What to Know About the Three Most Popular Smart Phone Operating Systems

A Smart Phone is a mobile device that has advancedPALM OS
features. It is not like a common mobile phone. It hasPALM 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 havePDA of Palm Computing, Inc. It is a proprietary set in
a definite meaning for Smart Phones. Smart Phonesoperating system. It has been applied for:o Handheld
have an operating system that allows addinggaming consoleso Smart Phoneso Barcode readerso
applications to develop the processing of informationWrist watches ando GPS devices
or connections. A network operator or softwareEarlier 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 Systemprocessors.
of Symbian Ltd.o Linux Operating Systemo PalmPALM OS Garnet 5.4 version features:o It can access
Operating System of Palm Sourceo Windows MobileTCP/IP network.o It has the ability to record and
of Microsofto RIM Blackberry Operating Systemoplayback sounds.o It can lock the devices by using
Phone Operating System of Appleo Binary Runtimepassword.o It can make arbitrary application records
Environment for Wireless or BREWprivate.o It allows full screen launching with common
BREWGUI 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 forcan synchronize with desktop computers through
application development. It can run and download smallHotSync technology.o It has 480 x 320 resolutions.o It
programs for sharing photos, playing games, andhas 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 systemdefine standard data format for personal information
interface. It can run on BREW RTOS. BREWmanagement applications.
application can work on all BREW devices once theIt 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
LINUXPalm Operating System 2.0o Palm Operating System
Another well-known operating system is LINUX. It uses3.0o Palm Operating System 3.1o Palm Operating
the LINUX Kernel and it is like UNIX. It is an example ofSystem 3.2o Palm Operating System 3.3o Palm
a free software and source development. It is easy toOperating System 3. 5o Palm Operating System 4.0o
use, can be modified and the source code bePalm 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 theSystem 5.2o Palm Operating System 5.3o Palm
basis for GNU/LINUX. The man behind the GNUOperating System Garnet 5.4o Palm Operating
project was Richard Stallman. It was created for aSystem 5.5o Palm Operating System Cobalto Palm
free software system that is absolutely UNIXOperating System Cobalt 6.
compatible.