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Explore the key differences and similarities between Apple's iPhone and Google's Android. Both operating systems are Linux-based and designed for seamless internet browsing. The iPhone's closed system provides a unique user experience but limits hardware options, while Android's open system offers flexibility and customization at the cost of potential fragmentation. This competition has significant implications for the future of the smartphone market. Discover the features, strengths, and weaknesses of each platform to determine which smartphone suits you best.
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Iphones vs. Androids By Amelia Hart
Apple’s Iphone and Google’s Androids • Both have a lot in common: • 1. Both are Linux-based operating systems for smartphones that have been put together by companies best known for their accomplishments in the PC space. • Both are designed for easy Internet browsing. • Android phones are the most likely to use their devices Internet functionality. • There are advantages and disadvantages to both systems , and the competition between the two is going to shape the smartphone market for years to come.
Iphone : Closed System • The Iphone operating system is completely closed. • Developed Ipods- which was designed basically to play music. • Iphone fans are slightly more social, everything from sharing photos to spending time on social networks and blogs. • It was developed by Apple and for Apple. The only smartphones that will ever run it are made by this one company. • The disadvantage of a closed platform is that limited input can lead to limited devices. For example, Apple prefers built-in memory to memory card slots. If you want a smartphone with a memory card slot . An Iphone isn’t for you.
Android Open System • Android both OS and hardware is open. • It was developed Nov 2007 primarily by Google, with the help of other companies , The Open Handset Alliance, which includes HTC, Samsung, Motorola, Sprint Nextel, Ti and T-mobile. • Was developed primarily to surf the web. • The real strength of this system is it allows a huge amount of people who want a smartphone can do so without paying a licensing fee, and can modify the software in any way to make it suits its specific needs. • The drawback is it can waste huge amounts of time .
Androids Features includes: • Handset Layouts – 3D Graphics , Platform is adaptable to larger, VGA, 2D graphics library. • Connectivity – Androids supports connectivity technologies including GSM/EDGE, CDMA, BLUETOOTH, and Wi-Fi. • Messaging- SMS and MMS are available forms of messaging including threaded text messaging. • Development environment- includes device emulator, tools for debugging.
Androids features: • Web Browser – The Web browser available in Android is based on the open-source Webkit application framework. • Java Support – Specialized VM implementation designed for mobile device use. • Media support – Androids supports audio/video/still/media formats. • DROID- Runs on Androids operating system, runs faster, faster web browser , runs more multi-applications.
Droid Vs. I-phone [online] /www.quickpwn.com Available. December 10, 2009. Droid by Motorola [Online] http://www.mapds.com Available. December 10 2009 Iphone by Apple