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Mobile operating system
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A mobile operating system,
also referred to as mobile OS, is the Operating System that operates a smartphone, tablet, PDA, or other digital mobile device. Modern mobile operating systems combine the features of a personal computer operating system with other features, including a touchscreen, cellular, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS mobile navigation, camera, video camera, speech recognition, voice recorder, music player, Near field communication and Infrared Blaster.
Tizen
Tizen is hosted by the Linux Foundation and support from the LiMo Foundation, guided by a Technical Steering Group composed of Intel and Samsung. Tizen is an operating system for devices including smartphones, tablets, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) devices, and smart TVs. It is an open source system that aims to offer a consistent user experience across devices. Tizen's main components are the Linux kernel and the WebKit runtime. According to Intel, Tizen “combines the best of LiMo and MeeGo." HTML5apps are emphasized, with MeeGo encouraging its members to transition to Tizen, stating that the "future belongs to HTML5-based applications, outside of a relatively small percentage of apps, and we are firmly convinced that our investment needs to shift toward HTML5." Tizen will be targeted at a variety of platforms such as handsets, tablets, smart TVs and in-vehicle entertainment.[22][23] On May 17, 2013, Tizen released version 2.1, code-named Nectarine.[24]
webOS
webOS is from LG, although some parts are open source. webOS is a proprietary mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel, initially developed by Palm, which launched with the Palm Pre. After being acquired by HP, two phones (the Veer and the Pre 3) and a tablet (the TouchPad) running webOS were introduced in 2011. On August 18, 2011, HP announced that webOS hardware was to be discontinued[25] but would continue to support and update webOS software and develop the webOS ecosystem.[26] HP released webOS as open source under the name Open webOS, and plans to update it with additional features.[27] On February 25, 2013 HP announced the sale of WebOS to LG Electronics, who planned to use the operating system for its "smart" or Internet-connected TVs. However HP retained patents underlying WebOS as well as cloud-based services such as the App Catalog.
Historical software platforms
DangerOS
DangerOS was from Danger, Inc. It was closed source and proprietary. DangerOS was a largely Java-based operating system for the Danger Hiptop line of smartphones produced by Danger Incorporated from 2002 to 2010, also sold as the T-Mobile Sidekick. In 2008, Danger, Inc. was acquired by Microsoft.[28] Former Danger, Inc. employees were tasked to work on the Microsoft Kin line of phones, and in 2010 DangerOS was discontinued as a smartphone platform after the Kin phones were released. In 2011 T-Mobile introduced a new smartphone using the Sidekick branding based on Google's Android platform, with no relation to the previous Danger Hiptop phones.[29]
LiMo 4
LiMo 4 is from the LiMo Foundation. LiMo Foundation launched LiMo 4 on February 14, 2011. LiMo 4 delivers middleware and application functionality, including a flexible user interface, extended widget libraries, 3D window effects, advanced multimedia, social networking and location-based service frameworks, sensor frameworks, multi-tasking and multi-touch capabilities. In addition, support for scalable screen resolution and consistent APIs means that the platform can deliver a consistent user experience across multiple device types and form factors.[30]
Outlook
IDC predicted high Android market share at the expense of other platforms in year 2012, but that from year 2013 to 2016, iOS and Android would stop gaining market share, while Windows Phone would rise to third place.[69][70] A similar trend was also predicted by DigiTimes Research.[71] A more recent study by Canalys predicted that in 2017 Android market share would slightly decline, iOS would decline more, and Windows Phone would grow but not catch up with iOS.[72] IDC predicts that Windows Phone will not reach double digit market share until 2017.[73]
Mobile internet traffic share
As of March 2013, mobile data usage showed 61% of mobile data traffic to be from iOS, 25% from Android, 8% from Java ME (Nokia S40), 2% from Symbian, 2% from Windows Phone and 1% from BlackBerry.[74] Windows Phone Internet Explorer Mobile can be switched to “Desktop view” by users, which identifies devices as Internet Explorer 9.0 on Windows 7, causing case mobile usage to be excluded in these statistics.[75]
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A mobile operating system,
also referred to as mobile OS, is the Operating System that operates a smartphone, tablet, PDA, or other digital mobile device. Modern mobile operating systems combine the features of a personal computer operating system with other features, including a touchscreen, cellular, Bluetooth, WiFi, GPS mobile navigation, camera, video camera, speech recognition, voice recorder, music player, Near field communication and Infrared Blaster.
