Mobile Operating System

Mobile devices are evolving into increasingly sophisticated and general purpose computers and this has led to the development of a variety of platforms and operating systems in the mobile space.  A Mobile OS manages the hardware and software resources of a mobile device similar to a computer OS. Some OS platforms cover the entire range of the software stack while others may only include the lower levels and rely on additional software platforms to provide a user interface framework.

                 There is a variety of both, Mobile OS and the Mobile application platforms in mobile space with a few names enjoying most of the market share. Here  is a  of major mobile operating systems and Application platforms. Examples of Mobile operating system with complete software stack are Windows Mobile and Android. Symbian has the largest share in most markets worldwide, but lags behind other companies in the relatively small but highly visible North American market. The Blackberry operating system provides multitasking and supports specialized input devices that have been adopted by RIM for use in its handhelds, particularly the track wheel, trackball, and most recently, the track pad and touch screen.  e iPhone uses an operating system called iPhone OS, which is derived from Mac OS X. Windows mobile is based on the Windows CE 5.2 kernel, and features a suite of basic applications developed using the Microsoft Windows API. It is designed to be somewhat similar to desktop versions of Windows, feature-wise and aesthetically.    The two improved variants of this operating system, Windows Mobile 6 Professional (for touch screen devices) and Windows Mobile 6 Standard, were unveiled in February 2007. It has been criticized for having a user interface which is not optimized for touch input by fingers; instead, it is more usable with a stylus.

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