What are the most common cell phone operating systems? Can you give me some examples? What are the characteristics of each?

There are about four types of cell phone operating systems, namely, symbian, linux, windows mobile, palm, but some of the different systems are divided into different platforms

Comparison of smartphone operating systems Symbian Windows Mobile Linux

To determine whether a cell phone is a smartphone, it is not a matter of whether it supports MP3, HTML page browsing, etc., but whether it supports plugging in memory cards. To determine whether a cell phone is a smart phone, it is not whether it supports MP3, HTML page browsing, external memory card, etc., but whether it is a cell phone with an operating system. In other words, we have to look at the program extensibility of the operating system to see if it can support third-party software installation and application.

There are four different operating systems for smartphones*** on the market today, and they are:

1, Symbian OS (UIQ, Series60, Series80, Series90)

2, Windows Mobile

3, Linux OS <

4, Palm

Symbian operating system

No need to say more, we can feel, Symbian operating system is now the most widely used operating system in the field of cell phones, and has a considerable number of interfaces for different users, that is, often referred to as Series. about the interface of Symbian operating system. There are always a lot of people who are confused about the rules of its division, so we will briefly introduce the typical features of each system version.

Let's start with a clear concept: whether it's Series60, Series80, Series90, or UIQ, they're all interfaces based on the Symbian platform, and then they're each differentiated according to some hardware features. It is rumored that Nokia may launch Series50 and Series100 interfaces, but it is not certain that this is true.

Series60

Series60 is the most widely used version of the system in Symbian smartphones.The Series60 system is also divided into Symbian 6.0 OS Series60, Symbian 7.0 OS Series60, and Symbian 8.0 OS Series60 The three versions.

The most intuitive factor that distinguishes Series60 is the resolution of the screen. Series60 supports a resolution of 176*208 pixels, but in the future Series60 will also support 240*320 pixels, 352*416 pixels and so on.

The Series60 interface is the one with the most third-party software or games, and naturally it is the most frequently adopted Series by Symbian OS smartphones.

The models that adopt the Series60 interface are not to be enumerated here, and a considerable part of Nokia's smartphones alone have adopted the Series60 interface.

Series80

The easiest way to recognize the Series80 interface is to see if the phone supports QWERTY KEYBROAD, for example, Nokia's high-end series of 9210, 9300, and even 9500, which all use QWERTY KEYBROAD. The screen resolution of Series80 is also a rather special 640*200 pixels.

Series90

Series90 is the youngest interface on the Symbian platform, and the only two phones that support Series90 are the Nokia 7700 and 7710.

The easiest way to recognize the Series90 interface is that this Symbian smartphone will have a touchscreen and a resolution of up to 640*320 pixels.

From the hardware parameters of Series90, it should be the strongest platform for mobile gaming and entertainment, but because there are so few models of phones that use the Series90 interface, third-party software support will not be very strong, so Series60 should still be the preferred interface for gamers.

Windows Mobile

To be precise, Windows Mobile isn't really an operating system, it's just a Microsoft brand.

The predecessor of Windows Mobile was Windows CE, which was launched by Microsoft in 1996. In the second quarter of 2000, Microsoft Windows CE officially broke away from its dependence on Palm and renamed Windows CE as Windows Pocket PC (abbreviated as PPC), which in turn began a marriage with smartphones. The smartphone marriage began.

In 2003, Microsoft developed the Pocket Phone Edition and Windows Powered Smart Phone operating systems, and the fusion of the two is strictly Windows Mobile.

Windows Mobile is more inclined to the fusion of cell phones and personal computers. Windows Mobile is more of a mobile phone and PC fusion, and because Windows Mobile follows the interface of Microsoft's Windows operating system, many users are able to get started very quickly. However, Windows Mobile's support for communications is not as good as the Symbian operating system, which is supported by most traditional cell phone manufacturers.

Windows Mobile is currently supported by Motorola, Dopod, and other major manufacturers.

Linux

While Symbian has taken over half of the smartphone market, the Linux operating system, which seems to be the weakest of the two, has some outstanding advantages. Its advantages are manifested in the following points:

1, applied to smart phones on the Linux operating system and we often say that the application of the Linux operating system on the computer is a system, and are all free operating system. Free on the operating system, it is the same as saving the production cost of the product.

2, Linux operating system system resource consumption rate is low, and the performance is more stable, which are recognized. If the degree of system resource usage of the Linux platform compared with the huge volume of Windows Mobile, the result can be imagined.

3, Linux operating system and JAVA integration, is not comparable to any one operating system, Linux + JAVA applications, can give the user a great expansion of space.

However, Linux OS is not perfect. Because of the late involvement of the Linux operating system in the smartphone field, the use of this operating system is basically only a small number of Motorola's cell phone models (such as the A780, E680, A768i), so the third-party software made specifically for these small number of users is still very little, which affects the expansion of the power of the Linux operating system in the field of smartphones.

Palm

Phones with Palm OS are really just "PDAs with cell phone functionality", with an operating system that is no different from the Palm OS-based PDAs of the past.

The smartphones that use Palm are from non-mainstream vendors such as Hewlett-Packard, and Samsung's SCH-i539, but it doesn't look promising.

The reason for such a low opinion of Palm OS smartphones is largely due to their scalability. Although Palm OS has been developed for a long time, many of its functions need to be realized through the coordination of third-party software, and this operation is obviously much worse than Symbian and Linux. Therefore, the development of Palm OS in the smartphone field is not all smooth sailing. It's no wonder we call it a "PDA with cell phone functionality" rather than a "cell phone with PDA functionality".

There are a few things we have to remember about smartphones

1. Viruses. Smartphones, like the desktops and laptops we use every day, are based on a set of open platforms, so getting a virus is just a matter of minutes. In light of this, backing up important information at all times is a must when using a smartphone.

2, crash. Since Windows XP is an open operating system of the same nature as desktop PCs, it's not uncommon for PCs to crash when interfered with by illegal programs. So it's best not to install various applications indiscriminately. In addition, if you install too much software and store too many documents, your phone's data read/write speed will be slower, which is the same as "crash".

3, power consumption. Smartphone CPU, screen and other hardware power consumption can not be ignored, these hardware is very easy to run out of power, coupled with the current smartphone is more and more the pursuit of fashionable thin and light, its small battery capacity seems even more pathetic. There is no solution in this regard, only a reminder to smartphone users, don't always have nothing to play with your phone.

About smartphones, I'm going to say this briefly, and I hope these words can give you some help.