Mobile Operating System guide

Nice guide. On a side note, Maemo was not specifically made for the N900. It started a long time back and first came out commercially on the Nokia 770 Internet Tablet back in November 2005. It was years ahead of its time and even featured full flash 6 support, 5 years later Steve Jobs still can't get over the shock of this amazing achievement and he is still balking up junk about flash. After the 770 IT Maemo was released on N800 and N810 - both of which were internet tablets (no GSM/UMTS radios).

The most important thing to remember in terms of Mobile OSes are the firsts.

First touch screen phone : Ericsson R380, running Symbian
First smart camera phone : Nokia 7650, running Symbian
First smart video camera phone : Nokia 3650, running Symbian
First smart phone with multitasking, Nokia 7650, running Symbian
First smart phone with copy & paste, Nokia 7650, running Symbian
First smart phone with USB mass storage mode, Nokia 6681, running Symbian
First smart phone that can install apps on removable media, Nokia 9210, running Symbian

Well, the list can go on with first but invariably it will always be Symbian that did it first.
 
iPhone OS is the default operating system on Apple's iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. It is derived from Apple's Mac OS X operating system and is proprietary, although originally based on Unix-like BSD.
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Mac OS X is standard (Berkeley Software Distribution = BSD) Unix, making use of the kernel originally developed for the NeXT (Steve Jobs' other company - look it up). The iPhone runs the same operating system, and makes use of the same software development kit, although obviously in a more limited environment.
 
Rouxenator said:
First touch screen phone : Ericsson R380, running Symbian
First smart camera phone : Nokia 7650, running Symbian
First smart video camera phone : Nokia 3650, running Symbian
First smart phone with multitasking, Nokia 7650, running Symbian
First smart phone with copy & paste, Nokia 7650, running Symbian
First smart phone with USB mass storage mode, Nokia 6681, running Symbian
First smart phone that can install apps on removable media, Nokia 9210, running Symbian

Well, the list can go on with first but invariably it will always be Symbian that did it first.
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First to crash , Symbian
First to slow down significantly, Symbian
First to be reinstalled/firmware flashed, Symbian (on a monthly bases to keep the phone at optimum speed)

Used symbian all my life, its a horrible OS, flashing my Nokia phones was a monthly task, especially the smart phones. Had similar experiences on my BB Storm 9500 with Blackberry OS 4.7.x, but since i've flashed it to BOS 5.x its been smooth sailing.

I will never touch any apple phone.
 
Strange, I have never had problems with Symbian - guess its because I only started using it since OS 9.1
I will never try to substitute fruit for phones.
 
I've always been a big Nokia/Symbian fan, which is why I had a hard choice when it came to my new phone and everybody recommended Android. I must say I am absolutely blown away by Android on the HTC Legend - it really is a very different environment/user experience than a Nokia phone running Symbian. It feels more like a computer :)
 
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