1. Mobile Computing Lecture#01 Mobile Horizon

2. Leading Mobile Phone Technologies  iOS  Android  Blackberry  Symbian  Windows Phone  J2ME

3. iOS/iPhone OS  iOS /iPhone OS operating system for iPhone  Extended to support other Apple’s devices (iPod, iPad, Apple TV)  Owned by Apple  No licence for third-party hardware  More than 500,000 iOS apps on iStore (Oct 2011)  More than 10 billion downloads  59% mobile web consumption (May 2010)  Multitouch, Accelerometer, Swipe, Tab, Pinch etc

4. Android  Developed by OHA (a consortium of 84 companies) lead by Google  Most code released under free software licence  Best selling smart phone platform Q2 2011  Over 500,000 Apps at Android App Store  Apps can also be downloaded from third-party websites  Sqlite, Java, Linux, C++, Multitouch, Bluetooth, Multitasking

5. Symbian  Symbian Platform = Symbian OS + Nokia Series 60  Latest version = Symbian-3 (Released in end 2010)  From May 2011 Symbian is no longer open source  Devices shipped to sellers with Symbian OS are estimated to 385Millions  43.5 % of world wide smart phone sales Q2 2010 (Nokia N8)

6. Symbian  On February 11, 2011, Nokia announced that it would migrate away from Symbian to Windows Phone 7  Nokia’s agreement with Accenture  Accenture will provide Symbian based software development/support services to Nokia through 2016

7. Blackberry  Developed by (Research In Motion) RIM  Multitasking, trackwheel, trackball,  Best known for native support on corporate emails  Big player in US market  Updates to the operating system may be automatically available from wireless carriers  Native support for corporate email  Qwerty keyboard, bluetooth, high speed wireless data

8. Windows Phone  Owned by Microsoft  Partnership with Nokia  UI, Web browser, Email, Multimedia, Game, Office suite, Sync  Search Engine, Voice Recognition

9. J2ME  Developed by Sun  Restricted access to system  Compliance with JRE1.3  Relatively old technology not keeping pace with latest technologies

10. Top3 Mobile OSs

11. Top 3 Mobile OS Market Share

12. 2Q Worldwide Smartphone Sales SRC URL: http://www.engadget.com/2011/08/11/nokia-still-ahead-of-apple-in- smartphone-sales-according-to-gar/

13. AT&T Smartphone Sales http://www.engadget.com/photos/t-mobile-keynote-at-mobilize-2011/#4480159

14. Mobile Phone Platforms  Fragmentation  Variety of software/hardware  Proprietary Software Stacks  Software stacks owned by companies, not scalable  Phone Network Operators  Money oriented services, restrictions on data, strict control of services  Scarcity of Resources  Typical less resources on devices

15. Android Environment  Limited Resources  Portable Applications  Reusable Applications  Equal Applications  Access to Core