| A Smart Phone is a mobile device that has advanced | | | | PALM OS |
| features. It is not like a common mobile phone. It has | | | | PALM OS is another operating system that |
| the competence of a Personal Computer. | | | | empowered mobile devices. It is designed for Pilot |
| In reality, the industry of mobile devices does not have | | | | PDA of Palm Computing, Inc. It is a proprietary set in |
| a definite meaning for Smart Phones. Smart Phones | | | | operating system. It has been applied for:o Handheld |
| have an operating system that allows adding | | | | gaming consoleso Smart Phoneso Barcode readerso |
| applications to develop the processing of information | | | | Wrist watches ando GPS devices |
| or connections. A network operator or software | | | | Earlier versions run on free scale Dragon ball |
| developer can enhance these applications. | | | | procedures and Motorola Processors. Newer ones |
| Smart Phone uses many different operating systems. | | | | (version 5.0 and up) run on ARM architecture |
| The most common are:o Symbian Operating System | | | | processors. |
| of Symbian Ltd.o Linux Operating Systemo Palm | | | | PALM OS Garnet 5.4 version features:o It can access |
| Operating System of Palm Sourceo Windows Mobile | | | | TCP/IP network.o It has the ability to record and |
| of Microsofto RIM Blackberry Operating Systemo | | | | playback sounds.o It can lock the devices by using |
| Phone Operating System of Appleo Binary Runtime | | | | password.o It can make arbitrary application records |
| Environment for Wireless or BREW | | | | private.o It allows full screen launching with common |
| BREW | | | | GUI set in simple tasking environment.o It has an input |
| BREW (Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless) | | | | system called Graffiti 2 for handwriting identification.o It |
| was made by Qualcomm. It is a software platform for | | | | can synchronize with desktop computers through |
| application development. It can run and download small | | | | HotSync technology.o It has 480 x 320 resolutions.o It |
| programs for sharing photos, playing games, and | | | | has connections such as: |
| sending messages. The developer can simply port | | | | - USB/Serial Port |
| applications between all Qualcomm devices. | | | | - Bluetooth |
| BREW is used between application and chip operating | | | | - Infrared |
| system of wireless devices. It helps a programmer | | | | - WiFio It has expansion memory support card.o It can |
| improve applications without using code for system | | | | define standard data format for personal information |
| interface. It can run on BREW RTOS. BREW | | | | management applications. |
| application can work on all BREW devices once the | | | | It can store addresses, calendar events and notes. |
| emulator runs. | | | | These can be accessed by third party applications. |
| BREW runs faster because of its nature. | | | | Versions of Palm OSo Palm Operating System 1.0o |
| LINUX | | | | Palm Operating System 2.0o Palm Operating System |
| Another well-known operating system is LINUX. It uses | | | | 3.0o Palm Operating System 3.1o Palm Operating |
| the LINUX Kernel and it is like UNIX. It is an example of | | | | System 3.2o Palm Operating System 3.3o Palm |
| a free software and source development. It is easy to | | | | Operating System 3. 5o Palm Operating System 4.0o |
| use, can be modified and the source code be | | | | Palm Operating System 4.1o Palm Operating System |
| redistributed. | | | | 4.2o Palm Operating System 5o Palm Operating |
| The libraries and utilities come from GNU OS. It is the | | | | System 5.2o Palm Operating System 5.3o Palm |
| basis for GNU/LINUX. The man behind the GNU | | | | Operating System Garnet 5.4o Palm Operating |
| project was Richard Stallman. It was created for a | | | | System 5.5o Palm Operating System Cobalto Palm |
| free software system that is absolutely UNIX | | | | Operating System Cobalt 6. |
| compatible. | | | | |