developer . They no longer need to build apps or write code from scratch .Ubuntu Linux for mobile will be available from entry-level to high-end . The definition of the entry-level here has a minimum specification Cortex A9 1GHz processor and 512MB of RAM . As for the high-end with the minimum specification Quad - core A9 processor and 1GB of RAM .Ubuntu Linux operating system already supports ARM and x86 -based processors . With such support , this device can use a PC processors , such as Intel's Atom .
So choose the type of phones that match the criteria you . When prioritizing design and multimedia , not hurt you to try the iPhone . But if you are someone who " gadgets " , Android mrupakan right choice . Do not mean to drop the other OS , but the sales figures the iPhone and Android is still the king of the market .