EMBEDDED OPERATING SYSTEMSEMBEDDED OPERATING SYSTEMS

DEFINITION• An embedded operating system is a system

for embedded computer systems

• These operating systems are designed to be compact, efficient, and reliable, forsaking many functions that non-embedded computer operating systems provide

• Unlike a desktop operating system, the embedded operating system does not load and execute applications

• This means that the system is only able to run a single application.

APPLE iOS

DEVICESDEVICES

APPLE iPhone 4APPLE iPhone 4

APPLE iPod TOUCH 4GAPPLE iPod TOUCH 4G

APPLE iPadAPPLE iPad

FEATURESFEATURES

FACETIMEFACETIME

APPLE iTunes 9.2APPLE iTunes 9.2

MULTI TASKINGMULTI TASKING

PERSONAL HOTSPOTPERSONAL HOTSPOT

NEW CAMERA EFFECTSNEW CAMERA EFFECTS

PROS

• Better media playing

• Apps are generally off a higher quality than other platforms

• Updates always arrive when the are released

• Desktop Syncing

• Over 200,000 apps to choose from

CONS

• App store approval process rejects apps for no clear reason

• Horrible notification system• No option to choose different hardware

(or Carrier in US)• You must use iTunes to sync files• No Adobe Flash in the browser

ANDROID

DEVICES

ACER LIQUID STREAM

MOTOROLA CHARM

SAMSUNG TRANSFORM

FEATURES

CUSTOMIZABLE WIDGETS

ENHANCED GMAIL CLIENT

VOICE TO TEXT CONVERSION

PROS

• True multitasking system• Great notification system• Open market that is growing faster than Apple's• The ability to choose your hardware and carrier• Good social networking integration built into the

OS

 

CONS

• Generally poor battery life

• OS version fragmentation

• Horrible carrier skins

• Virtually non-existent desktop syncing

• You need a Google account to use

WINDOWS OS

DEVICES

HTC SNAP

SAMSUNG EPIX

HTC MAX 4G

FEATURES

TWITTER CLIENT

WORDPRESS

SOCIAL GAMING

PROS

• Fresh and clean interface

• Xbox Live on phones

• Outlook email app is awesome

• Homescreen provide live updates from almost anything you want

• Over the air syncing for everything except for videos and music

CONS

• Lag in launching applications from the home screen

• Won't allow custom interfaces

• Will not work with Apple computers and MAC books

• No multitasking

NOKIA SYMBIAN OS

DEVICES

NOKIA N8

NOKIA E7

NOKIA C6

PROS

• Touch screen response time is fair enough, I would not say the best

• USB on the go

• Customizing

• Comparatively Longer Battery Life

CONS

• Terribly Slow

• Easily Effected by a virus

• Some java apps may not work at all

• Some heavy games like Need for Speed takes a tremendous time to load (Aprox 3-4mins). Once loaded everything works fine.