Mobile+Operating+Systems

When chooseing a smart phone one of the biggest decision you need to make is what operating systems you like. Which one will meet your needs and has good updates and support. There is three main players in the cell phone operating system market, Iphone (IOS), Blackberry (RIM), Google (Andriod). There are also a few other competitors out there ho have good products but are not currently able to keep up with the others. Those are Palm (WebOS),Windows 7 and Symbian OS (They have the largest World Wide Market shate but are not doing well in the US). Next I will break down each OS to help you make a decision which one you want.
 * __Mobile Operating Systems__**

1.) **Iphone (IOS)** -- I have put this first as this is the phone that started the smart phone revolution and also brought smart phone to the general public. Apple also created the biggest and most popular app store to date. (It should be noted however that google is rapidly catching up and Blackberry still hold a significant share of the market).

2.) **Andriod** -- Is the newest player in the smart phone race. They take a much more open approach to devlopment of there operating system. They devloped the OS and then released it free and let the cell phone makers make the hardware. This has helped Andriods rapid expansion as a great apple alternative because there is many choices for every price point. Andriod also has a app store that is nearly as big as Apple's and rapidly catching up.

3.) **Blackberry (RIM)** -- They have been the dominate smart phone os maker for years. They mostly focused on buisness customer but recently have been releasing phone to compeite with the Ipone and Andriod phones on the market. They also have made there own app store but is is smaller then Andriod and Apple's. They provide a very user friendly expereicne and the best security of all the mobile OS.

1.) **Symbyain** -- The world largest smartphone maker (But not in the US) since 2006 they have been rapidly loseing there market share, only nokia is still trying to maek phones with them. If you happen upon one of these I would suggest being very careful as I cannot find any information saying they have a app store and mostly they are falling out of popularity and the support is disappearing. 2.) **Windows Phone 7** --Windows recently released it new iteration of it's popular smart phone. It has been ad ertising this phone as the phone for uick easy acces so you aren't alwasy stuck useing your phone for long periods of time to get information. The windows mobile phone has some neat features such as Xbox live integration and Live tiles but they have the smallest app store. It should be noted that there are working hard to improve it and become a major player int he smarephone race. 3.) **Web OS (Palm)** --Palm has a great OS they were originaly a major player in the buisness smart phone world but moved to compete in the consumer market as well. They were doing really well intill HP bought them since then there future is uncertain. They have a small but good app store and a really well recieved OS.
 * __The Underdogs__**

1.) How big the app store is and does it have apps that you will use. (app stores are now the mos timprotant factor becasue the app store is how you really going to be able to get more funcntionality out of your phone). 2.) Future support is extremly important because it will be the difference between updates to fix bugs and crash's os just ahveing to live with what you get. Also future support will ensure that you get the most for your money. 3.) What hardware does the OS come on. (If the OS comes on phone that don't have good hardware your user experience will not be very good even if the OS is good).
 * __Ultimatly I would suggest looking at three things when decideing what OS you want on your smart phone.__**

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