Explain the similarities and differences between two differe

Explain the similarities and differences between two different mobile phone operating systems.

Solution

Mobile Operating System

What is operating system…?

An operating system is an interface between user and hardware. It manages hardware and software resources of the system.

Mobile operating System. An operating system which controls mobile devices is called Mobile devices. The modern mobile operating systems combine the features of a personal computer operating system with touchscrean, cellular, Bluetooth etc.

list the few Mobile Operating System

Android

Blackberry iOS

WebOS

SymbianOS

Windows

Now I am comparing two Mobile operating system 1)- Android and Windows

Advantages of Android OS:

Disadvantages of Android OS:

Advantages of Windows OS:

Disadvantage

Comparative study between Androids OS and Windows OS

Difference

properties

Android

Windows

Company/ Developer

Google

Microsoft

Programmed in

Java, C, C++

C, C++

OS family

Unix-like

Windows

Source model

Open source software

Closed-source

Updates

Updates are provided by different parties in the consortium.

Updates are only done by Microsoft.

Applications

Applications are created by an open community of developers.

Applications are created by tie up companies and Microsoft.

Touch style

Capacitive technology

Capacitive technology

Offers native support for

Google Sync for Gmail, Contacts, and Google Calendar.

Mail, Exchange, Outlook Contacts, Calendar, Windows Market, etc.

Number of applications

Over 700,000 applications

Limited number of applications.

Similarities

properties

Android

Windows

Security

yes

yes

Cloud Support

Yes(Google Drive)

Yes(Microsoft Drive)

User interface

yes

yes

Language support

Language support

Language support

Updating of OS

yes

yes

properties	Android	Windows
Company/ Developer	Google	Microsoft
Programmed in	Java, C, C++	C, C++
OS family	Unix-like	Windows
Source model	Open source software	Closed-source
Updates	Updates are provided by different parties in the consortium.	Updates are only done by Microsoft.
Applications	Applications are created by an open community of developers.	Applications are created by tie up companies and Microsoft.
Touch style	Capacitive technology	Capacitive technology
Offers native support for	Google Sync for Gmail, Contacts, and Google Calendar.	Mail, Exchange, Outlook Contacts, Calendar, Windows Market, etc.
Number of applications	Over 700,000 applications	Limited number of applications.