Smartphone Betriebssysteme – Ein Vergleich

Elena Malykhina von InformationWeek vergleicht in ihrem Artikel die Smartphone-Betriebssysteme BlackBerry, Linux, Palm, Symbian und Windows Mobile.

Smartphones get attention for their sleek designs and multimedia pizzazz, but it’s their operating systems that give them their genius. The operating system determines a phone’s features, performance, and security, providing APIs for add-on applications and technical hooks to manage it all. That’s why IT pros pay more attention to the underlying software than to the hardware when shopping for these devices by the hundreds or thousands.

Five operating systems–BlackBerry, Linux, Palm, Symbian, and Windows Mobile, each with its strengths and weaknesses–account for most of the smartphone market. Apple’s unveiling of the iPhone, packing a downsized version of the Mac OS X, throws a sixth contender into the mix. The following analysis will help IT organizations sort out their options by focusing on their suitability for business. Music and text messaging are fine for the teen set, but how good are these devices at word processing, spreadsheets, and run-your-business applications? Via MobileTechNews