Tizen
Tizen is hosted by the Linux Foundation and support from the LiMo Foundation, guided by a Technical Steering Group composed of Intel and Samsung. Tizen is an operating system for devices including smartphones, tablets, in-vehicle infotainment (IVI) devices, and smart TVs. It is an open source system that aims to offer a consistent user experience across devices. Tizen's main components are the Linux kernel and the WebKit runtime. According to Intel, Tizen “combines the best of LiMo and MeeGo." HTML5apps are emphasized, with MeeGo encouraging its members to transition to Tizen, stating that the "future belongs to HTML5-based applications, outside of a relatively small percentage of apps, and we are firmly convinced that our investment needs to shift toward HTML5." Tizen will be targeted at a variety of platforms such as handsets, tablets, smart TVs and in-vehicle entertainment.[22][23] On May 17, 2013, Tizen released version 2.1, code-named Nectarine.[24]
webOS
webOS is from LG, although some parts are open source. webOS is a proprietary mobile operating system running on the Linux kernel, initially developed by Palm, which launched with the Palm Pre. After being acquired by HP, two phones (the Veer and the Pre 3) and a tablet (the TouchPad) running webOS were introduced in 2011. On August 18, 2011, HP announced that webOS hardware was to be discontinued[25] but would continue to support and update webOS software and develop the webOS ecosystem.[26] HP released webOS as open source under the name Open webOS, and plans to update it with additional features.[27] On February 25, 2013 HP announced the sale of WebOS to LG Electronics, who planned to use the operating system for its "smart" or Internet-connected TVs. However HP retained patents underlying WebOS as well as cloud-based services such as the App Catalog.
Historical software platforms
DangerOS
DangerOS was from Danger, Inc. It was closed source and proprietary. DangerOS was a largely Java-based operating system for the Danger Hiptop line of smartphones produced by Danger Incorporated from 2002 to 2010, also sold as the T-Mobile Sidekick. In 2008, Danger, Inc. was acquired by Microsoft.[28] Former Danger, Inc. employees were tasked to work on the Microsoft Kin line of phones, and in 2010 DangerOS was discontinued as a smartphone platform after the Kin phones were released. In 2011 T-Mobile introduced a new smartphone using the Sidekick branding based on Google's Android platform, with no relation to the previous Danger Hiptop phones.[29]
LiMo 4
LiMo 4 is from the LiMo Foundation. LiMo Foundation launched LiMo 4 on February 14, 2011. LiMo 4 delivers middleware and application functionality, including a flexible user interface, extended widget libraries, 3D window effects, advanced multimedia, social networking and location-based service frameworks, sensor frameworks, multi-tasking and multi-touch capabilities. In addition, support for scalable screen resolution and consistent APIs means that the platform can deliver a consistent user experience across multiple device types and form factors.[30]
Outlook
IDC predicted high Android market share at the expense of other platforms in year 2012, but that from year 2013 to 2016, iOS and Android would stop gaining market share, while Windows Phone would rise to third place.[69][70] A similar trend was also predicted by DigiTimes Research.[71] A more recent study by Canalys predicted that in 2017 Android market share would slightly decline, iOS would decline more, and Windows Phone would grow but not catch up with iOS.[72] IDC predicts that Windows Phone will not reach double digit market share until 2017.[73]
Mobile internet traffic share
As of March 2013, mobile data usage showed 61% of mobile data traffic to be from iOS, 25% from Android, 8% from Java ME (Nokia S40), 2% from Symbian, 2% from Windows Phone and 1% from BlackBerry.[74] Windows Phone Internet Explorer Mobile can be switched to “Desktop view” by users, which identifies devices as Internet Explorer 9.0 on Windows 7, causing case mobile usage to be excluded in these statistics.[75]